Sony DSLR-A900 / A850 2.00

Sony heeft zijn digitale spiegelreflexcamera's A900 en A850 voorzien van een firmware-update met 2.00 als versienummer. Beide modellen beschikken over een Exmor-cmos-beeldsensor met 24,6 megapixels en kunnen van verschillende verwisselbare lenzen worden voorzien. De lijst met veranderingen voor deze uitgave ziet er als volgt uit:

Improvements

This utility upgrades the DSLR-A850 / DSLR-A900 firmware to version 2.00, and provides the following benefits:

• [Release w/o Lens] item has been added in the Sony Custom menu 2.
  You can release the shutter even when no lens is mounted on the camera (P/A/S/M and Auto mode).
• The range of the exposure compensation has been expanded.
  The range of the exposure compensation is expanded to ±5 EV (Before the update: ±3 EV).
• An additional setting of the exposure step for the bracket shooting has been added
  The following setting has been added to the continuous bracket and single bracket shooting functions: The exposure bracket can now be set in 3 EV increments and the camera shoots three images ([3.0 EV– +3.0 EV]). (Before the update: Up to 2.0 EV).
• The AF function has been improved.
  The speed of autofocus has been improved. The improvement will be most noticeable when using a tele lens, however the effect is dependent on the shooting condition.