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Sony A3000 reached the lowest price

Sony has introduced a new DSLR camera. Sony Alpha A3000, which is equipped with Sony E-mount and technically belongs to the family Sony NEX. In order to keep within the budget Sony agreed to a number of compromises.

To achieve the low price the company has chosen a lower quality components for the 3-inch LCD (230k dot resolution) screen and electronic viewfinder resolution of 1,44M pixels (EVF).

In return for this, mirrorless camera equipped with the excellent 20.1-megapixel APS-C sensor , BIONZ processor and image stabilizer on the basis of the image sensor shift. Specified range of sensitivity corresponds to ISO 100-16000 for photo and ISO 100-3200 for video. Sony Alpha A3000 is able to record videos in not bad resolution 1920x1080/50i. In addition the camera is equipped with Sweep panorama, 25-point Contrast-detect AF and HDMI out.

Management tools represented by mode dial, navigation center, combined with the control wheel and four buttons, two of which are responsible for the transition to viewing mode and switch between the screen and the viewfinder (the sensor to automatically switch obviously didn't fit into the budget). Certainly pleases metallic bayonet as in the other line of cameras NEX, and not plastic as previously expected.

Now Available. Total price of body with lens Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS is $ 399 (in Europe - 400 euro). Sony Alpha A3000 leaves no chance to gain a foothold in the hearts of buyers for the new Canon G16.