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.