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DSLR-A500
A500 Digital SLR camera
Excellent image quality and creative features with responsive shooting
12.3 megapixels Exmor™ CMOS, Quick AF Live View, 3" LCD, 5fps, SteadyShot INSIDE. Body only.
This product is a previous model and could be no longer available at your local dealer.
- Superbly detailed low noise images
- Responsive live view shooting from any angle
- Super-fast, accurate autofocus
- Great portraits with Face Detection
Technical specificationsDSLR-A500
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Lens Mount
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Sony α mount |
YES |
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Compatibility with A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta |
YES |
Lens Compatibility
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All types of Sony α lenses |
YES |
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Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses |
YES |
Image Sensory
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Image sensor type |
CMOS Sensor |
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Image sensor colour filter |
R, G, B, Primary color |
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Size (mm) |
23.5 x 15.6 (APS-C size) |
Camera
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Total sensor Pixels (megapixels) |
Approx. 12.9 |
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Effective Pixels (megapixels) |
Approx. 12.3 |
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Automatic White Balance |
YES |
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White balance: preset selection |
Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash |
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White balance: custom setting |
YES |
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White balance: types of color temperature |
2500 - 9900 k with 19-step Magenta / Green compensation |
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White balance bracketing |
3 frames, Selectable 2 steps |
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ISO200 - 12800 equivalent |
SteadyShot INSIDE
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System: Sensor-shift mechanism |
YES |
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SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder) |
YES |
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Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder) |
YES |
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SteadyShot INSIDE capability |
Approx. 2.5 EV - 4 EV decrease in shutter speed (varies according to shooting conditions and lens used) |
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SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility |
All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta |
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*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot |
Auto Focus System
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TTL phase-detection system |
YES |
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Sensor |
9 points with centre cross sensor |
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Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV |
0 - 18 |
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Eye Start AF System (on off selectable) |
YES |
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AF Area: Wide focus area |
YES (auto with 9 areas) |
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AF Area: Spot |
YES (center cross sensor) |
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AF Area: Local focus area selection |
YES (9 local areas) |
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AF Modes |
Continuous, Single Shot, Automatic, Manual Focus |
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Predictive Focus Control |
YES (with moving subjects in AF-A and AF-C) |
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Focus Lock |
YES (with Shutter button or AF button) |
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YES (with built-in flash) |
|
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AF Illuminator range (meters) |
Approx. 1-5 |
Auto Exposure System
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Light metering type |
TTL |
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Light metering cell |
40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC |
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Light metering: Multi segment |
YES |
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Light metering: Spot |
YES |
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Light metering: Center weighted |
YES |
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Exposure: Automatic |
YES |
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Exposure: Program Auto |
YES |
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Exposure: Shutter priority |
YES |
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Exposure: Aperture priority |
YES |
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Exposure: Manual |
YES |
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Exposure: Scene selection |
YES |
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AE Lock |
YES |
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Exposure compensation |
YES (+/-2.0 EV, 0.3 EV step) |
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With 0.3 EV / 0.7 EV increments, 3 frames |
Shutter
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Type |
Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type |
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Shutter Speed Range (seconds) |
1/4000 - 30 and bulb |
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Flash Sync Speed (With Super Steady Shoot Off); second |
1/160 |
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Flash Sync Speed (With Super Steady Shoot On); second |
1/160 |
Flash
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Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100) |
12 |
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Flash Metering System |
ADI / Pre-flash TTL flash metering |
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Flash Compensation |
+/-2.0 EV (0.3EV steps) |
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Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds) |
4 |
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Autoflash, Fill-flash, Rear flash sync. High Speed sync. with optional compatible accessory flash |
|
|
YES (with optional compatible accessory flash) |
|
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Slow Synchronization |
YES |
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Red-Eye Reduction |
YES |
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Flash Popup |
Auto |
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Automatic Flash |
YES (with AUTO and Scene selection mode) |
Viewfinder
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Type |
Fixed eye-level, penta-Dach-mirror |
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Focusing Screen |
Spherical Acute Matte |
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Field of View (%) |
95 |
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Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity) |
0.80x |
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Eye Relief |
Approx.19mm from the eyepiece lens |
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Diopter Adjustment |
-2.5 to +1.0 diopter |
Live View
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Type |
YES - Quick AF and Manual Focus Check Live View |
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Other |
Smart Tele Converter / Face detection / Smile shutter *with Quick AF LV mode |
Recording
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Drive Mode |
Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Continuous-advance AE bracketing, White Balance Bracketing, Remote commander |
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Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum) |
Max.5 fps with viewfinder, max. 4 fps in live view mode (approx.) |
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Number of Continuous Advance |
JPEG (L size, Fine): 12 images, RAW: 6 images, RAW+JPEG: 3 images |
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Recording Media |
Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, SD memory card, SDHC memory card |
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Recording Format |
JPEG (DCF Ver.2.0，Exif Ver.2.21, MPF Baseline) compliant, DPOF compatible, RAW (Sony ARW 2.1 format), RAW + JPEG |
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RAW (pixels) |
4272 x 2848 |
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Image Size L - JPEG (pixels) |
4272 x 2848 (12M) |
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Image Size M (pixels) |
3104 x 2072 (6.4M) |
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Image Size S (pixels) |
2128 x 1416 (3M) |
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Still Image quality |
RAW, RAW+JPEG, Fine, Standard |
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Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR) |
On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second |
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Noise Reduction (High ISO NR) |
On/Off, available at the ISO set to 1600 or above |
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Delete Function |
Single, multiple, or all frames in a folder |
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Color Space (sRGB) |
YES |
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Color Space (Adobe RGB) |
YES |
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Color mode/DEC/Creative styles |
Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, B/W |
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Dynamic Range Optimizer |
Off, Auto, Advanced: Level |
|
Date/Time Print |
With PictBridge |
Playback/Edit
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Information Display |
YES |
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White/Black Out Alert |
YES |
|
YES (9, 4) |
|
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Enlarge (Maximum magnification) |
L size: 13.4x, M size: 10.1x, S size: 6.7x |
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Image Rotation |
YES |
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Auto Image Rotation |
YES |
General
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Battery Remaining Indicator |
YES |
|
InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator |
YES (in %) |
|
Histogram Indicator |
YES |
|
2.21 |
|
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Exif Print |
YES |
|
PictBridge |
YES |
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Menu Language |
English / French / German / Spanish / Italian / Portuguese / Dutch / Russian / Swedish / Danish / Norwegian / Finish / Polish / Czech / Hungarian |
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Zone Matching |
NO |
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Depth-of-Field Preview |
NO |
|
PRINT Image Matching III |
YES |
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Remote Release Terminal |
YES |
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IR Remote Control |
YES (with RMT-DSLR1) |
|
DPOF(Digital Print Order Format) |
YES |
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Indicator of remaining memory space (CF) |
YES |
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Beep Sound |
On/Off selectable |
|
File Number Memory |
On/Off selectable |
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Folder Name Mode |
Standard and Date |
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Operating Temperature (degrees C) |
0 - 40 |
Power/Others
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Battery System |
NP-FM500H |
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Supplied Battery |
NP-FM500H |
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Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition) |
Approx. 1000 images with viewfinder, approx. 520 images in live view mode |
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Weight (g) |
Approx. 597 |
Dimensions
|
Width (mm) |
137 |
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Height (mm) |
104 |
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Depth (mm) |
84 |
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