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Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 SLR Digital Camera (Camera Body)

24.6 Megapixel
Full-Frame (24x36mm) CMOS Sensor
Dust & Weather-Resistant
In-Camera Image Stabilization
3.0" 921,600-Pixel LCD Display
ISO 100-6400
5.0 fps Burst
100% Coverage, 0.74x Viewfinder

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DSLR-A900

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Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 SLR Digital Camera (Camera Body)

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Sony's Alpha DSLR-A900 camera, their first "full frame" model, has alerted the industry and consumers in the DSLR world that they're in the digital SLR camera business for the long haul.

The DSLR-A900 starts with a 24 x 35.9mm size CMOS sensor developed especially for this camera. Though that imaging canvas is utterly packed with pixels, the pixels themselves dominate the landscape of the image receiving area, instead of the elements of image sensors which are necessary but not actually collecting the image. Indeed, the A900's pixels are larger than the fine consumer-grade Alpha 700, despite having twice as many pixels.

On the physical side of things, the Alpha's designed for professional use: all operations are weather-sealed, its high-performance shutter's tested to 100,000 cycles, and its viewfinder (the forgotten critical SLR element in the age of squinty APS-C size viewfinder dominance) is as good as they come. Despite these claims, together with batteries and a memory card it tips the scales at ~2 lbs (900g), a good competitive number especially considering the enjoyable view.

Beyond physical elements, the DSLR-A900's got plenty of brains. To speed up throughput for pro sports and action use, Sony's employed dual "Bionz" image processors. Its two analog-to-digital engines swallow large chunks of information, shoving up to ~5 frames per second into a fast memory card-quite bold capacity considering those big RAW files.

With its image quality, handling ease, robust construction, and brilliant viewfinder, the DSLR-A900 should prove a serious tool for professionals and advanced consumers. The benefits of 'full frame' are plentiful; better dynamic range, more natural skin rendition, a cushy viewing experience and superior capacity to blur backgrounds. Super wide angle zooms start at focal lengths more befitting professional instruments, and are awash upon the secondhand market.

• 35mm-Style "Full Frame" 24.6MP Exmor CMOS Sensor: The 35.9 x 24mm 35mm-size "Exmor" CMOS image sensor is ~2.35x larger than typical APS-C size sensors, and the large capture area affords more sharpness, tonal graduation, and depth of field control. Best of all, pixels themselves dominate the square footage.

• World-Class Viewfinder: Glass pentaprism optical viewfinder with 100% coverage, 0.74x magnification, and 20mm eye relief. Low magnification makes the composition canvas small, distant, and unengaging. High magnification makes a viewfinder's eye relief impossibly short for eyeglass users. Getting both right gives an ideal conduit between ideas and images. Though tough to have long eye relief and full coverage without obnoxiously large glass atop an SLR, Sony's succeeded here. Beyond the numbers, the brightness, size, and viewing comfort of this viewfinder returns to the forefront the primary element of camera/user interaction. There's also a built-in shutter blind and integrated -3 to +1 dioptric correction, and bringing it to the eye disengages the LCD screen.

• Professional Construction: Weather, dust, and impact sealing befits a professional SLR, and the DSLR-A900's carbon fiber shutter is high-specification; tested for a min. 100,000 cycles, its 1/8000th second top speed and flash sync with any flash at 1/250th second (1/200th with stabilizer activated) display its manufacturing strength.

• Full Frame "SteadyShot INSIDE" Stabilization: Alpha 900's in-camera stabilization redefines common belief; a steadying effect of ~4 shutter speed steps, but with a full frame. Previous in-camera stabilizing corrected movements of ~15x22mm image receiving areas within 24 x 36mm 'full frame' confines, as full frame in-camera correction was believed to result in wider, taller, and thicker housings. At 6.1 x 4.6 x 3.2" (156 x 117 x 82mm), it isn't too big a camera-a little thick, but within professional DSLR standards. The stabilizer works with every mounted lens, instead of being an expensive and occasional component within lenses. As with all stabilizers, they don't speed shutters-only more light, higher ISOs, or larger apertures can do that. Stabilizers benefit typical low light pics as well as handling monster telephoto lenses.

• Dual Image Processing Engines: Side-by-side "BIONZ" processors yield fast 5-frames-per-second performance despite A900's enormous files

• Speedy, Intelligent AF: Precision 19-point autofocus system with 9 supremely-sensitive horizontal/vertical points, 10 outer assist points, and customized AF microadjustment for up to 30 lenses

• Great 3" LCD Monitor: 3.0" 921,000-Pixel LCD monitor has stunning detail and 270 pixels-per-inch resolving power like fine photo prints

• Intelligent Preview Function: Alpha 900's "Intelligent Preview" allows seeing effects of changing ISO, shutter speed, aperture, dynamic range optimizer and white balance settings before capturing an image, eliminating trial-and-error

• HDMI Output: Direct HDMI output to BRAVIA and other HDTV-compatible screens and projectors, with "PhotoTV HD"-capable BRAVIA sets benefitting from automatically optimized display settings

• Fantastic Lens Family: Sony's Alpha lens lineup includes Carl Zeiss specialties and "G"-series flagships with in-lens silent focusing motors

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Camera Type: Interchangeable Lens SLR (Single Lens Reflex) Digital Camera

Image Quality

Image Sensor: 24.0 x 35.9mm 25.7Mp Exmor CMOS sensor w/ RGB primary color filter & dust reduction system

Effective Resolution: 24.4Mp

Color Depth: 36-Bit RGB (14-bit A/D conversion)

Color Modes: Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Adobe RGB, Clear, Deep, Light, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Night view, Autumn, B/W, Sepia

Image File Formats: RAW (compressed or uncompressed)
JPEG (3 full frame sizes, 3 16:9 sizes, 3 APS-C sizes)
RAW + JPEG

Recorded Resolution: (6048 x 4032) [RAW]
(6048 x 4032), (4400 x 2936), & (3024 x 2016) JPEG [3:2 full frame]
(6048 x 3408), (4400 x 2472), & (3024 x 1704) JPEG [16:9 crop]
(3924 x 2656), (2896 x 1928), & (1984 x 1320) JPEG [APS-C crop]

Video Recording: No

Audio Recording: No

Optics

Lens Mount: Sony A-type bayonet mount (compatible with Minolta A-type bayonet mount)

Focal Length Multiplier: 1.0x

Optical Image Stabilization: Yes

Focus Control

Focus Type: 19-Point TTL phase detection with 9 dual-axis sensors

Focus Modes: Wide area, Center spot, & Individual point

Exposure Control

Sensitivity: Automatic ISO (200-3200)
Manual ISO (100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, & 6400)

Shutter Type: Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, carbon fiber focal-plane

Shutter Speed: 30 Seconds to 1/8000th second & Bulb, with 1/250th maximum flash sync speed

Mirror Lock-Up: Yes

Exposure Metering: 40-Segment evaluative, Centerweighted, & Spot

Exposure Modes: Auto, Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual (with EV indicator), Customized (3 repeatable customizations)

White Balance Modes: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash, Kelvin temperature control (2500-9900k w/19-step Magenta/Green compensation), & Customized (3 repeatable customizations)

Scene Modes: None

Flash

Built-in Flash: No

Effective Flash Range: Not applicable

External Flash Connection: Proprietary Hot Shoe (compatible w/ Sony & Minolta flashes)
Wireless off camera flash (with specific Sony flashes)
PC Socket

External Flash Control: ADI, Preflash TTL

Maximum Flash Synchronization Speed: 1/250th second (without stabilization)
1/200th second (with stabilization)

Performance

Start-Up Time: Not Specified by Manufacturer

Shutter Lag: Not Specified by Manufacturer

Time Between Shots: Less than 1 second

Burst Capability: 5 fps (maximum of 12 RAW images)

Self Timer: 10 Seconds or 2 seconds

Interval Recording: No

Date & Time Stamp: No

Memory & Power

Built-in Memory: No

Compatible Memory Cards: CompactFlash (Type I & II)/Microdrive
Memory Stick Duo/Memory Stick PRO Duo media

File Size: Not Specified by Manufacturer

Battery Type: NP-FM500H Lithium-ion rechargeable battery

Power Adapter: Proprietary AC Adapter (optional)

Input/Output

Computer Interface: USB 2.0 (Hi-speed)

Direct Print Capable: PictBridge

Remote Control: RMT-DSLR1 Wireless Remote Commander

Video Output: NTSC & Pal via USB port
HDTV via mini HDMI socket

System & Software Requirements: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista
Macintosh OS X (10.3 or later)

Display

Viewfinder: Eye-level pentaprism with (interchangeable) Spherical Acute Matte focusing screen, viewfinder shutter, and -3 to +1 dioptric correction

Viewfinder Info: AF information (AF points, focus confirmation light), exposure information (shutter speed, aperture, manual exposure, spot metering circle, ISO speed, exposure level, exposure warning), flash information (flash ready, flash exposure level), white balance correction, JPEG recording, number of remaining shots, memory card information, Anti-shake system indicator

Depth-of-Field Preview: Yes

LCD Display: 3.0" 921,000 LCD

Information Display: Color LCD presents all camera info; Metering mode, Shooting mode, Aperture, AF mode, AF point, Shutter speed, ISO, Shots remaining, Drive mode, Battery level, Exposure compensation setting, Flash compensation setting

Language Options: English, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese

Playback Options: Single Image, Index (4, 9, 16 selectable), Image + text, Image + text + histogram, Enlarged playback (Up to approximately 5x), Luminance limit Display, File browser, Slideshow, Instant bracket playback, Enlarged display, Automatic rotate function, Image correction (Contrast, Color saturation, Sharpness, Hue (5 levels))

Physical

Dimensions: 6.1 x 4.6 x 3.2" (156 x 117 x 82mm) WxHxD

Weight: 1.98 lbs (900g) with battery & CF card

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Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 SLR Digital Camera (Camera Body)

NP-FM500H InfoLithium Battery (7.2V, 1650mAh)
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NP-FM500H InfoLithium Battery (7.2V, 1650mAh)

B&H# SONPFM500H | Mfr# NP-FM500H
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Small and lightweight, The Sony NP-FM500H Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery can be charged or discharged at anytime without developing memory effect. This means that it never loses its ability to hold a full charge. InfoLithium battery packs have a built-in micro processor that accurately calculates remaining battery life in minutes, and they also display remaining battery time on the camera's LCD as well as in the viewfinder by continuously communicating with the camcorder or digital camera.

Chemistry

Lithium-Ion

Capacity

1650mAh

Output Voltage

7.2V

Dimensions

1.5 x 0.8 x 2.2" (38 x 21 x 56mm)

Weight

2.8 oz. (78g)

1-Year Limited Warranty

BC-VM10 Battery Charger

RMT-DSLR1 Wireless Remote Commander

USB Cable

Video Cable

Shoulder Strap

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ALC-B55 SLR Camera Body Cap
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ALC-B55 SLR Camera Body Cap

B&H# SOALCB55 | Mfr# ALCB55
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Protect the internal components of your Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Digital camera from dust, moisture and debris when the lens is not on the camera with the Sony ALC-B55 SLR Camera Body Cap. This body cap will also work with Minolta Maxxum Series cameras.

FA-SHC1AM/S Accessory Shoe Cap - Black
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FA-SHC1AM/S Accessory Shoe Cap - Black

B&H# SOFASHC1AMB | Mfr# FASHC1AMB
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The Sony FA-SHC1AM/S Accessory Shoe Cap covers the accessory shoe of the Sony Alpha and Minolta Maxxum series SLR cameras. It protects the shoe from dust, dirt and moisture when not in use.

1-Year Warranty

Software CD-ROM (USB Driver, RAW Conversion and Image Management Software)

1-Year Sony U.S.A. Limited Warranty

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Brochure (PDF 107kb)

User Manual (PDF 3.5mb)

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