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Introduction
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01.Physical Tour
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02.Components
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03.Design / Layout
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04.Modes
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05.Control Options
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06.Conclusion
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07.Specs
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08.Comments
Sony Alpha A900
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Design / LayoutViewfinder
The viewfinder offers 100% coverage at 0.74x magnification. Beneath the viewfinder is a small sensor that shuts off the LCD when your face is brought near.
Sensors beneath the viewfinder turn the LCD off
when you hold the camera to your eye.
LCD Screen
The rear LCD is an impressive 3', 921,600 dot affair. It's bright, clear, and suffers only minor solarization when viewed from extreme angles. Sony has made grand claims about its anti-reflective coating, but until we can get this camera into the noonday sun, we will refrain from commenting. The camera's gyroscope can detect when you rotate the camera, and change the view on the LCD appropriately.
The top LCD
Flash
The Alpha 900 does not have a built in flash.
Sony currently has one of the less extensive lens catalogs on the market due to their recent arrival on the SLR scene. However, the Alpha 900 is compatible with the Alpha, Minolta, Konica Minolta auto focus lenses. In order to improve shutter speed and burst rates, Sony has redesigned their shutter, so instead of just lifting, it folds at the same time, like an electric garage door.
Backwards compatibility with Minolta and Konica Minolta lenses
is a plus.
Connections
The Alpha 900 has a wide variety of ports on hand for various gadgets and connections. There's USB/AV out, HDMI out, DC in, remote in (which allows you to control your camera via, among other things, PC) and a flash sync terminal near the lens on the front of the camera.
The ports for Remote In (top) and DC In (bottom)
The Alpha 900 uses a rechargeable Li-Ion battery, rated to approximately 880 shots. The camera can accurately display battery levels down to 1%
The camera can take both Sony's proprietary Memory Stick Duo and CompactFlash cards, and iamges can be saved to either or transported between them. At least Sony isn't forcing you to wholly submit to their own format, and CompactFlash cards tend to be reasonably priced, quite easy to find, and now feature up to 100GB of storage.
Thankfully, the Alpha 900 doesn't only take Memory Stick Duos.
In order to transfer the huge amounts of data behind a full-frame, 25 megapixel image at high enough speeds to get a five frames per second burst mode, the Sony Alpha 900 actually uses two image processors, both of which are the latest generation of BIONZ processors developed by Sony.
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