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Like most other digital SLRs, the user deploys the flash with a button on the left side of the lens mount housing, by the big orange Alpha logo. Now these consumer cameras can deploy the flash in auto modes when necessary. The Sony A300 and A350 also have a new pop-up flash, rather than the old "pull-up" type. The same LCD-based function menu that appeared on the A200 earlier this month replaces the old dial-based function menu on the A100, and many of the menu functions and systems from the Sony A700 have made their way into the Sony A300 and A350. Shaped to better match the sensor's 3:2 aspect ratio, the Sony A200's 2.7-inch "Clear Photo" LCD has an anti-reflective coating for easy viewing in the sun, and 230,000 pixels, but the version on the A300 and A350 tilts up and down for easier viewing while shooting low or overhead. Autofocus in Live View is also as fast as it is in optical viewfinder mode, thanks to the new system. Like the A200, Sony says that improvements to the A300 and 350's AF will make focus acquisition 1.7 times faster, thanks to the high-torque AF motor and improved AF sequence borrowed from the A700. While the A300 is essentially an A200 with an articulating screen and Live View mode, the A350 also raises the resolution from 10 megapixels to 14.2 megapixels.
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Both incorporate a new Live View mode, with a unique mechanism that no one has yet tried: moving a mirror inside the pentamirror arrangement to point the image at a secondary sensor above the optical viewfinder. The real news came with Sony's announcement of the Alpha A300 and A350.
#Sony a350 digital slr camera upgrade
Perhaps it was a feint, perhaps it was just a matter of introducing the right camera to the right audience, but Sony's Alpha A200 introduced early this year was a very minor upgrade to the A100. Because the A300 is essentially an A200 with the extra Live View features of the A350, we recommend that you look at our Sony A200 review for its test images and analysis, and then check out our Sony A350 review for the User Report.
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Note: We have reviewed both the Sony A200 and Sony A350, with full test shots, analysis, and user reports.