Support for SLT-A57

Specifications for SLT-A57

Lens Mount

Sony α mount

YES

Lens Compatibility

All types of Sony α lenses

YES

Image Sensory

Image sensor type

CMOS Sensor

Image sensor colour filter

R, G, B, Primary color

Size (mm)

23.5 x 15.6mm (APS-C size)

Camera

Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)

Approx. 16.7

Effective Pixels (megapixels)

Approx. 16.1

Automatic White Balance

YES

White balance: preset selection

Auto / Daylight/ Shade/ Cloudy/ Incandescent/ Fluorescent / Flash / Custom

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 EV - 4.5 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

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 (auto with 15 areas)

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)

AF Illuminator range (meters)

Approx. 1-5

Auto Exposure System

Light metering type

1200-zone evaluative metering

Light metering cell

Exmor™ 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

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, +/- 3.0EV (1/3EV steps)

AE Bracketing

With 1/3EV, 2/3EV 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)

3

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

Focusing Screen

NO

Field of View (%)

100

Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)

1.04x

Eye Relief

Approx. 25.2mm from the Eyepiece lens

Diopter Adjustment

-4.0 to +3.0 diopter

Live View

Live View

YES

LCD screen

Screen Size

7.5cm / 3 Wide

Monitor Type

TFT

LCD Total Dot Number

921600

Brightness adjustable

YES

Tilting screen

YES

Rotating screen

YES

Recording

Drive Mode

Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Bracket (continues, single, white balance bracket, DRO bracket)

Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)

max. 12 fps

Number of Continuous Advance

Fine: 23 images/Standard: 25 images/RAW & JPEG: 18 images/RAW: 21 images

Recording Media

Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards

Recording Format

JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver. 2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), 3D still image MPO (MPF Extended stereovision compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), RAW & JPEG

Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)

4912 x 3264 (16M)

Image Size M (pixels)

3568 x 2368 (8.4M)

Image Size S (pixels)

2448 x 1624 (4.0M)

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)

Wide: 7152 x 1080 (7.7M), Standard: 4912 x 1080 (5.3M), 16:9: 1920 x 1080 (2.1M)

Still Image quality

RAW, RAW+JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard

Movie Recording Format

AVCHD / MP4

Video Compression

AVCHD Ver. 2.0 compliant / MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)

Audio recording Format

Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2ch

Movie recording mode - AVCHD

1920 x 1080 (50p recording, 28 Mbps, 50i 24 Mbps, 50i 17 Mbps, 25p 24 Mbps, 25p 17 Mbps, 25p 12 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, Saturation, Sharpness

Dynamic Range Optimizer

Off, Auto

Playback/Edit

White/Black Out Alert

YES

Index Playback

YES

Enlarge (Maximum magnification)

L size: 13.6x, M size: 9.9x, S size: 6.8x

Image Rotation

YES

Auto Image Rotation

YES

General

InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator

YES

Histogram Indicator

YES

Exif

YES

Exif Print

YES

PictBridge

NO

Zone Matching

NO

Depth-of-Field Preview

YES

PRINT Image Matching III

YES

Remote Release Terminal

YES

IR Remote Control

YES

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. 550 shots(Viewfinder) / approx. 590 shots(LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)

Weight (g) (Body only)

Approx. 539

Dimensions

Width (mm)

132.1

Height (mm)

97.5

Depth (mm)

80.7