The quality and versatility of Sony cameras are just two of the features of Sony-made photography equipment that make them desirable to both the professional photographer who relies upon his or her equipment to provide them with an income, and to the home photographer who likes to record memories of their kids, travels, and other important moments in their life.
Being able to rely upon a camera to take a good quality photograph is essential as often moments cannot be recaptured. Sony knows and understands this, and manufacturers cameras that provide reliability for years to come.
The company produces several styles of the camera, with the two main types being compact cameras and interchangeable lens cameras.
Compact Cameras
The compact camera is typically what every home photographer purchases to capture those precious moments of their children during their growing years on, and is often the camera of choice for those traveling to new places and wanting to capture all the beauty and magnificence of their surroundings to be looked back on in the years following their vacation.
The compact camera, by its very name, is small and easily fits in the hand, purse or backpack, readily available at a moment’s notice to grab that once-in-a-lifetime image. Though the compact camera may be small in size, Sony has ensured that their compact cameras are mighty in features and quality.
Sony caters to both the casual photographer and the professional, providing a range of compact cameras for each. The cameras designed for the casual photographer offer many great features that ensure beautiful images time after time, such as the world-renowned ZEISS optical zoom lens, which makes taking distance photographs as simple as pointing and shooting the desired image. Optical SteadyShot feature ensures your photo will not be ruined by a shaking hand when clicking the shutter button. For the selfie enthusiast, Sony has incorporated a 180-degree tiltable LCD monitor to provide perfect selfies time after time.
For the photography enthusiast or professional seeking an easy-to-carry quality camera that takes great shots without the bulk of a larger camera with interchangeable lenses, Sony has a fantastic range of compact cameras that provide versatility and excellent photographic results. Equipped with top-quality ZEISS lenses, these cameras also offer continuous shooting as a feature. Some of the cameras in this range are ideal for the outdoor photographer and are able to withstand more rugged treatment, with a durable body that is waterproof, shockproof and crushproof, a feature that is desired by many of the more adventurous photographers.
Interchangeable Lens Cameras
Typically, the choice of professional photographers and those serious about improving their photographic skills, the interchangeable lens camera offers so much more than the compact camera. While once a lens is attached this style of camera is much heavier than the easily carried compact camera the features an interchangeable lens camera offers makes the weight worth carrying. Wedding photographers, fashion photographers and many other professional photographers rely upon Sony interchangeable lens cameras to reliably attain that perfect shot time after time. The Sony interchangeable lens camera, as the name suggests, is able to support a wide variety of lenses to suit every situation. Sony has made their interchangeable lens cameras as light as possible to offset the weight of the added lens, making the complete camera and lens lighter than many other brands of similar photographic equipment.
Features of Sony’s interchangeable lens cameras are many, including 35mm, as much as 61.0 MP, high-speed continuous frame shooting, full-frame CMOS sensor, intelligent autofocus, and many other features critical to the professional photographer. Some also include movie recording for budding moviemakers.
Lenses
The lens is arguably the most important part of any camera, particularly as the quality of a photographic image relies heavily upon how well the lens captures the image. Sony built-in quality lenses to the range of compact cameras and have designed and manufactured an excellent range of lenses for attaching to the range of interchangeable lens cameras. Sony understands that photographers of all standards are demanding more and more from their photographic equipment and is constantly working towards developing new products to address these demands.
Sony also provides a wide variety of accessories for all of their cameras, including but not limited to cases and tripods.
