| Body material |
Plastic exterior |
| Sensor |
• 23.4 x 15.6 mm APS-C Type CMOS Exmor Sensor
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 14.6 million total pixels
• 14.2 million effective pixels |
| Image sizes * |
3:2
• 4592 x 3056 (L)
• 3344 x 2224 (M)
• 2288 x 1520 (S)
16:9
• 4592 x 2576 (L)
• 3344 x 1872 (M)
• 2288 x 1280 (S)
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| File qualities / formats |
• RAW (.ARW)
• RAW + JPEG Fine
• RAW + JPEG Standard
• JPEG Fine
• JPEG Standard |
| Dust reduction |
• Charge protection coating on low-pass filter
• Sensor-shift dust reduction mechanism |
| Lenses |
• Sony Alpha lenses
(also compatible with Minolta and Konica -Minolta AF lenses) |
| FOV crop |
1.5x |
| SteadyShot INSIDE |
• CCD-Shift 'SteadyShot Inside' system
• Claimed equivalent to 2.5 – 3.5 steps in shutter speed |
| Auto Focus |
• TTL CCD line sensors (9-points,with center cross sensor)
• EV 0 to 18 (ISO 100) detection range
• Predictive focus, Focus Lock |
| AF area selection |
• Wide AF area
• Spot AF area (center)
• Focus area selection (any of 9)
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| Focus modes |
• Single-shot AF
• Continuous AF
• Automatic AF
• Manual focus |
|
AF assist
illuminator
|
• Yes (using built in flash)
• Range approx 1m - 5m |
| Eye-start AF |
Yes, selectable from menu |
| Shooting modes |
• Programmed AE (Auto, Flash off, P)
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• Scene Selection
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| Scene modes |
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Macro
• Sports
• Sunset
• Night view/portrait |
| Sensitivity |
• Auto (ISO 200-1600)
• Manual ISO 200- ISO 12800 in 1 EV steps
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| Metering modes |
• Multi-segment (40 segment Honeycomb pattern)
• Center-weighted
• Spot |
| Metering range |
• TTL metering
• 40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC
• EV 2 to 20 (Multi-segment / Center-weighted)
• EV 4 to 20 (Spot metering)
(at ISO 100 with F1.4 lens) |
| AE Lock |
• AEL button (customizable, hold or single-press)
• Half-press shutter release |
| AE Bracketing |
• Single or continuous bracketing
• 3 frames
• 0.3 or 0.7 EV steps |
| Exposure compen. |
• -2.0 to +2.0 EV
• 0.3 EV steps |
| Shutter |
Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane Shutter |
| Shutter Speed |
• 30 to 1/4000 sec
• Bulb |
| Flash X-sync |
• 1/160 sec |
| Aperture values |
Depends on lens, 0.3 EV steps |
| DOF preview |
No |
| White balance |
• Auto
• Daylight
• Shade
• Cloudy
• Incandescent
• Fluorescent
• Flash
• Color temperature/filter (2500 - 9900 K)
• Manual (Custom)
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| White balance fine tuning |
• Auto (none)
• Preset WB: -3 to +3
• Fluorescent WB: -1 to +2
• Color temperature WB: G9 to M9 (Magenta to Green)
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| White balance bracketing |
• 3 images from 1 exposure
• Hi / Lo level selectable |
| Dynamic range optimizer |
• Off
• D-Range Optimizer (Auto, Lv 1-5)
• Auto HDR (Auto, Ajustable up to 3 EV betwwen 1.0-3.0 EV in 0.5 EV steps)
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| Color space |
• sRGB
• Adobe RGB |
| Color modes |
• Standard
• Vivid
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Sunset
• B&W |
| Image parameters |
• Contrast (-3 to +3)
• Sharpness (-3 to +3))
• Saturation (-3 to +3) |
| Noise reduction |
• Long exposure for exposures longer than 1 second
• High ISO NR at ISO 1600 or higher
• User controllable: On / Off |
| Viewfinder |
• Eye-level fixed optical glass pentamirror
• Spherical Acute Matte focusing screen
• Magnification approx. 0.80x
• 95% frame coverage
• Dioptric adjustment (-3.0 to +1.0)
• Eye-relief 19 mm from eyepiece, 15 mm from frame
• Eyepiece cup removable
• Viewfinder info bar
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| Live view (MF Check Live View) |
• Live View with CMOS sensor Exmor
• Metering varies according to shooting mode
• 100% frame coverage
• Display: Real-time image adjustment display (White balance, Sunset/ B&W of Creative Style, Exposure Compensation)
• Zoom (x7.0/x14.0), Grid line display |
| LCD monitor * |
• 6.7cm (2.7") TFT Clear Photo LCD
• 230,400 dots
• Auto Brightness Control (auto setting in 2 steps)
• Manual settting in 5 steps |
| Flash |
• Built-in pop-up flash (manual release)
• Metering: ADI, Pre-flash TTL, Manual flash control
• Guide number 12 (ISO 100/m)
• Angle of coverage 18 mm
• Flash sync 1/160 sec |
| Flash modes |
• Off
• Auto
• Fill Flash
• Rear Sync
• Slow sync
• Wireless/High Speed Sync. (with External flashes listed below)
|
| Flash Bracketing |
3 exposures in 0.3 and 0.7 EV steps |
| Flash compensation |
-2.0 to +2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps |
| External flash (optional) |
• Sony HVL-F58AM
• Sony HVL-F56AM
• Sony HVL-F42AM
• Sony HVL-F36AM |
| Drive modes |
• Single-frame
• Continuous
• Speed-Priority
• Self-timer (10 or 2 sec) |
Continuous
shooting |
• Approx 5 fps max
• Speed- Priority: 7 fps max
• RAW: Up to 14 frames
• RAW+JPEG: Up to 7 frames
• JPEG (Fine): 32 frames
• JPEG (Standard): 116 frames |
| Self-timer |
• 10 sec
• 2 sec
|
| Orientation sensor |
Yes, for shooting, playback and control panel display |
| Connectivity |
• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mass storage, Multi-LUN or PTP)
• DC-IN
• Remote terminal |
| Remote control |
• Wired: with optional RM-S1AM or RM-L1AM |
| Video out |
• AV (Selectable NTSC or PAL)
• HDMI
• 'PhotoTV' HD settings applied with BRAVIA. |
| Storage |
• SD/ SDHC
• Memory Stick Pro Duo / Pro HG Duo
• Supports FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32 |
| Power |
• NP-FM500H Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (1650 mAh)
• Battery charger included
• Optional AC adapter
• Batter life Approx 1050 shots (CIPA standard) |
| Vertical grip |
• Yes (model tbc) |
| Dimensions |
137 x 104 x 81mm (5.5 x 4.2 x 3.2 in) |
| Weight (body) |
520 g (1.1lb) |