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Following on from Sony's acquisition of the photographic assets of Konica Minolta, they have now launched their first SLR digital camera, called the Sony Alpha DSLR-A100.

Its an obvious development of the Konica Minolta 5D, using the Minolta lens mount, and so compatible with many existing lenses. The highlights of the camera include

• 10 megapixel CCD
• camera integrated anti shake
• anti dust mechanism
• 40 segment honeycomb metering
• 2.5" 230,000 pixel LCD monitor
• Lithium ion battery with a claimed capacity of 750 shots

Oh, to get my hands on one to play with. In the meantime, there are hands on reviews (of preproduction models) at

• DPReview
• Digital camera resource page
• Imaging Resource