Super-fast, responsive shooting
Never miss another moment, however fleeting. Discover a new world of high-speed shooting responses and smooth, accurate autofocus tracking - even with moving objects. Capture beautiful videos in detail-packed Full HD. All in a light, compact camera that`s easy to carry.
It’s all in the detail
The high-resolution CMOS sensor assures detail-packed pictures with excellent contrast and gorgeous colours. Exmor technology cuts noise while signals are converted to digital form. The result? Flawlessly beautiful images.
Incredible shooting reactions
*Capture fast-moving action or the changing expression of a portrait subject with a continuous burst of images. Speed Priority mode shoots at a lightning-fast 7 frames per second.
Great pictures from any angle
The LCD screen tilts up or down for comfortable viewing in different shooting positions. It’s really useful if you’re not holding the camera close to your eye: for example of you’re shooting above a crowd or crouching down for an interesting viewpoint.
Specifications :
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Lens Mount | |
Sony α mount | YES |
Compatibility with A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta | YES |
Lens Compatibility | |
All types of Sony α lenses | YES |
Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses | YES |
Image Sensory | |
Image sensor type | CMOS Sensor |
Image sensor colour filter | R, G, B, Primary color |
Size (mm) | 23.5 x 15.6 (APS-C size) |
Camera | |
Total sensor Pixels (megapixels) | Approx. 16.7 |
Effective Pixels (megapixels) | Approx. 16.2 |
Automatic White Balance | YES |
White balance: preset selection | Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash |
White balance: custom setting | YES |
White balance: types of color temperature | 2500 - 9900 k with 19-step Magenta / Green compensation |
White balance bracketing | 3 frames, Selectable 2 steps |
ISO Sensitivity Setting | ISO100 - 12800 equivalent |
SteadyShot INSIDE | |
System: Sensor-shift mechanism | YES |
SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder) | YES |
Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder) | NO |
SteadyShot INSIDE capability | Approx. 2.5 EV - 4 EV decrease in shutter speed (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 |
*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot | |
Anti-Dust | |
Charge protection coating on Low-Pass Filter and electromagnetic vibration mechanism | YES |
Auto Focus System | |
TTL phase-detection system | YES |
Sensor | 15 points (3 points cross type) |
Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV | -19 |
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 (15 local areas) |
AF Area: Multi Point | NO |
AF Area: Center Weighted | NO |
AF Area: Flexible Spot | NO |
AF Modes | Continuous, Single Shot, Automatic, Manual Focus |
Predictive Focus Control | YES (AF-A and AF-C) |
Focus Lock | YES |
AF Illuminator | YES (with built-in flash) |
AF Illuminator range (meters) | Approx. 1-5 |
Auto Exposure System | |
Light metering type | 1200-zone evaluative metering |
Light metering cell | NO |
Light metering: Multi segment | YES |
Light metering: Spot | YES |
Light metering: Center weighted | YES |
Exposure: Automatic | YES |
Exposure: Program Auto | YES |
Exposure: iAUTO | NO |
Exposure: AUTO+ | YES |
Exposure: Shutter priority | YES |
Exposure: Aperture priority | YES |
Exposure: Manual | YES |
Exposure: Scene selection | YES |
Sweep Panorama | YES (2D, 3D) |
Anti Motion Blur | NO |
AE Lock | YES |
Exposure compensation | YES (+/-2.0 EV, 1/3 EV step) |
AE Bracketing | With 1/3 EV / 2/3 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 metering |
Flash Compensation | +/-2.0 EV (1/3 EV steps) |
Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds) | 4 |
Flash Mode | Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync. High Speed sync. |
Wireless flash mode | YES (with optional compatible accessory flash) |