All About Sony Digital Cameras

Sony has been a trusted name in producing high-quality electronic innovations, including television sets, audio players, computers, video game consoles, and other entertainment gadgets. Its products are known to deliver excellent sights and sounds. Today, Sony digital cameras are also among the preferred models of both professional photographers and hobbyists. They have both point-and-shoot and DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras.

Cyber-shot is the brand's line of digital point-and-shoot cameras. This is something for you if you're just beginning to take photos or if you're looking for a handy camera that takes quality photos of your travels. Its models come in different specifications and prices. The Sony Cyber-shot HX200V is one of the highest-rated cameras of the brand. It's equipped with an 18.2-megapixel sensor, an impressive 30x optical zoom, and high-speed shooting capability of 10 frames per second. It gives you images with rich, clear details. But even the lowest Sony Cyber-shot cameras have high megapixel sensors (from 10 to 14.1) and are equipped with the brand's own Face Detection and SteadyShot technologies.

All cameras in the digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) line of Sony are named Alpha. Its Alpha models are classified into three - prosumer, single-lens translucent (SLT), and professional SLR. The prosumer is DSLR for the beginners. Its features and functions are specifically made to help those who have been using only point-and-shoot cameras, but would like to go into advanced photography. One example is the a390, which comes with an intuitive Graphic Display that helps you understand easily the relation between shutter speed and aperture, as well as the effects of your exposure settings on the final image. It comes with a 14.2-megapixel sensor that gives you low-noise images.

Single-Lens Translucent (SLT) is the brand's name for their products that are in between DSLRs and mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras (MILC). It has the brand's patented Translucent Mirror Technology, which enables you to effortlessly focus and shoot at the same time. One Sony SLT digital camera that's highly recommended is the a77 model. Said to be the world's fastest DSLR, it lets you shoot continuously up to 12 frames per second. It also has a 24.3-megapixel sensor that provides you with clear and detailed photos that are ideal even for enlarged printing.

Its DSLR-a900 boasts a 24 x 35.9mm-size CMOS sensor that's specifically created for this camera. Users of the older a700 rave about this newer model's features and capabilities, which are considerable improvements from the a700's. It is a "full frame" camera, which means you get a view of the actual size of the image that you'd like to take.

Whether it's a Sony DSLR or a point-and-shoot camera that you're planning to buy, check the features and functions of the model to make sure that that's what you need. Both the Cyber-shot and Alpha lines of Sony offer a wide range of specifications that will satisfy various imaging needs.