Sony Alpha NEX-7 Specifications
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| Price (with black 18-55mm zoom lens) | US: $1399.99 UK: £1149.99 EU: €1349.00 |
| Price (body only) | US: $1199.99 UK: £999.99 EU: €1199.00 |
| Body material | • Magnesium-alloy top and front • Plastic back and battery casing |
| Sensor | • 23.5 x 15.6 mm Exmor APS HD CMOS Sensor • 24.7 million total pixels • 24.3 million effective pixels |
| Image sizes | 6000 x 4000 (3:2) • 4240 x 2832 (3:2) • 3008 x 2000 (3:2) • 6000 x 3376 (16:9) • 4240 x 2400 (16:9) • 3008 x 1688 (16:9) |
| Sweep Panorama | • Wide: horizontal 12416 x 1856 (23M), vertical 5536 x 2160 (12M) • Standard: horizontal 8192 x 1856 (15M), vertical 3872 x 2160 (8.4M) |
| 3D Sweep Panorama | • Wide: 7152 x 1080 (7.7M) • Standard: 4912 x 1080 (5.3M) • 16:9: 1920 x 1080 (2.1M) |
| File qualities / formats | RAW (Sony .ARW 2.2) RAW + JPEG Fine • JPEG Fine JPEG Standard |
| Movie | AVCHD 1080 60i/p up to 28mbps (50i/p in Europe) 1080 24i/p up to 24mbps (25i/p in Europe) MPEG-4 1440 x 1080 29.97fps 12mbps 640 x 480 29.97fps |
| Dust reduction | Coating on low pass filter Ultrasonic vibration system |
| Lenses | Sony E-mount Sony Alpha lenses, Minolta and Konica Minolta AF lenses via adaptor (exclude power zoom lenses/tele-converters) |
| Image Stabilization | 'Optical SteadyShot' system on selected lenses |
| Auto Focus | Contrast AF 25 multi-point Centre-weighted Flexible Spot |
| Shooting modes | iAuto Scene Selection Anti Motion Blur Sweep Panorama 3D Sweep Panorama Manual Exposure Shutter Priority Aperture Priority Program Auto |
| Scene modes | Portrait Landscape Macro Sports Action Sunset Night Portrait Night Scene Hand-held Twilight |
| Sensitivity | Auto (Range varies depending on shooting mode) ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO 6400 ISO 12800 ISO 16000 |
| Metering modes | Multi-segment (49 segment Honeycomb pattern) Center-weighted Flexible Spot |
| Exposure compen. | -5.0 to +5.0 EV 0.3 EV steps |
| Shutter Speed | Electronically controlled, vertical traverse, focal-plane shutter 30 to 1/4000 sec Bulb |
| Aperture values | Depends on lens, 0.3 EV steps |
| White balance | Auto Daylight Shade Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent (Warm, Cool, Day, Daylight) Flash Color temperature/filter (2500 - 9900 K) Manual (Custom) Manual (Custom set) |
| Dynamic range optimizer | Off DR0 (Auto, LV1 - LV5) HDR (Auto, 1EV - 6EV) |
| Color space | sRGB Adobe RGB |
| Creative Styles | Standard Vivid Neutral Clear Deep Light Portrait Landscape Sunset Night Autumn Leaves B&W Sepia |
| Picture Effect | Toy Camera Pop Color Posterization Retro Soft High-key Partial Color High Contrast Mono Soft Focus HDR Painting Rich-tone Mono. Miniature |
| LCD monitor | 3.0" XtraFine TruBlack LCD 921,600 dots Angle adjustable 85 degrees up/45 degrees down |
| Flash | Internal manual pop-up flash GN : 6 meters Coverage : to 18mm Flash Sync: 1/160sec |
| Flash modes | Auto On Off Fill-flash Slow Sync Rear Sync. Red-eye reduction on/off selectable |
| External flash | • Hot shoe • Wireless using optional external flash |
| Viewfinder | • Eye-level fixed XGA OLED, 1.3 cm (0.5" type) electronic viewfinder • 2,359,296 dot resolution • Magnification approx.1.09x • 100% frame coverage |
| Drive modes | Single-frame Continuous Speed Priority 10 sec timer, 3 or 5 images Bracket Cont 0.3 or 0.7 EV Self Timer, 2 or 10 sec |
| Continuous shooting |
Continuous Shooting 3fps (for 17 Fine Jpegs, 13 Raw, 11 Raw+Jpeg) Speed Priority Continuous (~10fps) |
| Self-timer | 10 or 2 seconds |
| Connectivity | • USB 2.0 (High Speed) |
| Storage | Memory Stick Pro Duo SD/SDHC/SDXC |
| Power | NP-FHW50 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (supplied) Battery charger included Optional AC adapter |
| Battery Life (CIPA) | ~350 images (with EVF) ~430 images (with rear LCD) |
| Dimensions | 119.9 x 66.9 x 42.6 mm (4.75 x 2.75 x 1.7 in) |
| Weight (without batt and card) | 291g (10.3oz) |
| Weight (with batt and card) | 353g (12.5 oz) |
| Supplied accessories | Shoulder strap; Battery; Charger; USB cable (miniB); CD‑ROM; Flash |







