Sony Alpha CA649W User Manual download pdf

35mm Full-Frame

Digital SLR Camera

For the ﬁne art

of photography

Printed in USA

CA649W

Main specifications of

Preview

Function

Intelligent Preview / Optical Preview selectable from menu

LCD Panel

Displays

Shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation, white balance, ISO sensitivity,

drive mode, battery remaining, remaining no. of recordable images, with illumination

Drive

Modes

Continuous shooting speed

No. of frames recordable

Single, Continuous

(

Hi / Lo selectable), Self-timer

(

10 sec. / 2 sec. delay selectable

)

Mirror Lockup, Remote Commander

Hi: approx 5 frames per sec.

(

max.

)

, Lo: approx. 3 frames per sec.

(

max.

)

Standard: 285, Fine: 105, Extra Fine: 11, RAW: 12, cRAW: 12, RAW & JPEG: 10, cRAW & JPEG: 10

Speciﬁcations are based on the information available at the time of printing and are subject to change without notice.

Exif Print, Print Image Matching III, PictBridge

One Rechargeable Battery Pack NP-FM500H, one CR2025 for Wireless Remote Commander

Approx. 880 shots (measured using CIPA standards

)

AC Adaptor / Charger AC-VQ900AM

(

optional

)

Supported OS Environments

Windows

Macintosh

Windows 2000 Professional / Windows XP

/ Windows Vista

Mac OS X

(

v. 10.13 or later

)

System

Camera type

Lens mount

Lens compatibility

Digital SLR (Single Lens Reﬂex) camera for use with interchangeable lenses

Sony mount

Sony lenses, Minolta and Konica Minolta AF lenses

JPEG

(

DCF2.0 and Exif 2.21 compliant, DPOF supported

)

, RAW

(

Sony ARW 2.1 format

)

, RAW + JPEG

L size: 6048 x 4032

(

24M

)

, M size: 4400 x 2936

(

13M

)

, S size: 3024 x 2016

(

6.1M

)

L size: 6048 x 3408

(

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 Fine, Fine, Standard

Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo,

CompactFlash

(

Type I / Type II, UDMA Mode 5 compliant

)

, Microdrive

Dual slot for Memory Stick Duo / CompactFlash, selectable with Quick Navi or from Setup Menu

Long exposure NR: On /Off selectable, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 sec.

High ISO NR: High / Normal / Low / Off selectable at ISO 1600 or higher

sRGB / Adobe RGB selectable from Recording Menu

13 image styles: Standard / Vivid/Neutral / Clear/ Deep/ Light /Portrait/

Landscape/ Sunset /Night View/Autumn Leaves / B&W/Sepia

Adjustable parameter: Contrast / Saturation / Sharpness / Brightness / Zone Matching

6 settings can be registered.

Modes: Off / Standard / Advanced Auto / Advanced

(

Lv 1 to 5

)

DRO Advanced Bracketing: 3 frames, Hi / Lo selectable

SteadyShot INSIDE

(

Image Stabilization

)

Type

Indications

Compensation effect

Image-sensor shift mechanism

SteadyShot scale and camera-shake warning in the viewﬁnder

Equivalent to approx. 2.5 to 4 steps in shutter speeds

(

varies according to shooting conditions and lens used

)

Flash Control

External ﬂash units

Control

Flash compensation

Modes

Flash bracketing

Sync terminal

system ﬂash units

(

optional

)

ADI, Pre-ﬂash TTL

3 / 5 frames, +/- 3 EV

(

0.3 / 0.5 EV steps selectable

)

Autoﬂash, Fill-ﬂash, Rear Sync, Wireless

, Slow Sync, High-speed Sync

3 / 5 frames, 0.3 / 0.5 / 0.7 / 2.0

EV step selectable

Built in, adaptable to the sync terminal of the opposite polarity

Shutter

Type

Speed range

Flash sync speed

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

1/8000 to 30 sec., Bulb

1/200 sec. with SteadyShot INSIDE, 1/250 sec. without SteadyShot INSIDE

LCD Monitor

Type

Total number of dots

Coverage

Brightness adjustment

3.0-inch

Extra Fine LCD

921,600 dots

100%

Adjustable in +/- 5 steps

Viewﬁnder

Type

Field coverage

Magniﬁcation

Diopter adjustment

Eye point

Focusing screen

Area displayed

Other displays

Eyepiece shutter

Fixed eye-level, pentaprism

Approx. 100 %

Approx. 0.74 x

(

with 50mm lens at inﬁnity, -1m

-1

)

-3.0 to +1.0 m

-1

Approx. 20 mm from the eyepiece

(

at -1 m

-1

)

Spherical acute matte screen

(

Type G

)

. User-replaceable Type L (grid type) and

Type M (super-spherical acute matte type) available

(

both types optional

)

AF area, spot AF area, spot metering area, shooting area for aspect ratio 16:9, APS-C size area

Flash compensation, ﬂash charging, wireless ﬂash, high-speed sync, manual focus, focus signal,

shutter speed, aperture, EV scale, AE lock, shot-remaining counter, camera shake warning,

SteadyShot scale, aspect ratio 16:9

Built in

Type: TTL metering

Cell: 40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC

Range: EV 0 – 20

(

EV 2 – 20 in spot metering mode

)

(

at ISO 100 with F1.4 lens

)

Modes: Multi Segment, Center-weighted, Spot

Modes: Auto, ProgramAuto

(

P, with program shift

)

, Aperture priority

(

)

, Shutter priority

(

)

, Manual

(

)

Exposure compensation: +/-3 EV, 0.3 / 0.5 EV steps selectable

Bracketing: 3 / 5 frames selectable, single or continuous selectable, 0.3 / 0. 5/ 0.7 / 2.0

EV steps selectable

White Balance

Modes

Bracketing

Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash

Color Temperature

(

2500 – 9900K

)

with color ﬁlter

(

19-step magenta / green compensation

)

Custom

(

3 settings can be registered

)

3 frames, Hi / Lo level selectable

Single (with or without shooting information, with 4 previous / following images,

RGB histogram & highlight / shadow warning), 4 / 9 / 25-frame index view,

enlarged display modes (max. zoom ratio: L size: 19x, M size: 14x, S size: 9.4x)

Number of recordable frames for single media

(

Aspect ratio 3:2, image size L 24MB / M 13MB / S 6.1MB

)

When you shoot with aspect ratio set to [16:9], or with APS/C size Capture function [On], you can record more frames than shown above.

However, when you record an image in RAW format with 16:9 aspect ratio, number of recordable frames is the same as with 3:2 aspect ratio.

For further details, please visit our website and go to ”Support.”

Recording

Image format

Image size

Image quality modes

Media

Card slot

Noise reduction

Color space

Creative Style

D-Range Optimizer

Exposure

Metering

Exposure control

Others

Dimension

(

WxHxD

)

Weight

Operating temperature

Approx. 156.3 x 116.9 x 81.9 mm

(

6-1/8 x 4-5/8 x 3-1/4 in.

) (

excl. protrusions

)

Approx. 850 g

(

1 lb 14 oz

) (

w/o battery, memory card, accessories

)

0 – 40 degrees C

(

32 – 104 degrees F

)

Compatible standards

Power

Power source

Battery performance

External power source

Playback

Modes

USB2.0 Hi-Speed, Mass Storage / Multi LUN / PTP / PC Remote Control

NTSC / PAL selectable

HDMI mini connector, 1080i / 720p / SD selectable

(

optional HDMI cable required

)

Wired control: Remote Commander RM-S1AM / RM-L1AM

(

optional

)

Wireless control: with supplied Remote Commander

PhotoTV HD supported

Interface

Computer interface type

Video output

HDMI output

Remote control

Others

The body cap of 900 uses polyamide 11 vegetable-based plastic derived from castor oil.

Image Sensor

Sensor type

Effective pixels

Total pixels

Aspect ratio

Anti-Dust function

ISO sensitivity

(recommended

exposure index

)

35mm-ﬁlm format

(

35.9 x 24.0 mm

)

, Exmor

™

CMOS sensor

Approx. 24.6 megapixels

Approx. 25.7 megapixels

3:2

Charge protection coating on low-pass ﬁlter, image-sensor shift mechanism

ISO 200 – 3200 in 1/3 EV steps

(

ISO 100 – 6400 can be set as expanded ISO range

)

ISO Auto Range: ISO 200 – 1600, ISO 400 – 1600, ISO 400 – 800, ISO 200 – 800,

ISO 200 – 400 selectable

TTL phase detection system

CCD line sensors

9 points (center dual-cross type) with 10 assist points

EV 0 – 18 (at ISO 100)

Single-shot AF

(

AF-S

)

, Automatic AF

(

AF-A

)

, Continuous AF

(

AF-C

)

, Direct Manual Focus

(

DMF

)

Manual Focus

(

)

Wide, Spot, Local

(

9 local focus areas, selectable with multi selector

)

AF micro adjustment

(

+/- 20-step increments for up to 30 different lenses

)

, predictive control,

focus lock, AF illuminator

(

LED, Range: approx. 1 – 7 m, Auto / Off selectable

)

Focus Control

Type

Sensor

No. of focus points

Sensitivity range

Modes

Focus areas

Other features

16GB2GB 4GB 8GB

Quality

Standard

Fine

Extra ﬁne

cRAW & JPEG

RAW & JPEG

cRAW

RAW

Memory Stick Duo

™

Capacity

294

196

477

334

152

766

582

275

582

388

168

110

944

662

302

125

1517

1152

545

135

154

103

116 9

779

339

221

164

1896

1330

606

251

180

3048

2315

1094

273

191

309

208

2369

1579

687

449

333

3844

2697

1229

509

365

6179

4694

2219

553

388

627

423

16GB2GB 4GB 8GB

Quality

Standard

Fine

Extra ﬁne

cRAW & JPEG

RAW & JPEG

cRAW

RAW

CompactFlash

™

card

Capacity

296

197

481

337

153

773

587

277

593

395

172

112

962

675

308

127

1547

1175

555

138

157

105

118 5

790

343

224

166

1922

1348

614

254

182

3090

2347

1109

276

194

313

211

2370

1580

687

449

333

3844

2697

1229

509

365

6180

4694

2219

553

388

627

423

Sony, , BIONZ, BRAVIA, Cyber-shot, Exmor CMOS Sensor, Handycam, InfoLITHIUM, Magic Gate, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick

PRO-HG Duo, Picture Station, S-Frame, SteadyShot INSIDE, VAIO, Xtra Fine LCD, and the Sony, BIONZ, Exmor CMOS Sensor, Full HD 1080, PhotoTV, Picture Station, S-Frame and VAIO logos

are trademarks of Sony. PlayStation and the PlayStation logo are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment of America. Adobe is a trademark or registered trademark or Adobe

Systems incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Blu-ray Disc is a trademark. CompactFlash is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. HDMI, the HDMI logo and

HIgh-Deﬁnition Multimeida Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC. Intel, Intel Core, MMX and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel

Corporation. Microdrive is a registered trademark of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are

trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Features and

speciﬁcations are subject to change without notice. Non-metric weights and measures are approximate. Screen images simulated.

Effective megapixels (approx.).

Stabilization effect varies according to lens and shooting conditions.

Available in winter 2008/2009.

Not waterproof or splashproof.

D-Range Optimizer Advanced-use techhology provided by Apical Limited.

Mac OS not supported.

Compatible operating system: factory preinstalled only.

64-bit editions and Starter (Edition) are not supported.

Compatible Sony BRAVIA HDTV and HDMI cable (sold separately) required for PhotoTV HD viewing.

Speciﬁcations of the BRAVIA HDTV shown vary according to market region.

Viewable area, measured diagonally.

Accepts high-speed CompactFlash UDMA, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo

™

Memory Stick PRO Duo

™

and Memory Stick Duo media.

For use with DSLR-A900, an application update is required.

Please access http://support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/www/accy/gps/ for more information.

DT lenses are not recommended for use with 35mm full-frame sensors due to their differing

image circle size, which may affect light metering accuracy in certain shooting situations.

Saturation cannot be set for B&W and Sepia.

2.0 EV bracketing limited to 3 frames.

HVL-F58AM, HVL-F56AM, HVL-F42AM, HVL-F36AM supported;

full multi-ﬂash functionality requires at least one HVL-F58AM unit.

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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - For the ﬁne art

35mm Full-Frame Digital SLR CameraFor the ﬁne art of photographyPrinted in USACA649WMain specifications ofPreviewFunctionIntelligent Preview / Optical

Page 2 - A celestial new standard

1819The ﬁnest build quality,to match the ﬁnest imagingAnti-dust sensor protectionLow-pass ﬁlter Dust particles dislodged by sensor vibrationVG-C90AMNP

Page 3 - SAL2470Z

40-segment honeycomb-pattern meteringCenter-weighted meteringSpot meteringD-Range Optimizer offStandard modeAdvanced Auto modeAdvanced Level mode (Lv3

Page 4 - SAL300F28G

B/W Image StyleVario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM (SAL1635Z), 1/100sec., F11, +0.7 EV, ISO 200, white balance: daylightRich tonal gradation and color

Page 5 - SAL135F18Z

2425Experience a new digital lifestyleRemote, camera, HDMI™ cable and HDTV all sold separately.Digital Photo FramesAvailable in a variety of sizes and

Page 6 - At the summit of

3" Xtra Fine LCD(approx. 920,000 dots)3" conventional LCD(approx. 230,000 dots)Without AR coating(high reﬂectivity, low visibility)With AR c

Page 7 - 900 Noise Reduction

FlashHVL-F42AMGN42 (105mm, ISO100•m) power with variable-angle head, wireless ﬂash support, high-speed sync, built-in wide panel and detachable diffu

Page 8 - Optical excellence to satisfy

3031NewNewNewNewNew NewMemory cardsGPS unitsAC Adaptor/ChargerAC-VQ900AM RechargeableBattery PackNP-FM500H Vario-Sonnar T*24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM(SAL2470Z

Page 9

A celestial new standard in imagingIntroducing the Sony® (alpha) DSLR-A900. A camera whose stellar image quality eclipses everything you have know

Page 10 - The ﬁnest build quality

Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm F2.8 ZA SSM (SAL2470Z), 1/250 sec., F8, ISO 200, auto white balance

Page 11

300mm F2.8 G (SAL300F28G), 1/2000 sec., F8, ISO 640, auto white balance

Page 12 - Creative Style settings

Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA (SAL135F18Z), 1/200 sec., F4, ISO 200, white balance: daylight

Page 13 - Remote, camera, HDMI

The (alpha) DSLR A900 camera. Take it in your hands, and you will know that this is the camera you have been waiting for. Look into its viewﬁnder,

Page 14 - Attention to detail

24.6megapixels1213A breakthrough in digital imaging realism for ultra-ﬁne detail and truly natural colorImages of singular beauty, from a sensor like

Page 15 - A host of advanced features

300mm F2.8 G (SAL300F28G; above) and Sonnar T* 135mm F1.8 ZA (SAL135F18Z; below)1415Vario-Sonnar® T* 16 -35mm F2.8 ZA SSM (S A L16 35Z)A bright super

Page 16 - system

1617Frame and capture your subject withuncompromising speed and precision1SECUnparalleled viewﬁnder brightnessand a 100% ﬁeld of view (approx.)The

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