Sony DSLR-A350 Specs

[Suhit Gupta]

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archive...to_gallery.html

"Besides the higher 14.2 Megapixel resolution, the Sony A350 is similar to its sibling the A300. The higher resolution has the side effect of slowing down the burst shooting slightly, going from 3fps down to 2.5fps. That’s the price to pay for the extra details in these photos. Check out our complete Sony A350 photo gallery. 14.2 Megapixel sensor, Image Stabilization, 18-70 f3.5-4.5 kit lens, 2.5 fps burst shooting, Compact Flash, 2-way tilt LCD display (2.7&rdquo"

The A350 will be available in March 2008 for $799 (body only) or $899 with the lens kit. I love the photo gallery of the A350. Interesting that the cost of the A300 and A350 are about the same where the only difference is that the A350 offers higher megapixels for a slight reduction in speed. I would personally go for the faster camera because I am not entirely sure one needs 14MP over 10MP. In fact, I wonder why Sony released two cameras that are so similar. I would have much rather seen them release two cameras targeting altogether different user groups then potentially causing user confusion.

[Suhit Gupta]

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archive...to_gallery.html

"Besides the higher 14.2 Megapixel resolution, the Sony A350 is similar to its sibling the A300. The higher resolution has the side effect of slowing down the burst shooting slightly, going from 3fps down to 2.5fps. That’s the price to pay for the extra details in these photos. Check out our complete Sony A350 photo gallery. 14.2 Megapixel sensor, Image Stabilization, 18-70 f3.5-4.5 kit lens, 2.5 fps burst shooting, Compact Flash, 2-way tilt LCD display (2.7&rdquo"

The A350 will be available in March 2008 for $799 (body only) or $899 with the lens kit. I love the photo gallery of the A350. Interesting that the cost of the A300 and A350 are about the same where the only difference is that the A350 offers higher megapixels for a slight reduction in speed. I would personally go for the faster camera because I am not entirely sure one needs 14MP over 10MP. In fact, I wonder why Sony released two cameras that are so similar. I would have much rather seen them release two cameras targeting altogether different user groups then potentially causing user confusion.

[flooder]

The A300 and A350 are the 2nd and 3rd cameras introduced by Sony in the last several months. A little while ago they introduced the A200 as their low end unit.

The biggest reason for the A300 and A350 is the introduction of Live View. Sony is making their stab at live view and releasing it in some middle of the road models.

I am not up on how everyone is doing Live View so I don't know if Sony's technique is novel or more of the same.