Sony details its July-arriving first digital SLR camera

[Bob Crabtree]

Sony has at last unveiled the full specs of its first digital SLR stills camera, the DSLR-A100. This 10 megapixel model - due next month in Europe and elsewhere - features automatic dust-removal and an in-body image-stabiliser. Also, as has long been known, it will be compatible with the Konica Minolta Maxxum/Dynax lens-mount system.

UK and EU prices have yet to be revealed but in the USA, the body alone carries an SRP of $900. It will also be sold in a $1,000 bundle, the DSLR-A100K kit, that also includes an 18-70mm (f3.5-f5.5) zoom lens.

Lots more info, plus pics, in this HEXUS.headline

[Bob Crabtree]

Update - June 13, 23:15
We've now found out the estimated UK street prices - body only £599; body with standard lens £699; body with twin lens kit £849 - though have been advised by Sony that dealers are, of course, free to set their own prices.

[Europax]

Has anyone bought this camera?
Does anyone have experience of the shutter speed/processing delay?