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

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in 2006. It is the successor to the previous Konica Minolta DSLR models (primarily the Maxxum/

Dynax 5D The Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D (its North American market name; labelled Dynax 5D in Europe/Hong Kong and α-5 Digital and α Sweet Digital in Japan; officially named DG-5D) was a digital single-lens reflex camera introduced by Konica Minolta in 2005 ...

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

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sensor-shifting image stabilization feature, renamed

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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

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. Another notable feature inherited from Konica Minolta is Eyestart, which provides for automatic

autofocus An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system ...

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

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prices of

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1000 with the 18–70 mm 3.5–f/5.6 kit lens and

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

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lenses.

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