| Model: | Sony α350 |
| Kind: | Digital single-lens reflex camera |
| Sensor: | 23,5 mm × 15,7 mm, 14.2 effective megapixels CCD |
| Res: | 4592 × 3056 pixels |
| Lens: | interchangeable, Sony α / Konica Minolta A mount |
| Shutter: | electronically controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane Shutter |
| Shutterrange: | 30–1/4000 sec, with Bulb, 1/160 sec X-sync |
| Metering: | 40-segment honeycomb-pattern |
| Mmode: | Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot |
| Cont: | 2.44 Frames Per Second |
| Viewfinder: | Fixed eye-level penta-Dach-mirror, 0.95 Field of View, Diopter Adjustment -3.0 to + 1.0 |
| Speedrange: | Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 |
| Flash: | Manual Pop-up: Auto, Fill-flash, Slow sync., Rear flash sync, Wireless off camera flash |
| Wb: | Auto, daylight, shade, cloudy, Tungsten, fluorescent, flash, color temperature, custom |
| Wbbkt: | 3 frames |
| Rearlcd: | 230k pixel 2.7-inch TFT LCD |
| Storage: | CompactFlash I/II, Memory Stick PRO Duo (with adapter), Microdrive |
| Battery: | 7.2 V, 1650 mAh (Sony NP-FM500H) |
| Weight: | 582g without battery and memorycard, 682g with lens, battery and card. |
| Madein: | Japan |
The Sony α 350 (DSLR-A350) is a digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) being replaced from 2009 by the similarly specified Sony α 380. It features live view and body-integrated image stabilization.
The Sony α 350 was introduced in Japan in March 2008. It has a 14.2 megapixel CCD sensor, the second highest pixel count for an APS-C format DSLR at the time of its launch, marginally exceeded by the Pentax K20D CMOS sensor.
The Live View is provided by a secondary low-resolution video sensor placed in the mirror-prism housing to provide a view of the focusing screen, which allows retention of phase-contrast autofocus. Live View is mechanically switched via a moving mirror surface. When Live View is active, the normal exposure metering is replaced by metering from the LV image itself offering many more zones or points, along with more accurate white balance. This system is shared with the Sony Alpha 300, a 10.2 megapixel variant.[1]