Sony α

Sony α
Company typeBrand name used by Sony for their line of DSLR/SLT/ILCA/NEX/ILCE cameras
FoundedTokyo, Japan (2006)
HeadquartersKonan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
ProductsLenses, camera bodies

Sony α (the lower case to Greek letter alpha, often transliterated as Sony Alpha) is a brand of digital camera. This line has been active since 2006, building upon the Konica Minolta camera technologies, whose assets were acquired by Sony.