After the appearance of large sensor compact cameras, called according to the manufacturer Micro Four Thirds, evil or UCIL, Sony has responded with the NEX series. The A55 and A33 SLT Alpha are the first representative of this series and are distinguished by the sensor resolution.

The SLT letters of the camera name are short for “single lens translucent”. The mirror of the photo sensor, which reflects the image to the focus sensor is now fixed and translucent. It allows through only 70% of the light, the rest being reflected to a focusing sensor. In the case of Alpha A55, the CMOS APS HD sensor has a resolution of 16.2 MP. The A33 smaller brother of A55 has 14.2 MP sensor. The 3 inch display of the cameras can be oriented in any direction, and the electronic eyepiece comes with a resolution of 1 million pixels. The Sony Alpha A55 is equipped with a GPS for geotagging and can shoot with 10 fps, while the A33 is limited to 7 frames per second.

Among other facilities offered by the two hybrid cameras are filming at full HD resolution with AVCHD compression, 3D panoramas, sensor optical stabilization and automatically HDR mode.

The Sony Alpha SLT A33 will be available starting next month at a price of € 700. The A55 SLT Alpha will enter the market in October, at a price of 830 euros.

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