With its high-quality GT Lens built in, the DiMAGE A2 sticks to a widely popular camera design that has many advantages. First of all, size. The DiMAGE A2 is compact, even though it's loaded with a wealth of features: 7x optical zoom from 28 to 200 mm,* 8.0 megapixel CCD, Super Fine EVF, fast and high-precision autofocusing, high-quality movie recording and so much more. Secondly, there's ease of use. Since you never need to change lenses, the DiMAGE A2 lets you stay mobile and make the most of its broad imaging range at a moment's notice. Furthermore, you will hardly ever run the risk of getting dust on the CCD, as can happen with interchangeable lenses.

* 35mm film camera equivalent

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To help with shot composition, the LCD monitor can be tilted up as far as 90 degrees when you're at a low position, or flipped down by 20 degrees if you have the camera over your head. While using the monitor, your hold on the camera may be less steady than usual. But thanks to Anti-Shake, you'll enjoy a stable display. The live view is remarkably smooth (at 60 fps, it has twice the frame rate of conventional monitors). In the dark, brightness gets automatically boosted for a better view. The LCD monitor also includes automatic power-off.

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Allows quick changes of exposure settings. For added convenience, different camera settings can be assigned to the scene selector positions.		Connect with utmost reliability to a studio flash system. An essential feature for professional applications.

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Choose the metering mode that best matches the situation and your intention: ADI (Advanced Distance Integration) metering, pre-flash TTL metering, or manual metering. In addition, you can select the flash mode from a variety of options, which includes manual fill-flash, red-eye reduction, rear flash sync, and wireless/remote flash mode.

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FFP is excellent for portraits, macro images, and all types of off-center subjects. It allows you to quickly move the focus point to anywhere in the frame. FFP can be combined with spot meteringas you move the focus point, spot metering moves in tandem. Another function, FDM, enlarges the display image to make focus checking easier, and is ideal for macro imaging. You can enlarge the display by 3.3x. Anti-Shake is interlocked with FFP and FDM for a steady view.

FDM can be used with manual focusing and Direct Manual Focus, whereas FFP is available with autofocusing only.

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Even with the camera on autofocus, you don't have to give up control. That's because DMF lets you make subtle changes to focusing, by turning the focusing ring on the lens as desired. DMF is used while you have the shutter button half-pressed.

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