Price (body only)
(With 18-70mm kit lens) |
$810 / £450 [check]
$900 / £480 |
| Body material |
Plastic exterior |
| Sensor * |
23.5 x 15.7 mm CCD sensor
RGB Color Filter Array
Built-in fixed low-pass filter
14.9 million total pixels
14.2 million effective pixels |
| Image sizes * |
4592 x 3056 (L / RAW)
• 3408 x 2272 (M)
2288 x 1520 (S)
• 4592 x 2576 (L) 16:9
• 3408 x 1920 (M) 16:9
• 2288 x 1280 (S) 16:9
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| File qualities / formats |
RAW (.ARW)
RAW + JPEG 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 Steady Shot |
CCD-Shift 'Super Steady Shot' system
Five level LED shake indicator in viewfinder
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 control for moving subjects |
| AF area selection |
Wide AF area
Spot AF area (center)
Focus area selection (any of 9) |
| 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 |
Auto
Programmed AE (with shift)
Aperture priority AE
Shutter priority AE
Manual
• Flash off
Scene modes (below)
|
| Scene modes |
Portrait
Landscape
Macro
Sports Action
Sunset
Night view/portrait |
| Sensitivity |
Auto (Range varies depending on shooting mode)
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 1600
ISO 3200* |
| Metering modes |
Multi-segment (40 segment Honeycomb pattern)
Center-weighted
Spot |
| Metering range |
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
Tungsten
Fluorescent
Flash
Color temperature/filter (2500 - 9900 K)
Manual (Custom) |
| 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 |
10 or 20 Mired steps |
| Dynamic range optimizer |
Off
Standard
Advanced |
| Color space |
sRGB
Adobe RGB |
| Color modes |
Standard
Vivid
Portrait
Landscape
Sunset
Night view
• Sunset *
B&W
Adobe RGB |
| Image parameters |
Contrast (-3 to +3)
Sharpness (-3 to +3)
(Available in all color modes)
Saturation (-3 to +3)
(All modes except B&W) |
| 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 (interchangeable)
Magnification approx. 0.74x
95% frame coverage
Dioptric adjustment (-3.0 to +1.0)
Eye-relief 21 mm from eyepiece, 17 mm from frame
Eyepiece cup removable
Viewfinder info bar
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| Live view * |
Dedicated live view sensor
1200 zone evaluative metering
Sensitivity 2-17 EV
90% frame coverage
Exposure and white balance simulation |
| LCD monitor * |
2.7 TFT LCD
230,400 pixels
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 1/160 sec |
| 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 |
-2.0 to +2.0 EV in 0.3 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
Self-timer (10 or 2 sec)
Continuous bracket
Single-frame bracket
White balance bracket |
Continuous
shooting |
• Approx 2.5fps max (2.0 in Live view)
RAW: Up to 4 frames
RAW+JPEG: Up to 3 frames
• JPEG (FINE): Unlimited (to card capacity) |
| 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)
Video out (NTSC or PAL)
DC-IN
Remote terminal |
| Remote control * |
• Wired: with optional RM-S1AM or RM-L1AM |
| Video out |
• AV (Selectable NTSC or PAL)
• 'PhotoTV' HD settings applied with BRAVIA. |
| Storage |
Compact Flash Type I/II
Memory Stick Duo / Pro Duo (Via optional adapter)
Supports FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32 |
| Power * |
NP-FM500H Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (1650 mAh)
Battery charger included
Optional AC adapter
• Batter life Approx 730 shots with viewfinder, 410 in Live view mode (CIPA standard) |
| Vertical grip * |
• Vertical Grip VG-B30AM
• One or Two NP-FM500H batteries with auto switchover for power (additional battery is optional). |
| Dimensions |
131 x 99 x 74 mm (5.25 x 4 x 3 in) |
| Weight (body) |
No battery: 582 g (1.3 lb)
With battery: 676 g (1.5 lb) |