Body material | Magnesium Alloy chassis, high grade plastic exterior |
Sensor | • 35.9 x 24.0 mm CMOS sensor 'Exmor'
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 25.7 million total pixels
• 24.6 million effective pixels
• On-chip Column A/D Conversion & NR |
Image sizes | • 6048 x 4032 (24M 3:2)
• 4400 x 2936 (13M 3:2)
• 3024 x 2016 (6.1M 3:2)
• 6048 x 3408 (21M 16:9)
• 4400 x 2472 (11M 16:9)
• 3024 x 1704 (5.2M 16:9)
• 3924 x 2656 (11M APSC)
• 2896 x 1928 (5.6M APSC)
• 1984 x 1320 (2.6M APSC) |
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)
• Can be used with DT (1.5x crop) lenses in APS-C mode |
FOV crop | 1.0 x |
Image Stabilization | • CCD-Shift ' SteadyShot INSIDE' system
• Five level LED shake indicator in viewfinder
• Claimed equivalent to 4 steps in shutter speed * |
Auto Focus | • TTL CCD line sensors (9-points, center dual cross types + 10 assist sensors)
• 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
• Direct Manual Focus
• Continuous AF
• Automatic AF
• Manual focus
• AF micro adjustment (+/- 20 steps for up to 30 lenses) |
AF assist
illuminator | • Yes (built-in LED lamp)
• Range approx 1m - 7m |
Eye-start AF | No |
Shooting modes | • Auto
• Programmed AE (with shift)
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• MR (memory recall) / Custom |
Sensitivity | • Auto (200 - 3200) - upper/lower limit selectable *
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200
• 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, 0.7 or 2.0 EV steps*
*2.0 EV steps for 3 frames only |
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 SteadyShot INSIDE 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 (19 step Magenta / Green compensation) |
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 (User controllable: On / Off)
• High ISO NR High/Normal/Low/Off at ISO 1600 or higher |
Viewfinder | • Eye-level fixed optical glass pentaprism
• Spherical Acute Matte focusing screen (interchangeable)
• Magnification approx. 0.74x
• 100% frame coverage
• Dioptric adjustment (-3 to +1.0)
• Eye-relief 20 mm from eyepiece
• Eyepiece cup removable
• Eyepiece shutter built-in
• Viewfinder info bar |
LCD monitor | • 3.0 " 'Xtra Fine' TFT LCD
• 921,600 pixels (640 x 480 x 3 (RGB))
• 100% coverage
• Anti-reflective coating |
Flash compensation | -3.0 to +3.0 EV in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 2.0 EV steps |
External flash (optional) | • Sony HVL-F58M
• Sony HVL-F56M
• Sony HVL-F42M
• Sony HVL-F36M
• 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 12 frames
• cRAW (compressed): Up to 25 frames
• RAW+JPEG: Up to 10 frames
• JPEG (XFINE): Up to 11 frames
• JPEG (STD/FINE): 285/105 |
Self-timer | • 10 sec
• 2 sec
• Mirror up function (optional)
• Remote control |
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, UDMA Mode 5 compliant
• Memory Stick Duo / Pro Duo, PRO-HG Duo
• Supports FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32 |
Power | • NP-FM500H Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (1650 mAh)
• CR2025 Wireless remote
• Battery charger included
• Optional AC adapter
• Battery life Approx 880 shots (CIPA standard) |
Vertical grip | • Vertical Grip VG-C90AM
• One or Two NP-FM500H batteries with auto switchover for power (additional battery is optional). |
Dimensions | 156 x 117 x 82 mm |
Weight (body) | • No battery: 850 g
• With battery: 895 g |
