| 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) |
