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Used sony a35011/12/2022 ![]() The A350 looks much like the rest of Sony’s consumer-grade Alpha cameras, with a mid-size composite body. ![]() In short, if you want to take full advantage of the A350’s imaging system, upgrading to something with a little more optical horsepower probably isn’t a bad idea, but for casual or general purpose shooting, the 18-70mm isn’t a bad choice, either. ![]() Plus, it has the silliest looking, most questionably useful lens hood I think I’ve ever come across. As we found out in reviewing the A200, the 18-70mm isn’t the best looking or feeling piece of gear out there, and the slight softness that was apparent even with the lower-resolution A200 is somewhat more pronounced in this application. Our A350 test unit came bundled in kit form with Sony’s 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 entry-level lens. More on how the system holds up in testing can be found under the “Display/Viewfinder” and “Auto Focus” section headings below. ![]() To demonstrate just how easy the A350’s live view system is to operate, and how quickly it focuses even when shooting in live preview mode, we’ve put together a short demo video.įor all it does well, the A350’s live view performance is certainly not flawless. What this also means for the A350 is that auto focus performs as normal, using the camera’s DSLR-quick phase-detection system without having to black out the preview image to do it. Flip a switch to change from optical viewfinder (or OVF) mode to live view shooting and a swiveling mirror in the viewfinder redirects the through-the-lens image onto this sensor. While several manufacturers have proposed solutions to this dilemma, Sony’s is unique in that it uses a secondary imager housed within the viewfinder prism – rather than the camera’s primary sensor – to create the live preview. This mirror up/mirror down/mirror up process blacks out the on-screen preview in the process and can take several seconds to complete. Because of the mechanics of auto focus in DSLRs, however, when you want AF, the camera has to flip the mirror down and focus the image. In your typical current live view DSLR, the system works by flipping the camera’s internal mirror out of the way and letting light from the lens pass directly to the sensor, which in turn produces the image you see on the screen. Part of the reason for the hype has to do with the fact that Sony elected to go in a technical direction with their live view implementation that is markedly different from anything else out there.
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