<s>
The	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
Alpha	I-Algorithm
99	I-Algorithm
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Sony	O
on	O
September	O
12	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
flagship	O
Sony	O
DSLR	B-Device
camera	I-Device
and	O
of	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
Alpha	I-Device
SLT	I-Device
line	O
until	O
late	O
2016	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
α99	I-Algorithm
II	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
the	O
24.3MP	O
35mm	B-Algorithm
full-frame	I-Algorithm
Exmor	O
APS	O
HD	O
CMOS	B-Device
sensor	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
normal	O
sensor	O
range	O
of	O
ISO	O
100	O
–	O
3200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Sony	O
's	O
APS-c	O
flagship	O
,	O
α77	B-Algorithm
,	O
the	O
α99	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
record	O
Full	O
HD	O
1080	O
video	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
60p	O
frame	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
α99	O
also	O
uses	O
a	O
three-way	O
tiltable	O
LCD	O
,	O
as	O
used	O
on	O
α77	B-Algorithm
,	O
this	O
feature	O
allows	O
the	O
photographer	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
LCD	O
from	O
any	O
angle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
flexibility	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
α99	I-Algorithm
allows	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
Sony	O
's	O
crop	O
APS-C	O
DT	O
lenses	O
and	O
consequently	O
automatically	O
cropping	O
the	O
image	O
to	O
the	O
smaller	O
frame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
α99	I-Algorithm
II	I-Algorithm
,	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
Photokina	O
in	O
September	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Model	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
Alpha	B-Algorithm
99	I-Algorithm
camera	O
body	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SLT-A99V	B-Algorithm
with	O
GPS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SLT-A99	B-Algorithm
without	O
GPS	O
(	O
depending	O
on	O
country	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
Hasselblad	B-Algorithm
introduced	O
a	O
restyled	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
A99	I-Algorithm
as	O
Hasselblad	B-Algorithm
HV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
24.3MP	O
35mm	B-Algorithm
full-frame	I-Algorithm
Exmor	O
APS	O
HD	O
CMOS	B-Device
sensor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
DxOMark	B-Algorithm
Overall	O
Sensor	O
Score	O
test	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
all	O
characteristics	O
of	O
a	O
camera	O
sensor	O
,	O
the	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
Alpha	I-Algorithm
99	I-Algorithm
scores	O
89	O
points	O
,	O
which	O
equals	O
the	O
score	O
of	O
the	O
Nikon	B-Algorithm
D4	I-Algorithm
and	O
the	O
Phase	O
One	O
P65	O
Plus	O
medium	O
format	O
camera	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Nikon	O
D800E	O
,	O
D800	O
and	O
D600	O
being	O
the	O
only	O
digital	B-Device
SLRs	I-Device
that	O
get	O
a	O
higher	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Sony	B-Algorithm
Alpha	I-Algorithm
99	I-Algorithm
scores	O
higher	O
than	O
all	O
DSLRs	B-Device
from	O
Canon	O
and	O
all	O
DSLRs	B-Device
except	O
those	O
listed	O
here	O
from	O
Nikon	O
,	O
including	O
their	O
professional	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
