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Bring vibrant scenes to life Capture decisive moments like a professional with the new 58. It unites high-end camera technology with innovative new features and user-friendly operation to enable comfortable, carefree shooting with stunningly attractive results. In fact, every curve and detail of the sophisticated, taut body has been painstakingly refined to enhance your handling ease. The body also beautifully matches the new SAL18552 kit lens.
Create stunningly detailed photos and movies New 20.1-megapixel Exmor® APS HD CMOS sensor Wide-ranging sensitivity from ISO 100 to 16000 Every scene is captured beautifully, from corner to corner, with fine details and rich tonal gradations thanks to Sony’s proprietary Exmor® APS HD CMOS sensor. Its large size delivers high sensitivity, attractive defocusing effects, and low noise in wideranging shooting situations including dimly lit environments. Impressive 20.
Capture even challenging subjects clearly Target frame size adjusts to suit the characteristics of the subject. New Lock-on AF for tracking moving subjects Now it’s easier than ever to keep moving subjects in focus. Through proprietary Sony Translucent Mirror Technology and subject size detection, new Lock-on AF continuously adjusts target frame size based on various subject characteristics and dramatically increases the in-focus rate.
Full-time Continuous AF and 8 fps continuous shooting Accelerated full-time continuous phase-detection autofocusing keeps your subject in sharp focus even during live-view movie shooting and when capturing subjects at 8 fps in the Tele-zoom Continuous Advance Priority AE mode. This impressive performance, made possible by Translucent Mirror Technology, lets you effortlessly capture dramatic moments and expressions in all types of situations with professional-looking results.
Shoot comfortably with precision feedback New high-resolution, high-contrast OLED Tru-Finder® with 100% frame coverage The OLED Tru-Finder is easy to view in almost any lighting and allows comfortable live-view shooting thanks to Translucent Mirror Technology. You can accurately monitor the results of your settings while shooting, because it faithfully displays details as they will appear in your recording. Pressing the Preview button even displays defocusing effects with greater accuracy than OVFs.
460,800-dot 2.7-type LCD screen with tiltable design Tru-Finder preview of exposure compensation Sony’s LCD screen brings out every detail of your scene. You can tilt it to clearly shoot from almost any angle, including over your head to shoot over crowds or on the ground for a startling view of pets and flowers. The 2.7-type screen displays images brightly and clearly at 460,800-dot resolution. Moreover, low reflection technology contributes to deeper blacks and higher contrast. Brightness is adjustable.
Reveal the full potential of every scene New Auto Object Framing Sony makes it easy to create beautifully balanced images whether shooting one person, two people, a close-up or someone on the move. Simply photograph your subject and new Auto Object Framing automatically saves a trimmed image (in addition to your original image) that’s more professionally composed.
Superior Auto mode For the ultimate in point-and-shoot convenience, enter the Superior Auto mode. It utilizes advanced detection and analysis to optimize camera parameters for the scene you’re shooting. Moreover, it activates advanced functions like Auto HDR and Hand-held Twilight when image quality can be improved. Helpful information is also conveniently displayed on screen.
Rich functionality frees you from limitations Auto HDR (High Dynamic Range) Multi Frame NR (Noise Reduction) Hand-held Twilight Expand the dynamic range of your images from darkest shadows to brightest highlights and capture all the tonal gradations seen by your naked eye. Auto HDR achieves this by shooting three exposures and compositing the details. In dark environments, Multi Frame NR takes six images and composites them to achieve noise reduction equivalent to a 2-stop lower shutter speed.
Built-in pop-up flash (G No. 10) Multi memory card support HDMI® terminal The flash unit automatically pops up to illuminate dark scenes. It offers various modes, a guide number of 10 (ISO 100·m), an irradiation angle that covers the angle of view of a wide 18 mm lens, and a maximum sync speed of 1/160 sec. The multi-type slot lets you use standard memory cards, including Memory Stick PRO Duo™ and SD memory cards*.
Interchangeable lenses DT 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 SAM (SAL18135) DT 55-200mm F4-5.6 SAM (SAL55200-2) APS-C APS-C 1/160 sec., F11, ISO 200 1/1250 sec., F5.6, ISO 200 This mid-range zoom lens offers a flexible focal range. It's the lightest midrange magnification zoom lens available (approx. 398 g), with silent SAM (Smooth Autofocus Motor) AF and aberration compensation.
Accessories NEW Flash HVL-F20M For details, please check your local site 20 This MI Shoe compatible version of our compact flash unit features easy operation, a Guide number of 20 (at ISO 100·m), and switching between bounce (75° upward) and direct flash settings. NEW 60 Flash HVL-F60M NEW Our powerful flagship flash unit (GN 60) features an LED light and delivers creative lighting for both still image and movie shooting. It also offers a flexible rotation mechanism for Quick Shift Bounce.
Main specifications of Type Camera type Lens compatibility Lens compatibility Image sensor Type Number of pixels (effective) Number of pixels (total) Image sensor aspect ratio Anti-dust system Recording system (still image) Recording format 3:2 aspect ratio 16:9 aspect ratio Image size (pixels) Sweep Panorama Image quality modes Picture Effect Creative Style Dynamic range functions Color space Recording system (movie) Recording format Video compression Audio recording format 1080 60i compatible device Image
