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# Support for DSLR-A500

12.3 megapixels Exmor™ CMOS, Quick AF Live View, 3" LCD, 5fps, SteadyShot INSIDE. Body only.

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## Specifications for DSLR-A500

#### Lens Mount

Sony α mount
  YES

Compatibility with A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta
  YES

#### Lens Compatibility

All types of Sony α lenses
  YES

Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses
  YES

#### Image Sensory

Image sensor type
  CMOS Sensor

Image sensor colour filter
  R, G, B, Primary color

Size (mm)
  23.5 x 15.6 (APS-C size)

#### Camera

Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)
  Approx. 12.9

Effective Pixels (megapixels)
  Approx. 12.3

Automatic White Balance
  YES

White balance: preset selection
  Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash

White balance: custom setting
  YES

White balance: types of color temperature
  2500 - 9900 k with 19-step Magenta / Green compensation

White balance bracketing
  3 frames, Selectable 2 steps

ISO Sensitivity Setting
  ISO200 - 12800 equivalent

#### SteadyShot INSIDE

System: Sensor-shift mechanism
  YES

SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)
  YES

Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder)
  YES

SteadyShot INSIDE capability
  Approx. 2.5 EV - 4 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

Double anti dust system (anti-static coating and CCD shift mechanism)
  YES

#### Auto Focus System

TTL phase-detection system
  YES

Sensor
  9 points with centre cross sensor

Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV
  0 - 18

Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)
  YES

AF Area: Wide focus area
  YES (auto with 9 areas)

AF Area: Spot
  YES (center cross sensor)

AF Area: Local focus area selection
  YES (9 local areas)

AF Modes
  Continuous, Single Shot, Automatic, Manual Focus

Predictive Focus Control
  YES (with moving subjects in AF-A and AF-C)

Focus Lock
  YES (with Shutter button or AF button)

AF Illuminator
  YES (with built-in flash)

AF Illuminator range (meters)
  Approx. 1-5

#### Auto Exposure System

Light metering type
  TTL

Light metering cell
  40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC

Light metering: Multi segment
  YES

Light metering: Spot
  YES

Light metering: Center weighted
  YES

Exposure: Automatic
  YES

Exposure: Program Auto
  YES

Exposure: Shutter priority
  YES

Exposure: Aperture priority
  YES

Exposure: Manual
  YES

Exposure: Scene selection
  YES

AE Lock
  YES

Exposure compensation
  YES (+/-2.0 EV, 0.3 EV step)

AE Bracketing
  With 0.3 EV / 0.7 EV increments, 3 frames

#### Shutter

Type
  Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type

Shutter Speed Range (seconds)
  1/4000 - 30 and bulb

Flash Sync Speed (With Super Steady Shoot Off); second
  1/160

Flash Sync Speed (With Super Steady Shoot On); second
  1/160

#### Flash

Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100)
  12

Flash Metering System
  ADI / Pre-flash TTL flash metering

Flash Compensation
  +/-2.0 EV (0.3EV steps)

Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)
  4

Flash Mode
  Autoflash, Fill-flash, Rear flash sync. High Speed sync. with optional compatible accessory flash

Wireless flash mode
  YES (with optional compatible accessory flash)

Slow Synchronization
  YES

Red-Eye Reduction
  YES

Flash Popup
  Auto

Automatic Flash
  YES (with AUTO and Scene selection mode)

#### Viewfinder

Type
  Fixed eye-level, penta-Dach-mirror

Focusing Screen
  Spherical Acute Matte

Field of View (%)
  95

Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)
  0.80x

Eye Relief
  Approx.19mm from the eyepiece lens

Diopter Adjustment
  -2.5 to +1.0 diopter

#### Live View

Type
  YES - Quick AF and Manual Focus Check Live View

Other
  Smart Tele Converter / Face detection / Smile shutter *with Quick AF LV mode

#### LCD screen

Screen Size
  3

Monitor Type
  Clear Photo LCD

LCD Total Dot Number
  230.400

LCD on/off
  YES

Brightness adjustable
  YES

Tilting screen
  YES - 2 way tilt

#### Recording

Drive Mode
  Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Continuous-advance AE bracketing, White Balance Bracketing, Remote commander

Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)
  Max.5 fps with viewfinder, max. 4 fps in live view mode (approx.)

Number of Continuous Advance
  JPEG (L size, Fine): 12 images, RAW: 6 images, RAW+JPEG: 3 images

Recording Media
  Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, SD memory card, SDHC memory card

Recording Format
  JPEG (DCF Ver.2.0，Exif Ver.2.21, MPF Baseline) compliant, DPOF compatible, RAW (Sony ARW 2.1 format), RAW + JPEG

RAW (pixels)
  4272 x 2848

Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)
  4272 x 2848 (12M)

Image Size M (pixels)
  3104 x 2072 (6.4M)

Image Size S (pixels)
  2128 x 1416 (3M)

Still Image quality
  RAW, RAW+JPEG, Fine, Standard

Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)
  On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second

Noise Reduction (High ISO NR)
  On/Off, available at the ISO set to 1600 or above

Delete Function
  Single, multiple, or all frames in a folder

Color Space (sRGB)
  YES

Color Space (Adobe RGB)
  YES

Color mode/DEC/Creative styles
  Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, B/W

Dynamic Range Optimizer
  Off, Auto, Advanced: Level

Date/Time Print
  With PictBridge

#### Playback/Edit

Information Display
  YES

White/Black Out Alert
  YES

Index Playback
  YES (9, 4)

Enlarge (Maximum magnification)
  L size: 13.4x, M size: 10.1x, S size: 6.7x

Image Rotation
  YES

Auto Image Rotation
  YES

#### General

Battery Remaining Indicator
  YES

InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator
  YES (in %)

Histogram Indicator
  YES

Exif
  2.21

Exif Print
  YES

PictBridge
  YES

Menu Language
  English / French / German / Spanish / Italian / Portuguese / Dutch / Russian / Swedish / Danish / Norwegian / Finish / Polish / Czech / Hungarian

Zone Matching
  NO

Depth-of-Field Preview
  NO

PRINT Image Matching III
  YES

Remote Release Terminal
  YES

IR Remote Control
  YES (with RMT-DSLR1)

DPOF(Digital Print Order Format)
  YES

Indicator of remaining memory space (CF)
  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
  HDMI™ mini connector (Type C), BRAVIA Sync (Sync menu), PhotoTV HD

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
  YES

USB Mode
  Mass Storage (PC connection) / PTP(PictBridge)

#### Power/Others

Battery System
  NP-FM500H

Supplied Battery
  NP-FM500H

Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)
  Approx. 1000 images with viewfinder, approx. 520 images in live view mode

Weight (g)
  Approx. 597

#### Dimensions

Width (mm)
  137

Height (mm)
  104

Depth (mm)
  84

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