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7 Reasons Why It’s The Ideal First Camera - Sony a350 SLR

by BBelew57 on February 13th, 2008

The SONY a350 SLR is being called the ideal first camera for beginners. That would be me.

It's also a considered a great second camera for seasoned photographers. That would be my wife. She used to take pix for a living. Now she lives to take pix of our new little one. Poor kid.

Sony is introducing the alpha 350 digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera on March 7th.

It's an advanced version of Sony's alpha 100 introduced in July 2006.

The new camera has:

1. Live view function. The subject of the shot can be viewed through and LCD screen.

2. High-speed autofocusing. No 'freeze!' then shoot. Honey!

3. 14.2 megapixels. That sounds like a lot to me. The last I remember hearing was something like 3 or 5. Remember, I don't even qualify as a beginner yet, maybe ever, so that number might be off.

4. Image noise in the high-sensitivity mode has been significantly reduced. I'm not sure I even know what that is. Noise in a picture?

5. Anti-blurring capability is improved. Does this mean I'll get yelled at less?

6. Easy to make the switch from compact-type to camera-looking type.

7. Auto adjust when shooting against the sun, like its big brother the alpha 700.

So, I wonder what seasoned photographers do if the camera can do all these things.

The price - about Y90,000 ($800).

I guess I won't be buying one.

Is that a lot of money for a good camera? 

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