taking picture with D-range optimizer (notice the different)
Full Specification
Image sensor: 23.5 x 15.7 mm CCD with 14.9 million photosites (14.2 megapixels effective)
Lens mount: Sony Alpha mount (compatible with Minolta lenses)
Focal length crop factor: 1.5x
Image formats: ARW.RAW (12-bit); JPEG; RAW+JPEG
Image Sizes: 3:2 aspect ratio – 4592 x 3056, 3408 x 2272, 2288 x 1520; 16:9 aspect ratio - 4592 x 2576, 3408 x 1920, 2288 x 1280
Image Stabilisation: Body-integrated Super SteadyShot CCD-shift type
Dust removal: Charge protection coating on low-pass filter plus vibration of filter
Shutter speed range: 30 to 1/4000 second plus Bulb; flash synch at 1/160 sec.
Exposure Compensation: +/- 2EV in 0.3-step increments
Self-timer: 10 sec./2 sec. delay selectable
Focus system: TTL phase detection with CCD line sensors; 9 AF points
Focus modes: Single-shot AF, continuous AF, manual focusing; wide and spot focusing modes plus AF point selection
Exposure metering: TTL metering (40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC), Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot metering modes
Shooting modes: Auto, Program AE, Aperture priority AE, Shutter priority AE, Manual, Scene Selection (Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports, Sunset, Night / Night portrait)
Picture Style/Control settings: Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Night View, Sunset, Black and White and Adobe RGB
Colour space options: sRGB, Adobe RGB
ISO range: Auto, ISO 100 to 3200
White balance: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash, Colour Temperature / Colour filter, Custom; bracketing of 3 frames (H/L level selectable)
Flash: Auto pop-up; GN12 (in meters at ISO100); coverage to 18mm; Auto (Flash-off), Auto, Fill-flash, Red-eye reduction, Rear sync, Slow sync, High speed sync, Wireless modes
Flash exposure adjustment: +/- 2EV in 0.3-step increments; bracketing of 3 exposures in 0.3/0.7-step increments
Sequence shooting: Viewfinder: 2.5 fps max.; Live View mode: 2 fps max.; RAW: 4, RAW+JPEG: 3 images, JPEG to available capacity
Storage Media: CF Type I, II or Microdrive, single slot; Memory Stick via optional adaptor (FAT 12, 16, 32 compatible)
Viewfinder: Fixed eye-level penta-Dach-mirror; 95% coverage, 0.74x magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity, -1m-1 ); diopter adjustment -3.0 to +1.0 dpt
LCD monitor: Variable-angle 2.7-inch type, TFT (Clear Photo LCD) with 230,400 dots
Live View: Pentamirror tilt system with dedicated sensor
Playback functions: Single (with or without shooting information, with 4 previous/ following images, RGB histogram & highlight / shadow warning), 4 / 9 / 25 - frame index view, enlarged display mode (Max. zoom - L size: 14x, M size: 11x, S size: 7.2x), Image orientation, Slideshow
Interface terminals: USB2.0 Hi-speed (mass-storage, PTP); video - NTSC / PAL selectable
Power supply: NP-FM500H Rechargeable Battery Pack (up to approximately 730 shots per charge with viewfinder; 410 shots with live view)
Dimensions (wxhxd): 130.8 x 98.5 x 74.7 mm (body only)
Weight: Approx. 582 g (body only)
Simply to say I LOVE THIS CAMERA!!!