Full Specifications & Features
Lens Mount
- Sony α mount
- YES
- Sony E mount
- NO
Lens Compatibility
- All types of Sony α lenses
- YES
- All types of Sony E lenses
- NO
- Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses
- YES
Image Sensory
- Image sensor type
- Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
- Image sensor colour filter
- R, G, B, Primary color
- Size (mm)
- 23.2 x 15.4mm (APS-C size)
Camera
- Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)
- Approx. 20.4
- Effective Pixels (megapixels)
- Approx. 20.1
- Automatic White Balance
- YES
- White balance: preset selection
- Auto / Daylight/ Shade/ Cloudy/ Incandescent/ Fluorescent, Flash
- White balance: custom setting
- YES
- White balance: types of color temperature
- 2500 - 9900 k (G7 to M7,15-step) (A7 to B7,15-step)
- White balance bracketing
- 3 frames, Selectable 2 steps
- ISO Sensitivity Setting
- ISO100 - 16000 equivalent
SteadyShot INSIDE
- System: Sensor-shift mechanism
- YES
- SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)
- NO
- Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder)
- NO
- SteadyShot INSIDE capability
- Approx. 2.5 to 4.5 steps in shutter speeds *Varies according to shooting conditions and lens used
- SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility
- All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta
Anti-Dust
- Charge protection coating
- YES
Auto Focus System
- TTL phase-detection system
- YES
- Contrast AF system
- NO
- Sensor
- 15 points (3 points cross type)
- Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV
- -1 to 18
- Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)
- YES
- AF Area: Wide focus area
- YES (auto with 15 areas)
- AF Area: Spot
- YES
- AF Area: Local focus area selection
- YES
- AF Area: Multi Point
- NO
- AF Area: Center Weighted
- NO
- AF Area: Flexible Spot
- NO
- AF Modes
- Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF
- Predictive Focus Control
- YES
- Focus Lock
- YES
- AF Illuminator
- YES (built-in, Flash type)
- AF Illuminator range (meters)
- Approx. 1-5
Auto Exposure System
- Light metering type
- 1200-zone evaluative metering
- Light metering cell
- Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
- Light metering: Multi segment
- YES
- Light metering: Spot
- YES
- Light metering: Center weighted
- YES
- Exposure: Automatic
- YES
- Exposure: Program Auto
- YES
- Exposure: iAUTO
- YES
- Exposure: AUTO+
- NO
- Superior Auto
- YES
- Exposure: Shutter priority
- YES
- Exposure: Aperture priority
- YES
- Exposure: Manual
- YES
- Exposure: Scene selection
- YES
- Sweep Panorama
- YES
- Anti Motion Blur
- NO
- AE Lock
- YES
- Exposure compensation
- YES, +/- 3.0EV (1/3EV steps)
- AE Bracketing
- With 0.3 EV, 0.7 EV, 1.0 EV, 2.0 EV, 3.0 EV increments, 3 frames
Shutter
- Type
- Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
- Shutter Speed Range (seconds)
- 1/4000 - 30 and bulb
- Flash Sync Speed; second
- 1/160
- Flash Sync Speed (With Steady Shoot On); second
- 1/160
Flash
- Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100)
- 10
- Flash Metering System
- ADI / Pre-flash TTL
- Flash Compensation
- +/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)
- Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)
- 4
- Flash Mode
- Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync, Red-eye reduction
- Wireless flash mode
- YES (with optional compatible accessory flash)
- Red-Eye Reduction
- YES
- Flash Popup
- Auto
Viewfinder
- Type
- Electronic, Xtra Fine
- Focusing Screen
- NO
- Field of View (%)
- 100
- Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)
- 0.88x
- Eye Relief
- Approx. 26.5mm from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Maximum) Approx. 23mm from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Standard)
- Diopter Adjustment
- -4.0 to +4.0m-1
Live View
- Live View
- YES
LCD screen
- Screen Size
- 6.7cm(2.7type)
- Monitor Type
- TFT
- LCD Total Dot Number
- 460800
- Brightness adjustable
- YES
- Tilting screen
- YES
Recording
- Drive Mode
- Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Bracket (continues, single, white balance bracket)
- Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)
- max. 8 fps
- Number of Continuous Advance
- Tele-zoom Continuous Advance priority AE] Fine: 16 images/Standard: 19 images, Continuous shooting- Fine: 7 images/Standard: 8 images/RAW & JPEG: 5 images/RAW: 6 images
- Recording Media
- Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo™, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards
- Recording Format
- JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver. 2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), RAW & JPEG
- Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)
- 5456 x 3632 (20M)
- Image Size M (pixels)
- 3872 × 2576 (10M)
- Image Size S (pixels)
- 2736 x 1824 (5M)
- Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(focal length 16mm/18mm)
- Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23M), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12M), Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15M), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4M)
- 3D Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(Focal length:16mm/18mm)
- NO
- Still Image quality
- RAW, RAW+JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard
- Movie Recording Format
- AVCHD / MP4
- Video Compression
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
- Audio recording Format
- Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2ch
- Movie recording mode - AVCHD
- 1920 x 1080 (50i 24 Mbps, 50i 17 Mbps, 25p 24 Mbps, 25p 17 Mbps)
- Movie recording mode - MP4
- 1440 x 1080(Approx.25fps, 12Mbps(Average bit-rate)
- Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)
- On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second
- Noise Reduction (High ISO NR)
- YES
- Noise Reduction (Multi Frame NR)
- YES
- Color Space (sRGB)
- YES
- Color Space (Adobe RGB)
- YES
- Color mode/DEC/Creative styles
- Standard, Vivid, Portrait , Landscape, Sunset, Black & White, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness
- Dynamic Range Optimizer
- Off, Auto, Advanced: Level
Playback/Edit
- White/Black Out Alert
- YES
- Index Playback
- YES
- Enlarge (Maximum magnification)
- L: 15x, M: 11x, S: 7.7x
- Image Rotation
- YES
- Auto Image Rotation
- YES
General
- InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator
- YES
- Histogram Indicator
- YES
- Exif
- YES
- Exif Print
- YES
- PictBridge
- NO
- Menu Language
- English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish
- Zone Matching
- NO
- Depth-of-Field Preview
- YES
- PRINT Image Matching III
- YES
- Remote Release Terminal
- YES
- IR Remote Control
- NO
- DPOF(Digital Print Order Format)
- YES
- Indicator of remaining memory space
- YES
- Beep Sound
- On/Off selectable
- File Number Memory
- On/Off selectable
- Folder Name Mode
- Standard and Date
- Operating Temperature (degrees C)
- 0 - 40
Jacks
- Video Out
- NO
- HD/HDMI® Out
- YES
- USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- YES
- USB Mode
- Mass-storage, MTP
Power/Others
- Battery System
- NP-FM500H
- Supplied Battery
- NP-FM500H
- Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)
- Approx.690 shots (Viewfinder) / approx.700 shots (LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)
- Weight (g) (Body only)
- Approx. 492
Dimensions
- Width (mm)
- 128.6
- Height (mm)
- 95.5
- Depth (mm)
- 77.7
Colour Options
What's In The Box
- SAL1855-2
- Lens cap
- Shoulder strap
- Battery charger
- Eyepiece cup
- Rechargeable battery
- Body cap
- Micro USB cable
- Power cable
Features
Get the detail with an Exmor® APS HD CMOS sensor
Sensitive from ISO 100 to 16000 and with 20.1MP resolution, the sensor picks up every little detail even in low light
Enjoy a fast shooting response
Unlike a DSLR, Translucent Mirror technology means there’s no moving mirror so you can react quickly to get the shot you see
Compose with confidence
The high-contrast OLED Tru-Finder™ faithfully shows images as they will appear, factoring in any settings or exposure adjustments
Be ready for anything with a versatile zoom lens
From wide-angle 18mm to standard 55mm you’ve got every shot covered with a lightweight, compact and easy-to-use zoom lens
Lock on to fast-moving subjects
Great for sport and wildlife, the AF system has a lock-on function that tracks moving subjects and keeps them in sharp focus
Compose shots like a professional
Auto Object Framing automatically detects what you’re shooting and crops borders to create tighter, pro-style compositions
Make life easy with autofocus
Keep shots and videos in focus at all times with the 15-point AF system with 3 cross sensors and full-time continuous AF
Shoot Full HD movies, always in focus
Record Full HD videos with rapid phase detection tracking autofocus to keep even fast-moving subjects in focus
Shoot in high-speed bursts
Photograph fast-moving action at up to 8 frames per second with continuous autofocus so every frame is crisp and clear
Say no to noise with the BIONZ processor
The powerful image processing engine has dual noise reduction, ensuring low noise images with rich tones
Share films online quickly and easily
Shoot movies in either AVCHD 1080i or MP4 format, which is ideal for sharing on Facebook™ and YouTube™
Get the right settings every time
Intelligent Auto and Superior Auto automatically analyse scene and shooting conditions and adjust settings for optimum results
Share your memories on the big screen
The HDMI® output lets you enjoy your photos and videos in all their glory on your HD TV
See friends in their best light
Face Detection recognises up to 8 faces in a scene, optimising exposure, white balance, flash and other settings for portraits
Capture spectacular panoramas
Press the shutter and sweep the camera to capture extra-wide panoramic images
Add your own artistic Picture Effects
Give your photos a stylish feel with up to 15 creative effects including posterisation, partial colour, retro, toy camera and more
Take beautiful photos at dusk or dawn
Handheld Twilight mode takes six images in quick succession and uses the best bits from each one to create an ideal composite shot
Be creative with a range of lenses
Discover a world of possibilities with the ever-growing family of interchangeable A-mount lenses by Carl Zeiss and Sony
Capture One (for Sony)
Capture One Express (for Sony) is a free award-winning image editing software that provides high-end image quality RAW development, easy management of your image files, and powerful editing tools. Capture One Pro (for Sony) can be bought for even more editing tools and tethered shooting capability.
New Imaging Edge software suite from Sony
Imaging Edge app suite can maximise image quality, improve production efficiency and help you finely adjust RAW-based images. Use its “Remote” to remotely control shooting; “Edit” to develop RAW data into high-quality photos; and “Viewer” to view, rate and select photos from a list of shots.