| Price (body only) |
$1400 [check] |
| Body material * |
Magnesium Alloy chassis, high grade plastic exterior |
| Sensor * |
23.5 x 15.6 mm CMOS sensor 'Exmor'
RGB Color Filter Array
Built-in fixed low-pass filter
13.05 million total pixels
12.25 million effective pixels
On-chip Column A/D Conversion & NR |
| Image sizes * |
4288 x 2856 (L RAW
)
• 4272 x 2848 (L)
3104 x 2064 (M)
• 2128 x 1424 (S)
• 4272 x 2400 (L) 16:9
• 2128 x 1200 (S) 16:9
|
| File qualities / formats * |
RAW (.ARW 2.0)
Compressed or uncompressed RAW option
RAW + JPEG Fine
• JPEG Extra Fine
JPEG Fine
JPEG Standard |
| Dust reduction |
Static-resistant anti-dust coating
CCD-shift dust reduction mechanism |
| Lenses |
Sony Alpha lenses
(also compatible with Minolta A-type bayonet mount lenses) |
| FOV crop |
1.5x |
| Super SteadyShot |
CCD-Shift 'Super SteadyShot' system
Five level LED shake indicator in viewfinder
Claimed equivalent to 2.5 – 4 steps in shutter speed * |
| Auto Focus * |
TTL CCD line sensors (11-points, 10 lines with center dual cross sensor)
EV 0 to 18 (ISO 100) detection range
Predictive focus control for moving subjects |
| AF area selection |
Wide AF area
Spot AF area (center)
Focus area selection (any of 11) |
| Focus modes |
Single-shot AF
Direct Manual Focus
Continuous AF
Automatic AF
Manual focus |
AF assist
illuminator * |
• Yes (built-in LED lamp)
• Range approx 1m - 7m |
| Eye-start AF |
Yes, selectable from menu (optionally with grip sensor trigger*) |
| Shooting modes |
Auto
Programmed AE (with shift)
Aperture priority AE
Shutter priority AE
Manual
• MR (memory recall) / Custom
Scene modes (below)
|
| Scene modes |
Portrait
Landscape
Macro
Sports Action
Sunset
Night view/portrait |
| Sensitivity |
Auto (200 - 1600) - upper/lower limit selectable *
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 1600
Up to ISO 6400 (expanded range) * |
| Metering modes |
Multi-segment (40 segment Honeycomb pattern)
Center-weighted
Spot |
| Metering range |
EV 0 to 20 (Multi-segment / Center-weighted) *
EV 2 to 20 (Spot metering) *
(at ISO 100 with F1.4 lens) |
| AE Lock |
AEL button (customizable)
Half-press shutter release |
| AE Bracketing |
Single or continuous bracketing
3 or 5 frames
0.3, 0.5 or 0.7 EV steps * |
| Exposure compen. |
-3.0 to +3.0 EV *
0.3 or 0.5 EV steps * |
| Shutter |
Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane Shutter |
| Shutter Speed * |
30 to 1/8000 sec
Bulb |
| Flash X-sync * |
1/250 sec
1/200 sec (with Super SteadyShot on) |
| Aperture values |
Depends on lens, 0.3 EV steps |
| DOF preview |
Yes, dedicated button |
| White balance |
Auto
Daylight
Shade
Cloudy
Tungsten
Fluorescent
Flash
Color temperature (2500 - 9900 K)
Manual (Custom) - 3 memories
* |
| White balance fine tuning |
Auto (none) Preset WB: -3 to +3
Fluorescent WB: -2 to +4
Color temperature WB: G9 to M9
(Magenta to Green) |
| White balance bracketing |
3 frames
Hi or Lo steps |
| Dynamic range optimizer |
Off
Standard
• Advanced Auto *
Advanced
• DRO advanced bracketing (3 frames, High/Low selectable) * |
| Color space |
sRGB
Adobe RGB |
| Color modes |
Standard
Vivid
• Neutral *
• Clear *
• Deep *
• Light *
Portrait
Landscape
Sunset
Night view
• Autumn Leaves *
B&W
• Sepia *
Adobe RGB |
| Image parameters * |
Contrast (-3 to +3)
Saturation (-3 to +3)
Sharpness (-3 to +3)
• Zone Matching (-1 to +2 steps)
• Brightness (-3 to +3 steps)
(Available in all color modes) |
| Noise reduction * |
Long exposure for exposures longer than 1 second
• High ISO NR High/Normal/Low at ISO 1600 or higher
User controllable: On / Off |
| Viewfinder * |
Eye-level fixed optical glass pentaprism
Spherical Acute Matte focusing screen (interchangeable)
Magnification approx. 0.9x
95% frame coverage
Dioptric adjustment (-3 to +1.0)
Eye-relief 25 mm from eyepiece, 21 mm from frame
Eyepiece cup removable
Viewfinder info bar |
| LCD monitor * |
3.0 " 'Xtra Fine' TFT LCD
920,000 pixels (640 x 480 x 3 (RGB))
• 270 ppi
Anti-reflective coating |
| 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 24 mm (35 mm equiv.)
Flash sync 1/250 sec, 1/200 sec (SteadyShot on) * |
| Flash modes |
Auto
Fill Flash
• Rear Sync
• Slow sync
• Manual Flash
Red-eye Reduction (pre-flash)
Wireless/Remote Off-camera Flash
High Speed Sync.
|
| Flash compensation * |
-3.0 to +3.0 EV in 0.3 or 0.5 EV steps |
| External flash (optional) |
Sony HVL-F56M (guide no. 56)
Sony HVL-F36M (guide no. 36)
Macro Twin Flash Kit HVL-MT24AM
• Ring Light HVL-RLAM
• Off camera flash shoe FA-CS1 AM |
| Drive modes |
Single-frame
Continuous (H/L selectable) *
Self-timer (10 or 2 sec)
Continuous bracket
Single-frame bracket
White balance bracket
• DRO bracket * |
Continuous
shooting * |
• H: Approx 5fps max
• L: Approx 3fps max
RAW: Up to 18 frames
• cRAW (compressed): Up to 25 frames
RAW+JPEG: Up to 12 frames
JPEG (XFINE): Up to 16 frames
• JPEG (STD/FINE): Unlimited (to card capacity) |
| Self-timer |
10 sec
2 sec
• Mirror up function (optional)* |
| Orientation sensor |
Yes, for shooting, playback and control panel display |
| Connectivity * |
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mass storage, Multi-LUN or PTP)
Video out (NTSC or PAL)
• HDMI type C mini jack
DC-IN
Remote terminal
• PC control (with supplied software) |
| Remote control * |
• Wired: with optional RM-S1AM or RM-L1AM
• Wireless: with included remote control |
| Video out |
• AV (Selectable NTSC or PAL)
• HDMI (1920 x 1080i, 1280 x 720p, 720 x 580p, 720 x 576p)
• 'PhotoTV' HD settings applied with BRAVIA. |
| Storage * |
Compact Flash Type I/II
Memory Stick Duo / Pro Duo
Supports FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32 |
| Power * |
NP-FM500H Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (1650 mAh)
Battery charger included
Optional AC adapter
• Batter life Approx 650 shots (CIPA standard) |
| Vertical grip * |
• Vertical Grip VG-C70AM
• One or Two NP-FM500H batteries with auto switchover for power (additional battery is optional). |
| Dimensions |
141.7 x 104.8 x 79.7 mm (5.6 x 4.25 x 3.25 in) |
| Weight (body) |
No battery: 690 g (1.5 lb)
With battery: 768 g (1.7 lb) |