| Price
(With 18-55mm kit lens) |
• $850 / £600 [check] |
| Body material |
Plastic exterior |
| Sensor |
• 14.2 million effective pixels
• 14.9 million total pixels
• 23.6 x 15.8 mm CCD sensor
• 1.5x FOV crop
• RGB primary color filter |
| 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 'Steady Shot INSIDE' system
• Five level LED shake indicator in viewfinder |
| Auto Focus |
• 9-points, with center cross sensor
• EV 0 to 18 (ISO 100) detection range
• Predictive focus control for moving subjects
• Eye-start AF |
| 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 |
| Shooting modes |
• Auto
• Programmed AE (with shift)
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• Flash off
• Scene modes (below)
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| 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 |
• 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
• Manual (Custom) |
| White balance fine tuning |
• Auto (none)
• Preset WB: -3 to +3
• Fluorescent WB: -2 to +4 |
| Dynamic range optimizer |
• Off
• Standard
• Advanced |
| Color space |
• sRGB
• Adobe RGB |
| Color modes |
• Standard
• Vivid
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Sunset
• Night
• Sunset
• B&W
|
| 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 19.7 mm from eyepiece
• Eyepiece cup removable |
| Live view |
• Dedicated live view sensor
• Real-time image adjustment |
| LCD monitor |
• 2.7 TFT LCD
• 230,400 dots
• Anti-reflective coating
• 100% frame coverage |
| Flash |
• Built-in pop-up flash (Auto, manual release in PASM)
• Metering: ADI, Pre-flash TTL, Manual flash control
• Guide number 10 (ISO 100/m)
• Flash sync 1/160 sec |
| Flash modes |
• Auto
• Auto (Flash-Off)
• Fill-flash
• Rear flash sync
• Red- Eye Reduction
• Slow sync
• High speed sync
• Wireless Off-Camera Flash |
| Flash compensation |
-2.0 to +2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps |
| Drive modes |
• Single-frame
• Continuous
• Self-timer (10 or 2 sec)
• Continuous self-timer (3 or 5 shots in 10 sec)
• Continuous bracket
• Remote |
Continuous
shooting |
• Approx 2.5fps max (2.0 in Live view) |
| Self-timer |
• 10 sec
• 2 sec |
| Orientation sensor |
Yes, for shooting, playback and control panel display |
| Connectivity |
• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Video out (NTSC or PAL)
• DC-IN |
| Storage |
• Memory Stick PRO Duo
• SD / SDHC cards |
| Power |
• Lithium-Ion battery pack NP-FH50
• Battery charger included
• Optional AC adapter
• Batter life Approx 500 shots with viewfinder, 230 in Live view mode (CIPA standard) |
| Dimensions |
128 x 97 x 71 mm (5.2 x 3.9 x 2.9 in) |
| Weight (body) |
• No battery: 489 g (1.28 lb)
• Incl. battery: 540g (1.19 lb) |
