Sony α100 (DSLR-A100) is the first
digital single-lens reflex camera
A digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera that combines the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a digital imaging sensor.
The reflex design scheme is the primary difference between ...
(DSLR) marketed by
Sony
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in 2006. It is the successor to the previous Konica Minolta DSLR models (primarily the Maxxum/
Dynax 5D and 7D) through Sony's purchase of the Konica Minolta camera division. The α100 retains a similar body design and claimed improvements on Konica Minolta's
Anti-Shake sensor-shifting image stabilization feature, renamed
Super SteadyShot
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. It uses a 10.2 megapixel
APS-C
Advanced Photo System type-C (APS-C) is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System film negative in its C ("Classic") format, of 25.1×16.7 mm, an aspect ratio of 3:2 and Ø 31.15 mm field d ...
sized
CCD sensor
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In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem that detects events or changes in its environment and sends ...
. Another notable feature inherited from Konica Minolta is Eyestart, which provides for automatic
autofocus activation by detecting the presence of the photographer's eye on the viewfinder, thus quickening the camera's response.
Another notable feature is an automatically vibrating CCD to remove dust each time the camera is shut off. The α100 shipped from Sony and resellers by the end of July 2006 with
MSRP prices of
US$
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1000 with the 18–70 mm 3.5–f/5.6 kit lens and
US$
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900 for the body only. The camera retains the same autofocus lens mount that was introduced with the
Minolta Maxxum 7000
The Minolta MAXXUM 7000 (7000 AF in Europe and α-7000 in Japan) 35 mm format, 35 mm Single-lens reflex camera, SLR camera was introduced in February 1985. It was the first camera to feature both integrated autofocus (AF) and motorised film advan ...
in 1985, allowing the continued use of the millions of existing
Minolta AF lenses.
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100
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