Product Details
Sony a57 Black Digital SLR Camera And 18-135mm Lens - SLTA57M
Shoot like you mean it with top-of-the-line Translucent Mirror Technology that
makes it possible to focus and shoot simultaneously for fast, precise performance,
while continuous auto focus makes the shots you're getting at up to 10 fps worthy
of the inspirational moments they capture. Switch it up Tele-zoom High Speed
mode and get up to an even faster 12 fps with continuous AF. Achieve stunning
stills that can be blown-up to beautifully frame worthy enlargements thanks
to the 16.1MP Exmor® APS HD CMOS sensor. Choose to record precious memories
in either 1080/60p/24p AVCHD™ format or a more web-friendly 1080/30p MP4
format and relive the moment for years to come.1 Tru-Finder™ electronic
viewfinder makes it easy to view setting adjustments in real time, resulting
in better shot composition and better photos.
Key Features:
- 16.1MP
- Translucent Mirror Technology™
- Up to 12 fps
- Clear Image Zoom
- Auto Portrait Framing
- 1080/60p/24p Full AVCHD™ or 1080/30p MP4 movies
- 3.0" LCD TruBlack™ tilt/swivel screen
- 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens
Features:
- Translucent Mirror Technology
Other DSLRs can shoot. Or they can focus with the speed and precision of Phase
Detection AF. They cannot do both at once. The SLT-A57, with Translucent Mirror
Technology™, directs light to both the image sensor and the Phase Detection
AF sensor simultaneously.
- Clear Image Zoom
Utilizing Sony’s exclusive By Pixel Super Resolution Technology, Clear
Image Zoom increases the effective focal length of your lens up to 2x by digitally
magnifying the center of your image with nearly imperceptible degradation.
It virtually doubles the effective focal length of whatever lens you’re
using providing greater shooting flexibility.
- Eye-Level Electronic Viewfinder
The Tru-finder™ Electronic Viewfinder (EVF) is super bright, easy to
see with 1.04x magnification, ultra-sharp with 1.44 million dots (effective)
and provides 100% frame coverage. Exposure preview and informative overlays
make operation easy.
- SteadyShot INSIDE™ stabilization
Image stabilization reduces blur by compensating for camera shake. SteadyShot
INSIDE™ image stabilization is built into the camera body itself. You'll
reduce blur with every A-mount lens because it provides compensation equivalent
to approximately 2.5 – 4.5 steps in shutter speed, allowing for more
hand held opportunities in low light or longer focal lengths.
- Multi-frame NR
Experience incredible low-light shooting without a flash. The camera captures
six images in a fraction of a second. Combining the data from all six, it
creates a single image with a reduction in noise equivalent to two additional
steps of ISO sensitivity. Sensitivity selectable up to ISO 25600. (Recommended
for still subjects.)
- 3D Sweep Panorama™ Mode
Capture vast scenic vistas and 16:9 shots in spectacular 3D. As you sweep
across the panorama, the camera records separate right-eye and left-eye images
that make landscapes come alive on your 3D television.3 Records both JPEG
and MPO file formats.
- Up to 10 fps @ 16.1MP capture
Shoot up to 10 frames per second in incredible detail with the 16.1 megapixel
Sony® Exmor® APS HD CMOS sensor, the camera achieves high resolution
with no penalty in low-light sensitivity or sensor noise.
- Full HD 1080/60p/24p movies
This is one of the very few DSLRs with super smooth 1080/60p/24p Full HD recording
capability. Records in your choice of 1080/60p AVCHD™ format or in PC-friendly
1080/30p MP4 format.
- Auto HDR built into camera
Captures more scene dynamic range than a single exposure can handle—and
more range than photo film. Combines the best highlight detail from one shot,
the best mid-tones from a second and the best shadow detail from a third for
one incredible shot. Captures in a split second. (Recommended for still subjects.)
- Object Tracking AF
Using the 15-point autofocus sensor and Sony’s subject recognition technologies,
Object Tracking AF can maintain accurate focus on your subject even when it
changes position in the frame.
- Sweep Panorama™ Mode
Capture expansive landscapes automatically. Press the shutter and sweep vertically
or horizontally. The camera does the rest, continuously shooting images and
stitching them together. Up to 23 MP image size.
- Up to 12 fps Tele-Zoom High Speed Shooting
By capturing the center 2/3 of the image sensor (8.4MP), Tele-zoom high speed
shooting brings the action closer with a 1.4x effective increase of focal
length. Shoot up to an incredible 12 frames per second with continuous auto
focus and auto exposure to capture the decisive moment.
- Auto Portrait Framing
Simply photograph a person and Auto Portrait Framing will save an additional,
optimally framed image in portrait or landscape orientation. Combining Face
Detection and By Pixel Super Resolution technologies with rule of thirds,
Auto Portrait Framing provides beautifully composed and appealingly balanced
full resolution portraits.
- Tilt/swivel 3” LCD screen
Tilt it up or down to frame high- and low-angle shots that would otherwise
be hit-or-miss. Tilt and swivel under the camera for self-portraits. Fold
it flush to the camera with the LCD exposed for shooting or protected for
travel.
- 15-point Auto Focus
To maximize the value of Translucent Mirror Technology, Sony incorporates
Phase Detection AF of great sophistication. Three cross sensors maximize precision.
- Hand-held Twilight
Get cleaner and sharper nighttime pictures—beyond the capability of traditional
cameras—without using flash or a tripod. The camera captures six images
in a fraction of a second. Combining the data with separate algorithms for
still and moving parts of the picture reduces blur, minimizes noise and enables
extraordinary detail.
- Picture Effects
Ordinary scenes become extraordinary photos and movies with Picture Effects.
Choose from 11 modes and 15 effects that significantly increase visual impact
by adjusting camera parameters and applying advanced processing techniques.
Specifications:
Camera
- Lens Compatibility: Sony A-mount lens
- Lens Mount: Sony A-mount
- Camera Type: Sony A-mount interchangeable lens digital camera
Optics/Lens
- Lens Type: Standard Zoom
- Lens Mount Type: Sony A-mount
- Aperture (Max.): f/3.5 - 6.3
- Aperture (Min.): f/22 - 40
- Focal Length (35mm equivalent): APS: 27-300mm (35mm Equivalent: 18-200mm)
- Filter Diameter: 62mm
- Lens Groups-Elements: 13 groups, 15 elements
- Minimum Focus Distance: 1'6" (45m)
- Aperture Blade: 7 blades (Circular aperture)
- Aspheric Elements: 3
- Distance Encoder: Yes
- Distance Scale: Yes
- Lens Weight: 14 oz (405g)
- Magnification: x 0.27
Focus Control
- Focus System: TTL phase detection AF (CCD line sensors)
- Focus Points: 15 points (3 points cross type)
- AF Modes: Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF, Manual Focus
- Focus Area: Wide, Spot, Local (15 local areas selectable)
- Focus Sensitivity: -1 EV to +18 EV (at ISO100 equivalent)
- Focus Features: Predictive Focus Control, Focus Lock
- AF Illuminator: Built-in flash, Range: approx. 3' - 15' (1m-5m)
Flash
- Flash Compensation: +/-2EV in 0.3EV steps
- Flash Coverage: 18mm (focal-length printed on the lens body)
- Recycling Time: Approx. 3 sec.
- Flash Bracketing: 3 exposures in 0.3/0.7 EV steps
- Flash Metering System: ADI, Pre-flash TTL
- Flash Modes: Auto, Fill-flash, Slow Sync., Rear Sync., Hi-speed
sync., Red-eye reduction (on/off selectable for Autoflash and fill-flash mode),
Wireless
- Flash Type: Built-in, Pop-up Auto
- Guide Number: 10 (in meters at ISO100)
Imaging Sensor
- Imaging Sensor: Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor (23.5 X 15.6mm)
- Processor: BIONZ™ image processor
- Anti Dust: Charge protection coating on Low-Pass Filter and Image
Sensor-Shift mechanism
- Pixel Gross: Approx. 16.7 megapixels
- Effective Picture Resolution: Approx. 16.1 megapixels
- Focal Length Conversion Factor: 1.5x
- Color Filter System: RGB primary color filters
Viewfinder
- Type: 0.46" Xtra Fine EVF (Electronic viewfinder) (1,440,000
pixels)
- Diopter Adjustment: -4.0 to +3.0m-1
- Field of View: 100%
- Magnification: 1.04x (with 50mm lens at infinity, -1m-1 )
Exposure System
- Metering: Advanced 1200-zone evaluative metering
- Metering Modes: Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
- Metering Sensitivity: -2EV to 17EV (at ISO 100 equivalent w/ f/1.4
lens)
- Exposure Compensation: +/-3.0EV?1/3EV steps)
- Exposure Settings: iAuto (AUTO), Superior Auto (AUTO+), Program Auto
(P), Aperture priority (A), Shutter-speed priority (S), Manual (M), Sweep
Panorama (2D/3D), Continuous Advance Priority AE, Movie, Scene Selection
- Scene Mode(s): Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports action, Sunset,
Night portrait, Night View, Hand-held Twilight
- 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
- D-Range Optimizer: Yes: (Auto, Level, Off)
- Auto Exposure Lock: Yes (AE Lock button)
- Color Temperature: 2500 - 9900 k with 15-step each Magenta/Green
compensation (G7 to M7), Amber/Blue (A7 to B7)
- Creative Style: Standard, Vivid, Portrait , Landscape, Sunset, Black
& White, (Contrast (-3 to +3steps), Saturation(-3 to +3steps), Sharpness(-3
to +3steps))
- Exposure Bracketing: Bracket: Cont./Bracket: Single, /1/3EV, 2/3EV
increments, 3 frames
- ISO: Still images: AUTO (ISO 100 - 3200)/ISO 100 - 16000 (1 EV step),
Movies: AUTO (ISO 100 - 3200 equivalent)/ISO 100 - 3200 equivalent (1 EV step)
; Multi Frame NR (up to ISO 25600)
- Noise Reduction: Long exp. NR: (On/Off, available of shutter speeds
longer than 1 sec.) High ISO NR: (High, Normal, Low) Multi Frame NR: (Auto/ISO100-25600)
- White Balance Mode: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent,
Fluorescent, Warm White, Cool White, Day White, Flash, Setting the color temperature,
Custom
Advanced Features
- Advanced User Interface: Easy-to-understand Graphic Display and on-screen
Help Guide User-friendly function menu
- Anti Motion Blur: 6-image layering
- Auto High Dynamic Range: Yes, (Off/On, Auto Exposure Difference,
Exposure difference Level (1-6 EV at 1.0 EV step)
- Sweep Panorama: Yes (2D/3D)
- Face Detection: Off, Auto, Child Priority, Adult Priority (up to
8 faces detectable)
- Smile Shutter™ technology: Yes - Off, Slight, Normal, Big
- Tracking Focus: Yes
- Image Stabilization: SteadyShot INSIDETM image stabilization
Recording
- Media Type: Memory Stick PRO Duo™/Pro-HG Duo™ media; SD,
SDHC and SDXC memory card
- Color Space: sRGB, AdobeRGB
- Still Image Mode: JPEG (Standard, Fine), RAW, RAW+JPEG
- Still Image Size 16:9: L size: 4912 x 2760 (14M) M size: 3568 x 2000
(7.1M) S size: 2448 x 1376 (3.4M)
- Still Image Size 3:2: L size: 4912 x 3264 (16M) M size: 3568 x 2368
(8.4M) S size: 2448 x 1624 (4M)
- 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) 3D Sweep Panorama: Horizontal Wide: 7152 X 1080
(7.7M) Horizontal Std.: 4912 X 1080 (5.3M) 16:9: 1920 X 1080 (2.1M)
- Video Format: AVCHD / MP4 (MPEG-4 AVC (H.264))
- Video Mode: AVCHD: 1920 x 1080 (60p/28Mbps/PS, 60i/24Mbps/FX, 60i/17Mbps/FH,
24p/24Mbps/FX, 24p/17M/bps/FH) MP4: 1440 x 1080 (30fps/12Mbps), VGA: 640 x
480 (30fps/3Mbps)
- Video Resolution: 1920x1080
- Video Signal: NTSC color, EIA standards
- Audio Format: Stereo Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC
- Microphone/Speaker: Built-in Stereo Microphone
LCD Display
- LCD Type: 3.0” TFT Xtra Fine™ LCD (921,600 pixels) w/TruBlack™
technology
- Angle Adjustment: 180 degrees from the camera back, leftward rotation
in 270 degrees with LCD monitor facing forward
- Brightness Control: Auto/Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2)
- Coverage: 100%
- Live View: Continuous Live View (LCD/EVF Auto, selectable)
- Real-time image adjustment display: Yes(On/Off)
- Histogram: Yes (On/off)
- Grid Display: Yes (On/off)
- Customization: Grid, Histogram display, Digital Level Gauge, Grid
Line, Magnified display for playback
Drive System
- Burst Buffer: [Tele-zoom] Fine: 23 images/Std: 25 images [Priority
AE] Fine: 23 images/Std: 27 images/RAW & JPG: 18 images/RAW: 21 images
[Cont.] Fine: 25 images/Std: 29 images/RAW & JPG: 19 images/RAW: 21 images
- Continuous Shooting Speed: Tele-zoom Cont. Advance Priority AE: Up
to 12 fps; Cont. Advance Priority AE: Up to 10 fps; Cont. shooting Hi 8 fps/
Lo 3fps (Speed may vary depending on shooting conditions and memory card in
use)
- Drive Mode: Single-shot, Continuous shooting (Hi/Lo selectable),
Self-timer (10/2 sec delay selectable), Bracket: Cont./Single, White Balance
bracket, Remote commander (RMT-DSLR1 Sold Separately)
- Flash Sync Speed: 1/160 seconds
- Self-timer: 2-sec. or 10-sec. delay,
- Shutter Speeds: Still:1/4000 to 30 seconds, bulb Movies: 1/4000 to
1/4 (1/3 step), up to 1/60 in AUTO mode
- Shutter Type: Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane
shutter
Interface
- Microphone Input: Yes (3.5 mm Stereo minijack)
- Accessory Shoe: Yes (Alpha)
- BRAVIA® Sync™: Yes, via HDMI with compatible BRAVIA HDTV
- DVDirect: Yes, via USB
- HD Output: HDMI (TypeC mini)
- Memory Card Slot: Single card slot: Memory Stick PRO Duo™/Pro-HG
Duo™ media - SD, SDHC and SDXC memory card
- PhotoTV HD: Yes, with BRAVIA Sync™ enabled HDTV and HDMI cable
- USB Port(s): USB2.0 Hi-speed (mass-storage, PTP)
Software
- Supplied Software: PlayMemories Home, Image Data Converter Ver. 4
- 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 SP 1; Mac OS X(v10.5-?10.6) (Image Data
Converter only, PlayMemories Home is not Mac compatible)
What's In The Box:
- Battery Charger (BC-VW10A)
- Body Cap
- CD-ROM
- Rechargable Battery (NP-FM500H)
- Eyepiece Cup
- Shoulder Strap
- USB Cable
Approximate Dimensions:
- Width: 5.25in.
- Height: 3.88 in.
- Depth: 3.25 in
Approximate Weight:
- Unit: 0.95 lbs (exluding battery, lens & media) 1.36 lbs (w/battery
& media)
- Shipping: 3 lbs.
Warranty Information:
Manufacturer Warranty (authorized online retailer): One Year Parts And
Labor
Extended Service Warranty Available: Click the warranty tab above for
details
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