Introduction
The Sony Alpha a68 is the latest entry in the company’s dSLR-like camera line that uses an APS-C-size sensor and has a fixed semi-transparent (what Sony calls semi translucent) mirror. Following on the heels of the upscale Sony Alpha a77 II, the a68 is more affordable and still has a full complement of the features most-wanted by serious photographers, seasoned with Sony’s innovative technology.
If you’re new to Sony’s A-mount cameras, you may not know that the a68, strictly speaking, isn’t a traditional digital single-lens reflex at all, despite its outward appearance. Conventional dSLRs rely on a pivoting mirror that flips up during exposure to allow light to continue unimpeded to the sensor when the shutter opens. Sony’s A-mount ...
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