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€ 566.00
(incl. VAT and WEEE)Full Specifications & Features
Lens Mount
Lens Mount
Lens Compatibility
Lens Compatibility
Lens Compatibility
Image Sensory
Image Sensory
Image Sensory
Camera
Camera
Camera
Camera
Camera
Camera
Camera
Camera
SteadyShot INSIDE
SteadyShot INSIDE
SteadyShot INSIDE
SteadyShot INSIDE
SteadyShot INSIDE
SteadyShot INSIDE
Anti-Dust
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Focus System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Auto Exposure System
Shutter
Shutter
Shutter
Shutter
Flash
Flash
Flash
Flash
Flash
Flash
Flash
Flash
Shutter
Viewfinder
Viewfinder
Viewfinder
Viewfinder
Viewfinder
Live View
LCD screen
LCD screen
LCD screen
LCD screen
LCD screen
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Recording
Playback/Edit
Playback/Edit
Playback/Edit
Playback/Edit
Playback/Edit
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
General
Jacks
Jacks
Jacks
Jacks
Power/Others
Power/Others
Power/Others
Power/Others
Dimensions
Dimensions
Dimensions
What's In The Box
Sony α mount
Sony E mount
All types of Sony α lenses
All types of Sony E lenses
Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses
Image sensor type
Image sensor colour filter
Size (mm)
Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)
Effective Pixels (megapixels)
Automatic White Balance
White balance: preset selection
White balance: custom setting
White balance: types of color temperature
White balance bracketing
ISO Sensitivity Setting
System: Sensor-shift mechanism
SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)
Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder)
SteadyShot INSIDE capability
SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility
*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot
Charge protection coating
TTL phase-detection system
Contrast AF system
Sensor
Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV
Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)
AF Area: Wide focus area
AF Area: Spot
AF Area: Local focus area selection
AF Area: Multi Point
AF Area: Center Weighted
AF Area: Flexible Spot
AF Modes
Predictive Focus Control
Focus Lock
AF Illuminator
AF Illuminator range (meters)
Light metering type
Light metering cell
Light metering: Multi segment
Light metering: Spot
Light metering: Center weighted
Exposure: Automatic
Exposure: Program Auto
Exposure: iAUTO
Exposure: AUTO+
Superior Auto
Exposure: Shutter priority
Exposure: Aperture priority
Exposure: Manual
Exposure: Scene selection
Sweep Panorama
Anti Motion Blur
AE Lock
Exposure compensation
AE Bracketing
Type
Shutter Speed Range (seconds)
Flash Sync Speed; second
Flash Sync Speed (With Steady Shoot On); second
Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100)
Flash Metering System
Flash Compensation
Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)
Flash Mode
Wireless flash mode
Red-Eye Reduction
Flash Popup
Type
Focusing Screen
Field of View (%)
Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)
Eye Relief
Diopter Adjustment
Live View
Screen Size
Monitor Type
LCD Total Dot Number
Brightness adjustable
Tilting screen
Drive Mode
Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)
Number of Continuous Advance
Recording Media
Recording Format
Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)
Image Size M (pixels)
Image Size S (pixels)
Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(focal length 16mm/18mm)
3D Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(Focal length:16mm/18mm)
Still Image quality
Movie Recording Format
Video Compression
Audio recording Format
Movie recording mode - AVCHD
Movie recording mode - MP4
Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)
Noise Reduction (High ISO NR)
Noise Reduction (Multi Frame NR)
Color Space (sRGB)
Color Space (Adobe RGB)
Color mode/DEC/Creative styles
Dynamic Range Optimizer
White/Black Out Alert
Index Playback
Enlarge (Maximum magnification)
Image Rotation
Auto Image Rotation
InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator
Histogram Indicator
Exif
Exif Print
PictBridge
Menu Language
Zone Matching
Depth-of-Field Preview
PRINT Image Matching III
Remote Release Terminal
IR Remote Control
DPOF(Digital Print Order Format)
Indicator of remaining memory space
Beep Sound
File Number Memory
Folder Name Mode
Operating Temperature (degrees C)
Video Out
HD/HDMI® Out
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
USB Mode
Battery System
Supplied Battery
Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)
Weight (g) (Body only)
Width (mm)
Height (mm)
Depth (mm)
What's In The Box
- Battery charger
- Body cap
- Eyepiece cup
- Lens cap
- Micro USB cable
- Power cable
- Rechargeable battery
- Shoulder strap
Sony α mount
- YES
Sony E mount
- NO
All types of Sony α lenses
- YES
All types of Sony E lenses
- NO
Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses
- YES
Image sensor type
- Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
Image sensor colour filter
- R, G, B, Primary color
Size (mm)
- 23.2 x 15.4mm (APS-C size)
Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)
- Approx. 20.4
Effective Pixels (megapixels)
- Approx. 20.1
Automatic White Balance
- YES
White balance: preset selection
- Auto / Daylight/ Shade/ Cloudy/ Incandescent/ Fluorescent, Flash
White balance: custom setting
- YES
White balance: types of color temperature
- 2500 - 9900 k (G7 to M7,15-step) (A7 to B7,15-step)
White balance bracketing
- 3 frames, Selectable 2 steps
ISO Sensitivity Setting
- ISO100 - 16000 equivalent
System: Sensor-shift mechanism
- YES
SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)
- NO
Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder)
- NO
SteadyShot INSIDE capability
- Approx. 2.5 to 4.5 steps in shutter speeds *Varies according to shooting conditions and lens used
SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility
- All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta
*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot
Charge protection coating
- YES
TTL phase-detection system
- YES
Contrast AF system
- NO
Sensor
- 15 points (3 points cross type)
Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV
- -1 to 18
Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)
- YES
AF Area: Wide focus area
- YES (auto with 15 areas)
AF Area: Spot
- YES
AF Area: Local focus area selection
- YES
AF Area: Multi Point
- NO
AF Area: Center Weighted
- NO
AF Area: Flexible Spot
- NO
AF Modes
- Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF
Predictive Focus Control
- YES
Focus Lock
- YES
AF Illuminator
- YES (built-in, Flash type)
AF Illuminator range (meters)
- Approx. 1-5
Light metering type
- 1200-zone evaluative metering
Light metering cell
- Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
Light metering: Multi segment
- YES
Light metering: Spot
- YES
Light metering: Center weighted
- YES
Exposure: Automatic
- YES
Exposure: Program Auto
- YES
Exposure: iAUTO
- YES
Exposure: AUTO+
- NO
Superior Auto
- YES
Exposure: Shutter priority
- YES
Exposure: Aperture priority
- YES
Exposure: Manual
- YES
Exposure: Scene selection
- YES
Sweep Panorama
- YES
Anti Motion Blur
- NO
AE Lock
- YES
Exposure compensation
- YES, +/- 3.0EV (1/3EV steps)
AE Bracketing
- With 0.3 EV, 0.7 EV, 1.0 EV, 2.0 EV, 3.0 EV increments, 3 frames
Type
- Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
Shutter Speed Range (seconds)
- 1/4000 - 30 and bulb
Flash Sync Speed; second
- 1/160
Flash Sync Speed (With Steady Shoot On); second
- 1/160
Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100)
- 10
Flash Metering System
- ADI / Pre-flash TTL
Flash Compensation
- +/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)
Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)
- 4
Flash Mode
- Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync, Red-eye reduction
Wireless flash mode
- YES (with optional compatible accessory flash)
Red-Eye Reduction
- YES
Flash Popup
- Auto
Type
- Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
Focusing Screen
- NO
Field of View (%)
- 100
Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)
- 0.88x
Eye Relief
- Approx. 26.5mm from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Maximum) Approx. 23mm from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Standard)
Diopter Adjustment
- -4.0 to +4.0m-1
Live View
- YES
Screen Size
- 6.7cm(2.7type)
Monitor Type
- TFT
LCD Total Dot Number
- 460800
Brightness adjustable
- YES
Tilting screen
- YES
Drive Mode
- Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Bracket (continues, single, white balance bracket)
Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)
- max. 8 fps
Number of Continuous Advance
- Tele-zoom Continuous Advance priority AE] Fine: 16 images/Standard: 19 images, Continuous shooting- Fine: 7 images/Standard: 8 images/RAW & JPEG: 5 images/RAW: 6 images
Recording Media
- Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo™, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards
Recording Format
- JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver. 2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), RAW & JPEG
Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)
- 5456 x 3632 (20M)
Image Size M (pixels)
- 3872 × 2576 (10M)
Image Size S (pixels)
- 2736 x 1824 (5M)
Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(focal length 16mm/18mm)
- Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23M), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12M), Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15M), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4M)
3D Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(Focal length:16mm/18mm)
- NO
Still Image quality
- RAW, RAW+JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard
Movie Recording Format
- AVCHD / MP4
Video Compression
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
Audio recording Format
- Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2ch
Movie recording mode - AVCHD
- 1920 x 1080 (50i 24 Mbps, 50i 17 Mbps, 25p 24 Mbps, 25p 17 Mbps)
Movie recording mode - MP4
- 1440 x 1080(Approx.25fps, 12Mbps(Average bit-rate)
Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)
- On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second
Noise Reduction (High ISO NR)
- YES
Noise Reduction (Multi Frame NR)
- YES
Color Space (sRGB)
- YES
Color Space (Adobe RGB)
- YES
Color mode/DEC/Creative styles
- Standard, Vivid, Portrait , Landscape, Sunset, Black & White, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness
Dynamic Range Optimizer
- Off, Auto, Advanced: Level
White/Black Out Alert
- YES
Index Playback
- YES
Enlarge (Maximum magnification)
- L: 15x, M: 11x, S: 7.7x
Image Rotation
- YES
Auto Image Rotation
- YES
InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator
- YES
Histogram Indicator
- YES
Exif
- YES
Exif Print
- YES
PictBridge
- NO
Menu Language
- English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish
Zone Matching
- NO
Depth-of-Field Preview
- YES
PRINT Image Matching III
- YES
Remote Release Terminal
- YES
IR Remote Control
- NO
DPOF(Digital Print Order Format)
- YES
Indicator of remaining memory space
- YES
Beep Sound
- On/Off selectable
File Number Memory
- On/Off selectable
Folder Name Mode
- Standard and Date
Operating Temperature (degrees C)
- 0 - 40
Video Out
- NO
HD/HDMI® Out
- YES
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- YES
USB Mode
- Mass-storage, MTP
Battery System
- NP-FM500H
Supplied Battery
- NP-FM500H
Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)
- Approx.690 shots (Viewfinder) / approx.700 shots (LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)
Weight (g) (Body only)
- Approx. 492
Width (mm)
- 128.6
Height (mm)
- 95.5
Depth (mm)
- 77.7
What's In The Box
- Battery charger
- Body cap
- Eyepiece cup
- Lens cap
- Micro USB cable
- Power cable
- Rechargeable battery
- SAL1855-2
- Shoulder strap
Sony α mount
- YES
Sony E mount
- NO
All types of Sony α lenses
- YES
All types of Sony E lenses
- NO
Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses
- YES
Image sensor type
- Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
Image sensor colour filter
- R, G, B, Primary color
Size (mm)
- 23.2 x 15.4mm (APS-C size)
Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)
- Approx. 20.4
Effective Pixels (megapixels)
- Approx. 20.1
Automatic White Balance
- YES
White balance: preset selection
- Auto / Daylight/ Shade/ Cloudy/ Incandescent/ Fluorescent, Flash
White balance: custom setting
- YES
White balance: types of color temperature
- 2500 - 9900 k (G7 to M7,15-step) (A7 to B7,15-step)
White balance bracketing
- 3 frames, Selectable 2 steps
ISO Sensitivity Setting
- ISO100 - 16000 equivalent
System: Sensor-shift mechanism
- YES
SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)
- NO
Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder)
- NO
SteadyShot INSIDE capability
- Approx. 2.5 to 4.5 steps in shutter speeds *Varies according to shooting conditions and lens used
SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility
- All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta
*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot
Charge protection coating
- YES
TTL phase-detection system
- YES
Contrast AF system
- NO
Sensor
- 15 points (3 points cross type)
Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV
- -1 to 18
Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)
- YES
AF Area: Wide focus area
- YES (auto with 15 areas)
AF Area: Spot
- YES
AF Area: Local focus area selection
- YES
AF Area: Multi Point
- NO
AF Area: Center Weighted
- NO
AF Area: Flexible Spot
- NO
AF Modes
- Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF
Predictive Focus Control
- YES
Focus Lock
- YES
AF Illuminator
- YES (built-in, Flash type)
AF Illuminator range (meters)
- Approx. 1-5
Light metering type
- 1200-zone evaluative metering
Light metering cell
- Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
Light metering: Multi segment
- YES
Light metering: Spot
- YES
Light metering: Center weighted
- YES
Exposure: Automatic
- YES
Exposure: Program Auto
- YES
Exposure: iAUTO
- YES
Exposure: AUTO+
- NO
Superior Auto
- YES
Exposure: Shutter priority
- YES
Exposure: Aperture priority
- YES
Exposure: Manual
- YES
Exposure: Scene selection
- YES
Sweep Panorama
- YES
Anti Motion Blur
- NO
AE Lock
- YES
Exposure compensation
- YES, +/- 3.0EV (1/3EV steps)
AE Bracketing
- With 0.3 EV, 0.7 EV, 1.0 EV, 2.0 EV, 3.0 EV increments, 3 frames
Type
- Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
Shutter Speed Range (seconds)
- 1/4000 - 30 and bulb
Flash Sync Speed; second
- 1/160
Flash Sync Speed (With Steady Shoot On); second
- 1/160
Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100)
- 10
Flash Metering System
- ADI / Pre-flash TTL
Flash Compensation
- +/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)
Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)
- 4
Flash Mode
- Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync, Red-eye reduction
Wireless flash mode
- YES (with optional compatible accessory flash)
Red-Eye Reduction
- YES
Flash Popup
- Auto
Type
- Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
Focusing Screen
- NO
Field of View (%)
- 100
Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)
- 0.88x
Eye Relief
- Approx. 26.5mm from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Maximum) Approx. 23mm from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Standard)
Diopter Adjustment
- -4.0 to +4.0m-1
Live View
- YES
Screen Size
- 6.7cm(2.7type)
Monitor Type
- TFT
LCD Total Dot Number
- 460800
Brightness adjustable
- YES
Tilting screen
- YES
Drive Mode
- Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Bracket (continues, single, white balance bracket)
Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)
- max. 8 fps
Number of Continuous Advance
- Tele-zoom Continuous Advance priority AE] Fine: 16 images/Standard: 19 images, Continuous shooting- Fine: 7 images/Standard: 8 images/RAW & JPEG: 5 images/RAW: 6 images
Recording Media
- Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo™, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards
Recording Format
- JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver. 2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), RAW & JPEG
Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)
- 5456 x 3632 (20M)
Image Size M (pixels)
- 3872 × 2576 (10M)
Image Size S (pixels)
- 2736 x 1824 (5M)
Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(focal length 16mm/18mm)
- Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23M), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12M), Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15M), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4M)
3D Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(Focal length:16mm/18mm)
- NO
Still Image quality
- RAW, RAW+JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard
Movie Recording Format
- AVCHD / MP4
Video Compression
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
Audio recording Format
- Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2ch
Movie recording mode - AVCHD
- 1920 x 1080 (50i 24 Mbps, 50i 17 Mbps, 25p 24 Mbps, 25p 17 Mbps)
Movie recording mode - MP4
- 1440 x 1080(Approx.25fps, 12Mbps(Average bit-rate)
Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)
- On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second
Noise Reduction (High ISO NR)
- YES
Noise Reduction (Multi Frame NR)
- YES
Color Space (sRGB)
- YES
Color Space (Adobe RGB)
- YES
Color mode/DEC/Creative styles
- Standard, Vivid, Portrait , Landscape, Sunset, Black & White, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness
Dynamic Range Optimizer
- Off, Auto, Advanced: Level
White/Black Out Alert
- YES
Index Playback
- YES
Enlarge (Maximum magnification)
- L: 15x, M: 11x, S: 7.7x
Image Rotation
- YES
Auto Image Rotation
- YES
InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator
- YES
Histogram Indicator
- YES
Exif
- YES
Exif Print
- YES
PictBridge
- NO
Menu Language
- English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish
Zone Matching
- NO
Depth-of-Field Preview
- YES
PRINT Image Matching III
- YES
Remote Release Terminal
- YES
IR Remote Control
- NO
DPOF(Digital Print Order Format)
- YES
Indicator of remaining memory space
- YES
Beep Sound
- On/Off selectable
File Number Memory
- On/Off selectable
Folder Name Mode
- Standard and Date
Operating Temperature (degrees C)
- 0 - 40
Video Out
- NO
HD/HDMI® Out
- YES
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- YES
USB Mode
- Mass-storage, MTP
Battery System
- NP-FM500H
Supplied Battery
- NP-FM500H
Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)
- Approx.690 shots (Viewfinder) / approx.700 shots (LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)
Weight (g) (Body only)
- Approx. 492
Width (mm)
- 128.6
Height (mm)
- 95.5
Depth (mm)
- 77.7
What's In The Box
- Battery charger
- Body cap
- Eyepiece cup
- Lens cap
- Micro USB cable
- Power cable
- Rechargeable battery
- SAL1855-2
- SAL55200-2
- Shoulder strap
Sony α mount
- YES
Sony E mount
- NO
All types of Sony α lenses
- YES
All types of Sony E lenses
- NO
Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses
- YES
Image sensor type
- Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
Image sensor colour filter
- R, G, B, Primary color
Size (mm)
- 23.2 x 15.4mm (APS-C size)
Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)
- Approx. 20.4
Effective Pixels (megapixels)
- Approx. 20.1
Automatic White Balance
- YES
White balance: preset selection
- Auto / Daylight/ Shade/ Cloudy/ Incandescent/ Fluorescent, Flash
White balance: custom setting
- YES
White balance: types of color temperature
- 2500 - 9900 k (G7 to M7,15-step) (A7 to B7,15-step)
White balance bracketing
- 3 frames, Selectable 2 steps
ISO Sensitivity Setting
- ISO100 - 16000 equivalent
System: Sensor-shift mechanism
- YES
SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)
- NO
Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder)
- NO
SteadyShot INSIDE capability
- Approx. 2.5 to 4.5 steps in shutter speeds *Varies according to shooting conditions and lens used
SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility
- All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta
*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot
Charge protection coating
- YES
TTL phase-detection system
- YES
Contrast AF system
- NO
Sensor
- 15 points (3 points cross type)
Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV
- -1 to 18
Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)
- YES
AF Area: Wide focus area
- YES (auto with 15 areas)
AF Area: Spot
- YES
AF Area: Local focus area selection
- YES
AF Area: Multi Point
- NO
AF Area: Center Weighted
- NO
AF Area: Flexible Spot
- NO
AF Modes
- Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF
Predictive Focus Control
- YES
Focus Lock
- YES
AF Illuminator
- YES (built-in, Flash type)
AF Illuminator range (meters)
- Approx. 1-5
Light metering type
- 1200-zone evaluative metering
Light metering cell
- Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
Light metering: Multi segment
- YES
Light metering: Spot
- YES
Light metering: Center weighted
- YES
Exposure: Automatic
- YES
Exposure: Program Auto
- YES
Exposure: iAUTO
- YES
Exposure: AUTO+
- NO
Superior Auto
- YES
Exposure: Shutter priority
- YES
Exposure: Aperture priority
- YES
Exposure: Manual
- YES
Exposure: Scene selection
- YES
Sweep Panorama
- YES
Anti Motion Blur
- NO
AE Lock
- YES
Exposure compensation
- YES, +/- 3.0EV (1/3EV steps)
AE Bracketing
- With 0.3 EV, 0.7 EV, 1.0 EV, 2.0 EV, 3.0 EV increments, 3 frames
Type
- Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
Shutter Speed Range (seconds)
- 1/4000 - 30 and bulb
Flash Sync Speed; second
- 1/160
Flash Sync Speed (With Steady Shoot On); second
- 1/160
Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100)
- 10
Flash Metering System
- ADI / Pre-flash TTL
Flash Compensation
- +/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)
Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)
- 4
Flash Mode
- Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync, Red-eye reduction
Wireless flash mode
- YES (with optional compatible accessory flash)
Red-Eye Reduction
- YES
Flash Popup
- Auto
Type
- Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
Focusing Screen
- NO
Field of View (%)
- 100
Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)
- 0.88x
Eye Relief
- Approx. 26.5mm from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Maximum) Approx. 23mm from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Standard)
Diopter Adjustment
- -4.0 to +4.0m-1
Live View
- YES
Screen Size
- 6.7cm(2.7type)
Monitor Type
- TFT
LCD Total Dot Number
- 460800
Brightness adjustable
- YES
Tilting screen
- YES
Drive Mode
- Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Bracket (continues, single, white balance bracket)
Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)
- max. 8 fps
Number of Continuous Advance
- Tele-zoom Continuous Advance priority AE] Fine: 16 images/Standard: 19 images, Continuous shooting- Fine: 7 images/Standard: 8 images/RAW & JPEG: 5 images/RAW: 6 images
Recording Media
- Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo™, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards
Recording Format
- JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver. 2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), RAW & JPEG
Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)
- 5456 x 3632 (20M)
Image Size M (pixels)
- 3872 × 2576 (10M)
Image Size S (pixels)
- 2736 x 1824 (5M)
Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(focal length 16mm/18mm)
- Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23M), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12M), Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15M), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4M)
3D Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(Focal length:16mm/18mm)
- NO
Still Image quality
- RAW, RAW+JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard
Movie Recording Format
- AVCHD / MP4
Video Compression
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
Audio recording Format
- Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2ch
Movie recording mode - AVCHD
- 1920 x 1080 (50i 24 Mbps, 50i 17 Mbps, 25p 24 Mbps, 25p 17 Mbps)
Movie recording mode - MP4
- 1440 x 1080(Approx.25fps, 12Mbps(Average bit-rate)
Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)
- On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second
Noise Reduction (High ISO NR)
- YES
Noise Reduction (Multi Frame NR)
- YES
Color Space (sRGB)
- YES
Color Space (Adobe RGB)
- YES
Color mode/DEC/Creative styles
- Standard, Vivid, Portrait , Landscape, Sunset, Black & White, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness
Dynamic Range Optimizer
- Off, Auto, Advanced: Level
White/Black Out Alert
- YES
Index Playback
- YES
Enlarge (Maximum magnification)
- L: 15x, M: 11x, S: 7.7x
Image Rotation
- YES
Auto Image Rotation
- YES
InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator
- YES
Histogram Indicator
- YES
Exif
- YES
Exif Print
- YES
PictBridge
- NO
Menu Language
- English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish
Zone Matching
- NO
Depth-of-Field Preview
- YES
PRINT Image Matching III
- YES
Remote Release Terminal
- YES
IR Remote Control
- NO
DPOF(Digital Print Order Format)
- YES
Indicator of remaining memory space
- YES
Beep Sound
- On/Off selectable
File Number Memory
- On/Off selectable
Folder Name Mode
- Standard and Date
Operating Temperature (degrees C)
- 0 - 40
Video Out
- NO
HD/HDMI® Out
- YES
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- YES
USB Mode
- Mass-storage, MTP
Battery System
- NP-FM500H
Supplied Battery
- NP-FM500H
Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)
- Approx.690 shots (Viewfinder) / approx.700 shots (LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)
Weight (g) (Body only)
- Approx. 492
Width (mm)
- 128.6
Height (mm)
- 95.5
Depth (mm)
- 77.7
Features
Get the detail with an Exmor® APS HD CMOS sensor
Sensitive from ISO 100 to 16000 and with 20.1MP resolution, the sensor picks up every little detail even in low light
Enjoy a fast shooting response
Unlike a DSLR, Translucent Mirror technology means there’s no moving mirror so you can react quickly to get the shot you see
Compose with confidence
The high-contrast OLED Tru-Finder™ faithfully shows images as they will appear, factoring in any settings or exposure adjustments
Be ready for anything with a versatile zoom lens
From wide-angle 18mm to standard 55mm you’ve got every shot covered with a lightweight, compact and easy-to-use zoom lens
Lock on to fast-moving subjects
Great for sport and wildlife, the AF system has a lock-on function that tracks moving subjects and keeps them in sharp focus
Compose shots like a professional
Auto Object Framing automatically detects what you’re shooting and crops borders to create tighter, pro-style compositions
Make life easy with autofocus
Keep shots and videos in focus at all times with the 15-point AF system with 3 cross sensors and full-time continuous AF
Shoot Full HD movies, always in focus
Record Full HD videos with rapid phase detection tracking autofocus to keep even fast-moving subjects in focus
Shoot in high-speed bursts
Photograph fast-moving action at up to 8 frames per second with continuous autofocus so every frame is crisp and clear
Say no to noise with the BIONZ processor
The powerful image processing engine has dual noise reduction, ensuring low noise images with rich tones
Share films online quickly and easily
Shoot movies in either AVCHD 1080i or MP4 format, which is ideal for sharing on Facebook™ and YouTube™
Get the right settings every time
Intelligent Auto and Superior Auto automatically analyse scene and shooting conditions and adjust settings for optimum results
Share your memories on the big screen
The HDMI® output lets you enjoy your photos and videos in all their glory on your HD TV
See friends in their best light
Face Detection recognises up to 8 faces in a scene, optimising exposure, white balance, flash and other settings for portraits
Capture spectacular panoramas
Press the shutter and sweep the camera to capture extra-wide panoramic images
Add your own artistic Picture Effects
Give your photos a stylish feel with up to 15 creative effects including posterisation, partial colour, retro, toy camera and more
Take beautiful photos at dusk or dawn
Handheld Twilight mode takes six images in quick succession and uses the best bits from each one to create an ideal composite shot
Be creative with a range of lenses
Discover a world of possibilities with the ever-growing family of interchangeable A-mount lenses by Carl Zeiss and Sony
Capture One (for Sony)
Capture One Express (for Sony) is a free award-winning image editing software that provides high-end image quality RAW development, easy management of your image files, and powerful editing tools. Capture One Pro (for Sony) can be bought for even more editing tools and tethered shooting capability.
New Imaging Edge software suite from Sony
Imaging Edge app suite can maximise image quality, improve production efficiency and help you finely adjust RAW-based images. Use its “Remote” to remotely control shooting; “Edit” to develop RAW data into high-quality photos; and “Viewer” to view, rate and select photos from a list of shots.