Sony SLT-A65
Sony has also launched a Sony Alpha SLT-A65, a consumer-level DSLR-competitor. Making use of a company’s unclouded counterpart technology, a A65 offers many of a facilities of SLT-A77 during a extremely reduce price. It includes a same 24MP APS-C CMOS sensor and 2.4M dot OLED viewfinder. It can fire during adult to 10 frames-per-second and includes all a lens improvement capabilities of a large brother. We’ve been regulating a A65 for a final week and have prepared a hands-on preview, detailing a features.
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SONY’S LATEST α DSLR CAMERAS BRING NEW LEVELS OF SPEED, PERFORMANCE AND CREATIVITY TO PHOTO ENTHUSIASTS
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 24, 2011 – Blazing speed, extended picture quality, high fortitude and implausible opening are usually some of a facilities modernized amateurs and print enthusiasts will find in Sony’s newest alpha cameras, models SLT-A77 (α77) and SLT-A65 (α65).
Sony’s latest refinements to a Translucent Mirror Technology make these new cameras a fastest, many manageable transmutable lens cameras in their class, as good as set new opening benchmarks that even veteran DSLRs have nonetheless to achieve. The α77 and α65 both underline a newly grown Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor with 24.3 effective megapixel resolution, as good as a world’s initial XGA OLED Tru-Finder™ viewfinder. The sensor teams with a subsequent era of Sony’s BIONZ® picture estimate engine to hoop outrageous amounts of high speed information from a camera sensor, enabling rare response times and flawless picture peculiarity with ultra-low sound when sharpened still images or Full HD video.
“We feel that these cameras are not usually a poignant expansion of a breakthrough Translucent Mirror Technology,” pronounced Mike Kahn, executive of a alpha camera business organisation for Sony Electronics. “They’re also a series in terms of redefining how this singular record can be put to use by enthusiasts.”
The many expected inheritor to Sony’s acclaimed α700 DSLR, a α77 boasts a world’s fastest continual autofocus (AF) sharpened opening (among DSLRs in Aug 2011), capturing a detonate of full resolution, 24 megapixel images during 12 frames per second with full-time phase-detection AF. The α65 achieves a likewise considerable 10fps sharpened speed.
Precision AF tracking of relocating subjects is some-more accurate with a α77 due to a new 19-point autofocus complement with 11 cranky sensors. The α65 boasts 15-point AF with 3 cranky sensors. Tracking Focus maintains accurate concentration close on a relocating theme – even if a aim is momentarily obscured. Additionally, a new electronic front shiver shade achieves a smallest recover time loiter of approximately 50 milliseconds, allied to many some-more costly professional-class DSLRs.
The α77 and α65 serve labour Sony’s acclaimed Fast Continuous AF Full HD Movie shooting, already featured on prior Sony Translucent Mirror cameras. Phase Detection maintains accurate concentration during video sharpened of mural subjects, even when they’re relocating during quick speeds.
Unprecedented picture peculiarity and artistic options
A extended attraction operation of ISO 100-16000 expands (α77 only) down to ISO 50. At a top sensitivities, both cameras can solidify quick movement or constraint windy low-noise shots but flash. Low ISO settings are ideal when used with a prolonged bearing to emanate fluent shots, such as striking water.
Both cameras showcase a remarkably frail OLED Tru-Finder™ viewfinder, a world’s initial of a kind. With a 2359k dot (XGA) resolution, this pointing electronic viewfinder offers a bright, rarely detailed, high contrariety picture with 100 percent support coverage and a far-reaching margin of perspective allied to a many modernized category visual viewfinders.
However, distinct visual viewfinders, users have expanded customization capabilities by a XGA OLED Tru-Finder™ viewfinder and can preview a effects of adjusting exposure, white change and other settings in real-time. Photographers can also make excellent concentration adjustments around a zoomed-in apportionment of a image.
The Smart Teleconverter displays an lengthened executive apportionment of a picture sensor, permitting compositions to be displayed clearly on a OLED viewfinder and prisoner as 12 megapixel images with a digital wizz cause of 1.4x or 2x.
In another initial for DSLR cameras, both new models can constraint Full HD video during 60p (progressive) support rates – incorporating a recently introduced AVCHD™ Progressive (Ver. 2.0) format. Also, 24p sharpened is accessible for capturing pleasing cinematic video footage. Manual focusing and P/A/S/M bearing modes, informed to artistic filmmakers, also can yield extended control during video shooting.
Shooters can harmonise and examination stills and video on a adjustable-angle three-inch Xtra Fine LCD™ arrangement that offers high fortitude (921k dot) and TruBlack™ record for glorious fact and contrast. As an additional refinement, a α77 introduces a world’s initial three-way tractable shade that tilts and pivots openly for free framing during any angle (α65: two-way adjust LCD).
Revised ergonomics on both cameras embody a absolutely contoured new hold pattern and pleasing new symbol blueprint for ‘eyes off’ operation while observation around a high-resolution XGA OLED Tru-Finder™ viewfinder.
The α77 adds front and behind control dials for discerning fingertip operation and a apart top-mounted LCD information display. The durable physique facilities magnesium amalgamate panels for strength and lightness. Key controls are hermetic opposite a effects of dirt and moisture, complementing identical levels of insurance offering by a new SAL1650 lens, VG-C77AM Vertical Grip for α77 and HVL-F43AM peep unit.
A new shiver section on a α77 is tested adult to 150,000 cycles and supports an ultra-fast smallest 1/8000 sec shiver speed (1/250 sec peep sync). On-board GPS allows involuntary geo-tagging of photos and video clips with plcae data.
New DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM wizz lens and accessories
The flourishing operation of concordant A-mount lenses for both cameras now includes a quiet, splendid DT 16-50mm F2.8 SSM customary wizz with 16mm far-reaching angle coverage that’s ideal for both mural and bland shooting.
The high-performance lens facilities a dust- and moisture-resistant design, and offers a wizz operation of approximately 3x operation during consistent far-reaching F2.8 aperture. Optical opening is positive by aspherical potion and 3 ED (Extra Low Dispersion) lens elements to minimize misconception during all focal lengths. An inner Super Sonic call Motor (SSM) expostulate enables fast, still autofocus.
An discretionary dust- and moisture-resistant VG-C77AM Vertical Grip for α77 assures gentle doing in straight sharpened positions. It can residence adult to dual NP-FM500H InfoLITHIUM® batteries, doubling sharpened stamina adult to approximately 1060 shots (via LCD monitor)/940 shots (via Tru-Finder™ viewfinder) when regulating Memory Stick PRO Duo™ media. Other new A-mount complement accessories embody a behind container (LCS-BP2), soothing carrying cases (LCS-SC21 and LCS-SC8), LCD protectors and eyepiece cups.
Pricing and Availability
The new α77 Translucent Mirror transmutable lens camera will be accessible in a pack with a new SAL1650 f2.8 lens for about $2000, and offering as body-only for about $1400. The SAL1650 lens will also be sole alone for about $700.
The new VG-C77AM straight grip, designed for a α77 camera, will be accessible in Oct for about $300.
The new α65 Translucent Mirror transmutable lens camera will be accessible in a pack with a customary 18-55mm lens (SAL1855) for about $1000, and offering as body-only for about $900.
Both a α77 and α65 cameras kits and a new SAL1650 lens will be accessible this Oct during Sony sell stores (www.store.sony.com) as good as other certified retailers via a Sony play network.
For “sneak peak” videos of a new products, greatfully revisit www.sony.com/cameravideos.