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Rumors: Specs of Sony’s Advanced Amateur Alpha DSLR Leaked!

August 15th, 2007 by Os

Sony’s Advanced Amateur Alpha DSLR

Not to be overshadowed by Canon’s rumors, specifications of the Advanced Amateur Alpha DSLR has been leaked onto the internet. French website www.photoim.net posted the specifications along with some interesting rumors from a person who supposedly has a cousin working in Sony from the Dyxum.com forums.

So if you’re thinking about purchasing a Sony Alpha A100 at the moment, you may want to wait a little longer. Of course, with every rumor you have to take it with a grain of salt until Sony makes the official announcement.

Sources: Engadget, Digital Camera Information

Full specifications after the jump!

  • Lens magnification - (Crop factor) 1.25 x
  • Sensor type and size - CCD sensor (28.6 X 19.8 mm)
  • Resolution - 14.4 mega pixels
  • Maximum resolution - 4648 x 3098
  • Processor - image processing system and two standard of Bionz pixels
  • LCD screen - 2.5 inch (230,000 pixels TFT display)
  • Viewfinder - 95% view coverage
  • Magnification - 0.9 times magnification with diopter adjustment and eye-function
  • Battery - standard NP-FM55H
  • Memory - Recorded media CF I & II which can record a capacity to support more than 4 GB of memory
  • Image format - JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
  • Sensitivity - ISO 100 - 3200 / Mode speed LO80/HI200
  • Autofocus - Focusing AFS AFC DMF focusing area regional/local wide area/fixed focal
  • Flash - Support high-speed flash mode flash synchronization function, with wireless flash function and cited slower doors automatically synchronized flash, fill
  • Wireless Flash - from the camera (using HVL - F56AM, F36AM flash) arrange of the X-synchronization flash: 1/160s and 1/200s
  • Flash Control - ADI, pre-flash TTL, Manual adjustment built-in flash for flash 12 shooting performance coil-support functions 10 the second gold 2 seconds
  • Sequential shooting function - 5/dry sequential shooting, JPEG unlimited, RAW, RAW + JPEG
  • Support anti-red eye exposure
  • Automatic exposure mode, aperture priority, shutter priority and full manual
  • Exposure modes, such have exposure compensation +-3EV 1/3 to adjust the exposure
  • Measurement central x-ray meter, spot metering, 40 regional cellular linen meter,
  • Shutter Speed - 12 shutter speed 1/4000 seconds to 30 seconds the door to other B focusing system edge Be optimized, focusing faster more accurate.

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