Sony Announces new Entry Level SLR Models Alpha A300 and A350

ShaolinTiger posted this at 1:54 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 —

Man Sony is pumping out the new dSLR models, and this is not the end of it - there’s another big one coming after these two. This comes very shortly after Sony Announced New Entry Level dSLR - Alpha A200 - 10 Megapixels.

Sony Alpha A350

Basically the A300 is a slightly upgraded version of the recent Alpha A200, and the A350 is the same as the A300 but with 4 more megapixels.

The A200 directly competes with the new Nikon D60 and the A350 would be more in line with the Canon 450D.

The DSLR-A300 model can shoot about three continuous frames per second and the DSLR-A350 model can shoot up to two-and-a-half continuous frames per second, when using the optical viewfinder. Both are powered by the Bionz processing engine and supplied InfoLITHIUM™ battery for fast start-up times, quick response and long battery life – up to 730 shots per full charge when using the optical viewfinder and up to 410 shots per full charge in live-view mode.

Along with these Sony also announced a new cheaper less powerful flash - the Sony HVL-F42AM - (but added some features) - similar to SB-600 I guess but the first flash with White Balance control built in?

Read the full release here:

Sony announces Alpha 300 and 350

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2 Comments »

Comment by Albert Ng

February 6, 2008 @ 11:26 pm


The main (and probably only true separating factor) is the fast phase-detect AF visible in Live View. That, and the swivel screen, commands it a price over the A200.

Comment by iamyuanwu

February 8, 2008 @ 2:49 am


Wow, Sony is catching up… FAST! And lots of innovative stuff to tempt the consumers.

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