Sony Alpha 350 and BS Kinetics housing

Karin Brussaard · Issue 45, Nov/Dec 2008 · pp. 33–35

Products mentioned: Sony Alpha 350, BS Kinetics Gibson housing, Sea & Sea YS 110 flash, Sony 11-18mm lens, Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, Carl Zeiss lenses

The Sony Alpha 350 is a digital reflex camera for the advanced photographer. Professionals will probably find the speed of 2.5 frames per second too slow. However, underwater photography does not require extreme speed since you nearly always make use of flashes and you also have to wait for the flash batteries to recharge before the next shot is enabled. Sony uses Carl Zeiss lenses for the Sony Alpha 350. The camera is light with its 582 grams, as well as compact and has a pleasant hand-fit. The CCD sensor offers 14.2 effective megapixels. Pictures can be stored in RAW, JPEG as well as RAW + JPEG. The Alpha 350 supports various storage memory cards. Not only the Sony types (Memory Stick Duo, MS Pro Duo and MS Pro HG) are supported, also CF cards type I and II. To tackle the dust problem of dust sticking to the sensor, the Alpha 350 has been equipped with a dual anti-dust system. The sens…