SLT

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SLT is the abbreviation for Sony's single lens translucent camera concept. It's an alternate DSLR concept with a fixed semi-reflective mirror and an electronic viewfinder instead of optical pentaprism or pentamirror reflex finder. The translucent mirror directs parts of the light onto a set of autofocus sensors, only 70% of the light from the lens goes through the mirror onto the image sensor. The idea is in some ways a revival of the "pellicle" mirror of the Canon Pellix of 1965.

This concept enables on the one hand electronic viewfinders in system cameras for the the Sony α system, on the other hand easier implementation of autofocus by phase detection.

SLT-cameras

  • Sony α33
  • Sony α35
  • Sony α55
  • Sony α65
  • Sony α77
  • and the Sony NEX, but the latter only when combined with LA-EA2 Adapter.