• Operating System Compatibility : Operating System Compatibility: Windows® XP SP3 (64-bit and Starter Editions are not supported, Windows Image Mastering API(IMAPI) Ver.2.0 or later is required to use the function for creating discs.) Windows Vista® SP2 (Starter Edition is not supported) Windows® 7 SP1; Windows® 8; Mac OS X(v10.5 -v10.8) (Image Data Converter, PlayMemories Home is not Mac compatible)

Advanced Features

• Image Stabilization : For still images: SteadyShot INSIDE™ Image Sensor-Shift mechanism, For movies: Electronic
• Auto High Dynamic Range : Yes, (Auto Exposure Difference, Exposure difference Level (1-6 EV at 1.0 EV step), off)
• Sweep Panorama : Horizontal (Wide/Standard), Vertical (Wide/Standard)
• Anti Motion Blur : 6-image layering
• Advanced User Interface : Easy-to-understand Graphic Display and on-screen Help Guide User-friendly function menu
• Face Detection : On, Off, Face Registration, Face Selection; maximum eight faces detected
• Priority Setting (for Face Detection) : Yes (eight faces max)
• Smile Shutter™ technology : Smile shutter (selectable from 3 steps)
• Tracking Focus : Yes

Camera

• Lens Mount : Sony A-mount
• Camera Type : Interchangeable Lens Digital SLT camera
• Lens Compatibility : Sony A-mount, operation with Minolta/Konica Minolta Maxxum lenses3

Convenience Features

• Media/Battery Indicator : Yes
• View & Index : Single (with or without shooting information), RGB histogram and highlight/shadow warning, 4/9-frame index view, Enlarged display mode (L: 13.6x, M: 9.9x, S: 6.8x), Auto Review (10/5/2 sec, Off), Image orientation (On/Off), Slideshow, Panorama scrolling, Folder selection (still), Forward/Rewind (movie), Delete, Protect
• Self Timer : Yes,10/2 second delay selectable
• Red-Eye Reduction : Yes, On/ Off selectable

Drive System

• Continuous Shooting Speed : Tele-zoom Continuous Advance Priority AE: Maximum 8 frames per second (5 MP) Hi: Maximum 5 frames per second, Lo: Maximum 2.5 frames per second
• Burst Buffer : Tele-zoom Continuous Advance Priority AE: Fine: 16 frames, Standard: 19 frames Continuous shooting9: Fine: 7 frames, Standard: 8 frames, RAW & JPEG: 5 frames, RAW: 6 frames
• Shutter Speeds : Still images: 1/4000 to 30 sec/Bulb, Movies: 1/4000 to 1/4 (1/3 step), up to 1/30 in AUTO mode
• Self-timer : 2-sec. or 10-sec. delay
• Shutter Type : Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane shutter
• Drive Mode : Single Shooting, Continuous Shooting (Hi/Lo selectable), Self-timer (10/2 sec. delay selectable), Bracketing (Cont., Single, White Balance)

Exposure System

• D-Range Optimizer : Yes: (Auto, Level, Off)
• Auto Exposure Lock : Yes (AE Lock button)
• Exposure Compensation : Still images: +/-3.0 EV(1/3EV steps selectable) Movies: +/-2.0 EV(1/3EV steps selectable)
• Picture Effect(s) : 11 types (15 variations): Posterization (Color, B/W), Pop Color, Retro Photo, Partial Color (R,G,B,Y), High Contrast Monochrome, Toy Camera, Soft High-key, Soft Focus, HDR Painting, Rich-tone Monochrome, Miniature
• Exposure Settings : iAUTO, Flash Off, Superior Auto, Scene Selection, Sweep Panorama, Picture Effect, Tele-zoom Continuous Advance Priority AE, Movie, Programmed AE (P), Aperture priority (A), Shutter-speed priority (S), Manual (M)
• Scene Mode(s) : Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports Action, Sunset, Night Portrait, Night View, Handheld Twilight
• Metering Modes : Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
• Metering Sensitivity : -2EV to 17EV (at ISO 100 equivalent w/ f/1.4 lens)
• Metering : Advanced 1200-zone evaluative metering
• ISO : Stills: ISO 100-16000 selectable in 1 EV steps, Auto (100-3200) Movies: ISO 100-3200 selectable in 1 EV steps, Auto (200-3200)
• Noise Reduction : Long Exposure NR: (On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second) High ISO NR: (High/Normal/Low)
• Creative Style : Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Black & White (Contrast (-3 to +3steps), Saturation(-3 to +3steps), Sharpness(-3 to +3steps))
• Color Temperature : 2500 – 9900K with 15-step each Magenta/Green compensation (G7 to M7), AWB micro adjustment
• White Balance Mode : Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent (Warm white, Cool white, Day white, Daylight) , Flash, Setting the color temperature, Color Filter, Custom
• Exposure Bracketing : Cont./Single, w/ 1/3 EV,1/2 EV,2/3 EV,2.0EV,3.0 EV incmnts,3/5 frames (2.0EV,3.0EV:only 3 frs) sel

Flash

• Flash Bracketing : 0.3/0.5/0.7/2.0/3.0EV steps, 3 frames(2.0/3.0EV : only 3 frames) selectable
• Flash Metering System : ADI flash/ Pre-flash TTL
• Flash Compensation : ±2.0 EV (switchable between 1/3 and 1/2 EV steps)
• Recycling Time : Approx. 4 sec.
• Flash Modes : Auto, Fill-flash, Slow Sync., Rear Sync., Hi-speed sync., Red-eye reduction (on/off selectable for Auto flash and fill-flash mode), Wireless, Off
• Guide Number : 10 (in meters at ISO100)
• Flash Coverage : Field of view coverage up to 16 mm (in the focal length)
• Flash Type : Built-in, Pop-up Auto

Focus Control

• Focus Features : Predictive control (AF-A, AF-C), Focus Lock, Eye-start AF
• AF Illuminator : Built-in LED, Range: approx. 3' - 21' (1m-7m)
• Focus Sensitivity : EV -1 to 18 EV (at ISO100 equivalent, with F2.8 lens attached)
• Focus Area : Wide (Auto,15 points)/ Zone/Spot/Local selectable
• Focus Points : 15 points (3 points cross type)
• AF Modes : Single-shot AF(AF-S), Continuous AF(AF-C), Automatic AF(AF-A) selectable, Direct Manual Focus (DMF), Manual Focus
• Focus System : TTL phase detection AF (CCD line sensors)

Imaging Sensor

• Pixel Gross : Approx. 20.4M pixels
• Focal Length Conversion Factor : 1.5x
• Color Filter System : RGB primary color filters
• Effective Picture Resolution : Approx. 20.1M pixels
• Anti Dust : Charge protection coating on Low-Pass Filter and electromagnetic vibration mechanism
• Imaging Sensor : Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor (23.5 X 15.6mm)
• Processor : BIONZ™ image processor

Interface

• DC IN : Yes via AC-PW10AM (sold separately)
• Memory Card Slot : Dual compatibility slot: Memory Stick PRO Duo™/Pro-HG Duo™/PRO-HG HX Duo™ media - SD, SDHC and SDXC memory card
• HD Output : HDMI® mini connector (Type D)
• Accessory Shoe : Yes (Multi Interface)
• Tripod Mount : Yes (1/4" diameter, 20 threads per inch)
• Remote Commander : Yes (via optional RM-VPR1)
• PhotoTV HD : Yes, with BRAVIA Sync enabled HDTV and HDMI® cable
• USB Port(s) : Multi/Micro USB Terminal, Hi-speed USB (USB2.0): Mass-storage, MTP/ Multi (REMOTE)/ Micro USB Type B
• BRAVIA® Sync™ : Yes, via HDMI® with compatible BRAVIA HDTV
• Microphone Input : Yes (3.5mm Stereo minijack)

LCD Display

• Peaking : Yes (Level setting: High/Mid/Low/Off, Color: White/Red/Yellow)
• Real-time image adjustment display : Yes(On/Off)
• LCD Type : 2.7” TFT Clear Photo LCD (460,800 pixels)
• Coverage : 100%
• Angle Adjustment : Tilt angle: Up approx. 135 degrees, downward approx. 55 degrees
• Histogram : Yes(On/Off)
• Live View : Continuous Live View (LCD/EVF Auto, selectable)
• Brightness Control : Auto, Manual (5 steps between -2 to +2)
• Grid Display : Yes (Rule of thirds, Diagonal, 4x6 Square Grids, Off)
• Customization : Grid, Histogram display, Grid Line, Magnified display for playback

Power

• Battery Type : InfoLITHIUM® NP-FM500H (7.2V)
• Number of Still Images : Approx. 690 images with viewfinder, 700 images with LCD monitor (CIPA standard)
• Battery Capacity : 1600 mAh
• Power Consumption (in View Finder Operation) : Approx. 690 images with viewfinder (CIPA standard)

Recording

• Panorama Still Image Size : Horizontal Wide: 12,416 x 1,856 (23M) Horizontal Std.: 8,192 x 1,856 (15M) Vertical Wide: 2,160 x 5,536 (12M) Vertical Std.: 2,160 x 3,872 (8.4M)
• Audio Format : Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2ch / MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2ch
• Video Format : AVCHD Ver.2.0/ MP4 (MPEG-4 AVC (H.264))
• Video Mode : AVCHD: FX - 1920 x 1080/60i@24Mbps FH - 1920 x 1080/60i@17Mbps FX - 1920 x 1080/24p@24Mbps FH - 1920 x 1080/24p@17Mbps MP4: HD - 1440 x 1080/ 30p@12Mbps VGA - 640 x 480/ 30p@3Mbps
• Color Space : sRGB standard (with sYCC gamut) and Adobe RGB standard compatible with TRILUMINOS™ Color
• Still Image Size 16:9 : L (17 MP) 5456 x 3064, M (8.4 MP) 3872 x 2176, S (4.2 MP) 2736 x 1536
• Still Image Size 3:2 : L (20 MP) 5456 x 3632, M (10 MP) 3872 x 2576, S (5 MP) 2736 x 1824
• Still Image Mode : JPEG (Standard, Fine), RAW, RAW+JPEG
• Media Type : Memory Stick PRO Duo™/Pro-HG Duo™ media; SD, SDHC and SDXC memory card
• Still Image Max Effective Resolution : L (20 MP) 5456 x 3632
• Video Signal : NTSC color, EIA standards
• Microphone/Speaker : Built-in Stereo Microphone
• Still Image File Format : JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), RAW & JPEG

Service and Warranty Information

• Limited Warranty Term : 1 Year Parts & Labor

Viewfinder

• Type : 1/2" SVGA EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (1,440k dots)"
• Field of View : 100%
• Diopter Adjustment : -4.0m to +4.0m-1

Weights and Measurements