Sony CA649W User Manual

Main specifications of

System

Camera t ype Lens mount Lens comp atibility

Image Sen sor

Sensor type Effective pixels Total pixels Aspec t ratio Anti-D ust function ISO sensi tivity

(recommended exposur e index)

Recording

Image format

Image size

Image qua lity modes

Media

Card slot

Noise red uction

Color spa ce

Creativ e Style

D-Rang e Optimizer

White Bala nce

Modes

Bracketing

Focus Co ntrol

Type Sensor No. of focu s points Sensitivity range

Modes

Focus areas

Other fe atures

Exposure

Metering

Exposu re control

Viewﬁnder

Type Field cover age Magniﬁcation Diopter a djustment Eye point

Focusing screen

Area displayed

Other displays

Eyepiece shutter

Digital SL R (Single Lens Reﬂex) ca mera for use with in terchangeabl e lenses Sony moun t Sony lens es, Minolta and Koni ca Minolta AF lens es

35mm-ﬁlm f ormat (35.9 x 24.0 mm), Exmor Approx. 24.6 me gapixels Approx. 25.7 me gapixels 3:2 Charge pr otection coat ing on low-pass ﬁl ter, image-sens or shift mechan ism ISO 200 – 320 0 in 1/3 EV steps (ISO 100 – 6400 c an be set as expanded ISO ran ge ISO Auto Ran ge: ISO 200 – 1600, ISO 400 – 1600, ISO 400 – 800, ISO 200 – 800, ISO 200 – 40 0 selectable

JPEG (DCF2.0 and Ex if 2.21 compliant, DPOF su pported), RAW (Sony ARW 2.1 forma t), RAW + JPEG <Aspe ct ratio 3:2> L size: 6048 x 4032 (24M), M size: 4400 x 2936 (13M), S size: 3024 x 2016 (6.1M <Aspe ct ratio 16:9> L size: 6048 x 340 8 (21M), M size: 4400 x 2472 (11M), S size: 3024 x 1704 (5.2M <APS -C size capture> L size: 3984 x 2656 (11M), M size: 2896 x 1928 (5.6M), S size: 1984 x 1320 (2.6M RAW, cRAW (compressed), RAW & JPEG (Fine), cRAW (compressed) & JPEG (Fine), Extra Fi ne, Fine, Standard Memor y Stick Duo, Memor y Stick PRO Duo, Mem ory Stick PRO -HG Duo, CompactFlash (Type I / Type II, UD MA Mode 5 complian t), Microdrive Dual slot fo r Memory Stick D uo / CompactFlas h, selectable wit h Quick Navi or fro m Setup Menu Long expo sure NR: On /Off sele ctable, availab le at shutter sp eeds longer th an 1 sec. High ISO NR: Hi gh / Normal / Low / O ff selectable a t ISO 1600 or higher sRGB / Adobe RGB se lectable from Re cording Menu 13 image style s: Standard /Vivid /Neutral /Clear /Deep /Light /Portrait / Landscape/ Sunset/ Night View /Autumn L eaves/ B&W/ Sepia Adjustable parameter: Contrast / Saturation / Sharpness / B rightness / Zo ne Matching 6 setting s can be registere d. Modes: Of f / Standard / Ad vanced Auto / Advanced (Lv 1 to 5 DRO Adva nced Bracketing: 3 f rames, Hi / Lo selec table

Auto, Dayli ght, Shade, Cloudy, Tungs ten, Fluorescen t, Flash Color Temperature (2500 – 9900 K) with colo r ﬁlter (19-step magen ta / green compen sation), Custom (3 setting s can be registere d 3 frames, Hi / L o level selectabl e

TTL phas e detection sys tem CCD line se nsors 9 points (cent er dual-cros s type) with 10 assist po ints EV 0 – 18 (at ISO 100) Single- shot AF (AF-S), Automati c AF (AF-A), Continu ous AF (AF-C), Direct Ma nual Focus (DMF), Manual Fo cus (MF) Wide, Spot, Lo cal (9 local foc us areas, select able with multi sel ector AF micro ad justment (+/- 20-st ep increments fo r up to 30 different l enses), predict ive control, focus lo ck, AF illuminator (LED, Range: app rox. 1 – 7 m, Auto / Off sel ectable

Type: TTL mete ring Cell: 40- segment honeyc omb-patte rn SPC Range: EV 0 – 20 (EV 2 – 20 in spot me tering mode Modes: Mul ti Segment, Cente r-weighted, Spot Modes: Aut o, ProgramAuto (P, with program shif t), Apert ure priority (A), Shutter p riority (S), Manual (M) Exposu re compensatio n: +/-3 EV, 0.3 / 0.5 EV steps sele ctable Bracketi ng: 3 / 5 frames selec table, single or c ontinuous se lectable, 0.3 / 0. 5/ 0.7 / 2.0

Fixed eye -level, pentapri sm Approx. 100 % Approx. 0.74 x (with 50mm l ens at inﬁnity, -1m

-3.0 to +1.0 m-1 Approx. 2 0 mm from the eyepiec e (at -1 m Spherical acute matte scre en (Type G). User-rep laceable Type L (gri d type) and Type M (super-sp herical acute ma tte type) availabl e (both ty pes optional AF area, sp ot AF area, spot meter ing area, shooting ar ea for aspect rati o 16:9, APS-C s ize area Flash compensation, ﬂash charg ing, wireless ﬂash , high-speed sy nc, manual focus, f ocus signal, shutte r speed, apertur e, EV scale, AE lock, s hot-remaining co unter, camera shake wa rning, Steady Shot scale, aspec t ratio 16:9 Built in

)

™

CMOS sens or

(

)

at ISO 100 with F1.4 lens

-1

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-1

)

EV steps selec table

)

Number of recordable frames for single media (Aspect ratio 3:2, image size L 24MB / M 13MB / S 6.1MB)

Memor y Stick D uo™

Capacity

Quality

Standard

Fine

Extra ﬁn e

cRAW & JPEG

RAW & JPEG

cRAW

RAW

When you sh oot with as pect rati o set to [16:9], or with APS/C size Ca pture func tion [On], you can reco rd more fram es than sh own above. However, whe n you record a n image in R AW format wit h 16:9 aspect rati o, number o f recordab le frames is the sam e as with 3:2 asp ect ratio. For fur ther deta ils, ple ase visit o ur websi te and go to ”Sup port.”

Effecti ve megapixels (appr ox.).

Stabiliza tion effect var ies according t o lens and shooting c onditions.

Available i n winter 2008/20 09.

Not water proof or splashp roof.

D-Ran ge Optimizer Advan ced-use tec hhology provid ed by Apical Limite d.

Mac OS not su pported.

Compati ble operating sy stem: factory pr einstalled only.

64-bit e ditions and Star ter (Edition) are not sup ported.

Compati ble Sony BRAVIA HDT V and HDMI cable (sol d separately) req uired for PhotoTV HD v iewing.

Spec iﬁcations of the B RAVIA HDTV show n vary accordi ng to market region.

Viewable a rea, measured dia gonally.

294

196

477

766

582

944

1517

334

582

388

152

275

168

110

662

302

125

154

103

115 2

545

135

116 9

779

339

221

164

1896

133 0

606

251

180

309

208

3048

2315

1094

273

191

2369

1579

687

449

333

16G B2GB 4GB 8GB

3844

6179

2697

4694

122 9

2219

509

553

365

388

627

423

LCD Monito r

Type Total number o f dots Coverage Brightness adjustment

Preview

Function

LCD Panel

Displays

Shutter

Type Speed ra nge Flash syn c speed

SteadyShot INSIDE

Type Indications

Compensation effect

Flash Con trol

Extern al ﬂash units Control Flash com pensation Modes Flash bra cketing Sync ter minal

Drive

Modes

Continu ous shooting s peed No. of frame s recordable

Playback

Modes

Interface

Compute r interface ty pe Video output HDMI output

Remote co ntrol

Others

Suppor ted OS Environment s

Windows Macintosh

Compati ble standards

Power

Power sou rce Battery performance Extern al power source

Others

Dimension (WxHxD Weight Operating temperature

3.0-inch 921,600 dots 100 % Adjustab le in +/- 5 steps

Intellige nt Preview / Optical P review selecta ble from menu

Shutte r speed, apertu re, exposure comp ensation, white b alance, ISO sens itivity, drive mod e, battery rem aining, remaining n o. of recordable im ages, with illumina tion

Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type 1/8000 to 3 0 sec., Bulb 1/200 sec. w ith SteadyShot I NSIDE, 1/250 sec. with out SteadySh ot INSIDE

(Image Stabilization

Image- sensor shift me chanism Steady Shot scale and cam era-shake warn ing in the viewﬁn der Equivale nt to approx. 2.5 to 4 steps in s hutter speed s (

varies ac cording to shoot ing conditions a nd lens used)

system ﬂa sh units (optional) ADI, Pre -ﬂash TTL 3 / 5 frames, +/- 3 E V (0.3 / 0.5 EV steps sel ectable Autoﬂash , Fill-ﬂash, Rear Syn c, Wireless 3 / 5 frames, 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.7 / 2.015 EV step sel ectable Built in, ada ptable to the sync te rminal of the oppo site polarity

Single, Con tinuous (Hi / Lo selectable), Self-timer (10 sec. / 2 sec. del ay selectable), Mirror Lo ckup, Remote Comma nder Hi: approx 5 fr ames per sec. (max.), Lo: approx. 3 f rames per sec. (max. Standard: 28 5, Fine: 105, Extra Fine: 11, RAW: 12, cRAW: 12, RAW & JPEG: 10, cRAW & JPEG: 10

Single (wit h or without shoot ing information, w ith 4 previous / fol lowing images, RGB histo gram & highlight / shad ow warning), 4 / 9 / 25 -frame index vie w, enlarge d display modes (max . zoom ratio: L size: 19x, M size: 14x, S size: 9.4x)

USB2.0 Hi-Sp eed, Mass Storag e / Multi LUN / PTP / PC Remote Con trol NTSC / PAL selectab le HDMI mini c onnector, 1080i / 720p / SD sel ectable (optional H DMI cable requir ed) Wired con trol: Remote Comma nder RM-S1AM / R M- L1AM (optional) Wireles s control: with sup plied Remote Comma nder PhotoTV HD su pported

Windows 2 000 Professio nal / Win dows XP / Windows V ista Mac OS X (v. 10.13 or lat er)

Exif Prin t, Print Image Match ing III, PictBrid ge

One Recha rgeable Batte ry Pack NP-FM5 00H, one CR2025 fo r Wireless Remote C ommander Approx. 8 80 shots (measured u sing CIPA standar ds) AC Adaptor / Ch arger AC-VQ900A M (optional)

)

Approx. 156.3 x 116.9 x 81.9 mm (6-1/8 x 4-5/8 x 3 -1/4 in. Approx. 8 50 g (1 lb 14 oz 0 – 40 degree s C (32 – 104 degrees F

Speciﬁ cations are base d on the informati on available at the t ime of printing and ar e subject to chan ge without noti ce.

The body c ap of 90 0 uses pol yamide 11 vegetab le-b ased plastic de rived fro m castor oi l.

CompactFlash™ card

Capacity

Quality

Standard

Fine

Extra ﬁn e

cRAW & JPEG

RAW & JPEG

cRAW

RAW

Accept s high-speed C ompactFlash UD MA, Memory St ick PRO-HG Du o™,

Mem ory Stick PRO Du o™ and Memor y Stick Duo medi a.

For use wit h DSLR-A900, an app lication updat e is required.

Please ac cess http://sup port.d-imagi ng.sony.co.jp/ww w/accy/gps/ f or more informati on.

DT lenses are n ot recommende d for use with 35mm fu ll-frame senso rs due to their dif fering

image c ircle size, which ma y affect light me tering accurac y in certain shoo ting situations .

Saturat ion cannot be set fo r B&W and Sepia.

2.0 EV bracke ting limited to 3 frame s.

HVL-F58AM, H VL-F56AM, HVL-F42AM, H VL-F36AM support ed;

full multi -ﬂash functio nality require s at least one HVL-F58 AM unit.

296

197

Extra Fi ne LCD

)

481

773

337

587

153

277

)

, Slow Sync, H igh-speed Sy nc

555

138

) (

118 5

790

343

224

166

) (

w/o batte ry, memory card, a ccessories

)

593

962

675

308

127

157

105

1547

1175

395

172

112

excl. protrusions

)

1922

3090

134 8

2347

614

110 9

254

276

182

194

313

211

35mm Full-Frame Digital SLR Camera

)

16G B2GB 4GB 8GB

3844

2697

122 9

509

365

627

423

6180

4694

2219

553

388

2370

158 0

687

449

333

For the ﬁne art

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of photography

Printed in USA

CA649W

A celestial new standard in imaging

Introducing the Sony® (alpha) DSLR-A900. A camera whose stellar image quality eclipses everything you have known before. At its heart is a 35mm full-frame

™

Exmor the culmination of a dream. With

24.6-megapixel captures details so ﬁne, and color so rich and natural, you will never be satisﬁed with anything less again. The 900 digital SLR from Sony.

CMOS sensor that represents

resolution that

Vario- Sonnar T* 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SS M (SAL2470Z), 1/25 0 sec., F8, ISO 200, auto white balance

300 mm F2.8 G (SAL300F28 G), 1/2000 s ec., F8, ISO 640, auto white balance

Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA (SA L135F 18Z), 1/200 sec., F4, ISO 20 0, white b alanc e: dayli ght

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