Plastic Wrap Can Be Used as a Pellicle Mirror Substitute
After damaging the pellicle mirror in his Sony A55 with cleaning fluid, a guy named Dario decided to look …
Disassembled Sony A55 Examined and Explained
Here’s an interesting look at the guts of the pellicle mirror Sony A55 and how the camera works. The …
Sony A55 Named One of the 50 Best Inventions of 2010 by TIME
TIME magazine has named the Sony Alpha A55 as one of the top …
What 10 FPS Looks and Sounds Like on the Sony A55
Two advantages of the translucent mirror found in the Sony A33 and A55 are high fps continuous shooting (since the mirror doesn't slow things down) and the lack of viewfinder blackouts when shots are being captured.
Sony Alpha A33 and A55 Official: First Translucent Mirror DSLRs
The rumors that have been circulating in recent weeks were spot on: Sony has just announced four new DSLR cameras: the A33, A55, A560, and A580. As expected, the A33 and A55 are the world's first pellicle mirror DSLRs, and have the features and specs we posted just yesterday: phase-detect autofocus while recording HD video or shooting 7fps or 10fps respectively.
Photos of the Upcoming Sony A33 and A55 DSLRs Leaked
Alleged photographs of the upcoming Sony Alpha A33 and A55 DSLR cameras have popped up in an overseas forum. The images look legitimate, though the A55 and A33 front views are identical images that had the model number Photoshopped. Not sure why that is.
These two cameras are rumored to be pellicle mirror cameras. Read this post that we wrote last week to learn more about what pellicle mirrors are.