Iconic style, professional quality
ollow your creative passion wherever it leads you. Capture stunning images with the versatility of interchangeable lenses – all without the size and weight of a DSLR. Don't compromise with ultra-desirable styling and serious photo features.
Extraordinary picture quality
The ultra-high resolution 24.3 megapixel Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor offers phenomenal imaging performance: like a DSLR camera, but without the size and weight. You'll see the difference with richly detailed, low-noise pictures, even in low light.
Amazing HD movies
Capture smoothly detailed Full HD videos with quick autofocus to track the action - even while you're zooming. Beautiful background defocus effects add an extra dimension to creative movie shooting.
Precision electronic viewfinder
Frame and shoot - even in bright sunshine - with the camera's viewfinder held close to your eye. The Tru-Finder™ gives an ultra-clear, high contrast view of the scene. It's great for composing still photos and HD video with confidence.
Powerful creative control
Make quick, intuitive adjustments of exposure, focus mode and other settings. The new Tri-Navi interface gives you full creative control with two large mechanical dials
Pick the perfect lens
Why compromise your artistic vision? Select from a choice of compact E-mount lenses - from ultra-slim wide angle to powerful telephoto zoom. Or add an optional mount adaptor and enjoy the limitless possibilities of your A-mount lens collection.
- Slim, light and compact - DSLR picture quality without the size and weight: small enough to carry with you everywhere
- 24.3 effective megapixels - Very high resolution Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor; captures superb quality, low noise images and allows DSLR-style background defocus
- BIONZ processor - Powerful image processing ensures clear, detailed, low-noise images and quick, responsive shooting
- E-mount interchangeable lens system - Choose the ideal lens to suit shooting conditions, just like a DSLR camera. Optional converter for A-mount DSLR lenses
- Full HD movie with manual exposure control - Touch a button and record detail-packed AVCHD video with stereo sound; 25p/50p progressive shooting for smooth, cinematic footage
- Very high speed burst shooting - Capture fast-moving action with rapid burst shooting up to 10 frames per second (Speed Priority mode)
- XGA OLED TruFinder™ - Precision electronic viewfinder gives bright, high contrast image with 100% frame coverage and wide angle of view
- Grid lines and level gauge - Switchable framing lines and gauge display in viewfinder; assists accurate composition of landscapes and architectural scenes
- 7.5cm (3") tilt-angle Xtra Fine LCD - Photo-quality (921k dot) screen with TruBlack technology for bright, extremely high contrast image preview
- Precision Digital Zoom - Get closer to the action with smooth, high quality magnification of central portion of image from 1.1x up to 10x
- Intuitive user interface - Quick, menu-free adjustment of exposure, focus mode and other creative settings with comfortably positioned dials
- DSLR-style manual operation - Enjoy full control over exposure with Programme, Aperture/Shutter Priority and all-Manual modes (PASM) - just like a DSLR camera
- Intelligent AUTO - Automatically recognizes common shooting situations, adjusting camera settings for beautiful results
- Wide sensitivity range from ISO 100-16000 - Very high maximum sensitivity allows natural, low-noise images, even when shooting handheld in low light
- SteadyShot - Enjoy in-lens optical image stabilisation during handheld shooting (with compatible lenses)
- Object Tracking - Keeps accurate focus lock on your selected object, even while it’s moving in the frame
- Sweep Panorama with 3D Sweep Panorama - Press the shutter and sweep the camera to capture extra-wide panoramic images: also capture 3D panoramas to view on 3D TV
- Face Detection and Face Registration - Recognises up to 8 faces in a scene, optimising optimum exposure, white balance, flash and other settings for beautiful portraits
- Smile Shutter - Automatically fires shutter when subject smiles: Can be combined with Face Registration
- Picture Effect Modes - Produce impressive creative effects with no PC needed - including Posterise, Partial Colour, HDR Painting, Soft Focus, Miniature
- Creative Styles - 11 selectable image finishing options to suit range of shooting situations - can be customised for even greater creative control
- Soft Skin mode - Automatically retouches portraits, removing minor blemishes and wrinkles for beautiful faces
- D-Range Optimiser - Adjusts brightness of light and dark image areas for more natural, evenly-exposed results with high-contrast backlit scenes
- Auto HDR - Automatically shoots and combines three images at different exposure settings to capture extreme shadow and highlight detail
- Handheld Twilight mode - Combines high-speed burst of six frames to create single low-noise image in low-light conditions
- Anti Motion Blur mode - Combines high-speed burst of six frames taken at fast shutter speed, to create a single low-noise image with minimised blur
- Shading and aberration compensation - Intelligently corrects vignetting (peripheral shading), lateral chromatic aberration and distortion for each E-mount lens
- Tough styling and comfortable handling - Magnesium body cover panels give strength and lightness, plus high-comfort grip for sure handling
- Anti-dust system - Reduces build-up of dust on sensor for clear, blemish-free images
- Auto-lock Accessory Shoe - Attach optional flash units or sync terminal adaptor to create advanced flash effects
- HDMI® output - HD connector for image display on HD TV (requires optional cable). Photo TV HD enhances still image viewing on compatible BRAVIA®
- BRAVIA® Sync - For easy control of camera playback functions via BRAVIA® TV’s remote
- Picture Motion Browser - Supplied PC software for easy organising, viewing and online sharing of your photos and HD video clips