Sony Alpha 5100 Digital Camera Body Only Details
BIONZ X™ for faster image processing
The BIONZ X™ image processing engine reproduces texture and detail in real time—for remarkably realistic images with rich tonal gradations and a natural appearance. Visual noise is nearly imperceptible, thanks to advanced area-specific noise reduction. Detail reproduction technology delivers fine textures, and diffraction-reducing technology optimizes the performance of any lens.
Fast Hybrid AF films with artistic control
Fast Hybrid AF provides extremely accurate focusing and smooth subject tracking, even while shooting movies. You can also adjust AF tracking duration and AF drive speed, for greater artistic control over the films you shoot.
Improved Lock-on AF targets your subject
Lock-on AF enhances the tracking of moving subjects by using the optimal? AF point at all?times, and adjusting the target frame size to match your subject’s?characteristics. Thanks to advances in phase-detection AF, it’s now more accurate than ever–so lock-on, and shoot fast-moving targets with precision.
Built-in pop-up flash for expanded exposures
The a built-in pop-up flash (GN4; ISO 100?m) is useful for shooting in low light, capturing subjects in night landscapes (Slow Sync), and shooting portraits in backlit conditions (Daylight Flash). For the portrait-oriented, it can add a beautiful catch-light to a subject’s eyes. Rear Sync mode makes it possible to capture the path of a moving subject in a natural manner.
Works with iMovie and Final Cut Pro X
This product is compatible with Final Cut Pro X and iMovie.
Record movies in Full HD detail
Press the MOVIE button to record films that are notable for their sharpness and lack of visual noise—in your choice of 60p, 60i, or 24p. Improved Fast Hybrid AF provides remarkably fast and accurate autofocusing and tracking. P/A/S/M modes give you control over how the image looks, and Clear Image Zoom lets you zoom with extra clarity.
Track fast-moving subjects with 179 AF points
The Fast Hybrid AF system has 179 accurate phase-detection AF points, covering nearly the entire image area. They enhance subject tracking and the capture of fast-moving subjects, and improve scene recognition as well as subject size detection. Combined with 25 high-speed, high-precision contrast-detection AF points, you can capture with confidence.
Eye AF puts faces in focus
Show off your subject’s best side, with extremely accurate Eye AF. Even when capturing someone partially turned away from the camera using a shallow depth of field, it ensures that their face will be in sharp focus. A green frame appears over the prioritized eye to let you know that focus has been achieved, and you’re ready to shoot.
One-touch remote and one-touch sharing
One-touch remote lets you use your smartphone or tablet as a viewfinder and remote control for a digital camera, and one-touch sharing lets you transfer your photos and videos from your camera. Either way, by installing PlayMemories Mobile app to your NFC enable Android smartphone or tablet, you can avoid complex set-up sequences and establish wireless connection simply by touching your device to the camera. You are now ready to control your camera from your smartphone to take a photo from a previously out-of-reach spot, or simply be in your own group shot, as well as transfer them instantly to your smartphone for sharing on SNS. No NFC? No problem. You can also pair the devices manually.
Fast Hybrid AF captures with clarity
Shoot with unparalleled precision, thanks to advanced Fast Hybrid AF. Improved phase-detection and contrast-detection capabilities achieve autofocus in 0.07 seconds. Advanced features include faster data reading from?the image sensor, higher-speed BIONZ? X™ data processing, more advanced AF algorithms, and optimized control of the lens drive.
6fps continuous shooting with AF tracking
Capture the decisive moment, even when your subject is speeding along. 6fps continuous shooting with superior AF tracking makes the most of the superb tracking capability of the 179 phase-detection AF points, and accurately tracks your subject—anywhere on the screen. Continuous shooting in high-speed situations achieves crispness and clarity.
180º tiltable LCD screen for creative freedom
Enjoy enhanced shooting comfort with a 3” LCD screen that tilts 180º to accommodate shooting at every angle, from low to high and in-between. This flexibility, combined with the camera’s compact mobility, will greatly expand your shooting options.
Supported in Capture One Express (for Sony)
Capture One Express (for Sony) is one of the world’s best RAW converters, rendering precise colours and incredible detail. It contains flexible digital asset management, all the essential adjustment tools and fast, responsive performance in one customizable and integrated solution. * Please direct all inquiries on purchase, usage and support on Capture One solutions to Phase One.
Sony E-Mount 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Zoom Lens Details
Product Highlights
- Aperture Range: f/3.5-36
- 24-75mm Focal Range (35mm Equivalency)
- E-mount Lens for Sony NEX Cameras
- Compact Design Retracts to 30mm
- Optical SteadyShot Image Stabilization
- 9.8" (0.25m) Minimum Focus Distance
- Four Aspherical Lens Surfaces
- Internal Stepping Motor
- Circular Aperture
The 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS Alpha E-mount Retractable Zoom Lens from Sony is a retractable zoom lens with a focal length range of 24-75mm in the 35mm format equivalency. It covers shooting lengths from true wide angle to standard portrait length and is a great day-to-day type lens, especially since its unique retractability keeps it very compact. When powered on, the lens expands, but in its off position the lens is only 1.2" (30mm) which will fit in your pocket. When expanded, it has a surprisingly large zoom range and access to its dual-function control ring for manual focus and zooming. Its Power Zoom capability in AF mode and Internal Stepping Motor provide, fast, smooth and quiet autofocus which is helpful when shooting video with this lens.
The lens is a Sony E-mount lens that is compatible not only with the NEX cameras but also with the NEX Handycam Camcorders. The built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization system reduces the effect of camera shake which is particularly problematic when tracking moving subjects in video or shooting photos in low-light. The OSS provides approximately 4-stops of shutter speed correction to help create blur-free images no matter the shooting conditions. Four Aspherical elements and one ED element correct for curved perspective at wide-angle lengths and chromatic aberration at telephoto lengths to provide sharp, high contrast imaging across the entire frame.
- Retractable Design
- Despite being a zoom lens covering 16-50mm(24-75mm equivalent) focal lengths, this E-mount lens is thin and lightweight thanks to a retracting mechanism that reduces the lens to just 1.2" (29.9 mm). When used on Sony NEX cameras, you have a truly portable camera system.
- Image Stabilization
- The built-in Optical SteadyShot image stabilization system provides a 4-stop (approximate) shutter speed advantage, making it significantly easier to achieve crisp, blur-free images and video.
- Power Zoom
- The Sony 16-50mm Retractable Zoom Lens is the first E-mount lens with an electrically driven zoom mechanism. As soon as the camera is powered on, the lens extends and is instantly ready for shooting. A dual-function control ring is used for both zooming and manual focus.
- Optics
- One ED and four Aspherical lens elements correct for curvature of field on the wide-angle side and spherical and chromatic aberration on the telephoto side for beautiful, accurate, high-contrast reproduction across the entire image.
Sony Alpha 5100 Digital Camera Body Only Specifications
Lens
- LENS MOUNT
- Sony E-mount lenses
- LENS COMPATIBILITY
- Sony E-mount lenses
Sensor
- SENSOR TYPE
- APS-C
- NUMBER OF PIXELS (EFFECTIVE)
- 24.3MP
- NUMBER OF PIXELS (TOTAL)
- Approx. 24.7 megapixels
- IMAGE SENSOR ASPECT RATIO
- 3:2
- ANTI-DUST SYSTEM
- Charge protection coating on Optical Filter
Recording (still images)
- RECORDING FORMAT (STILL IMAGES)
- JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format)
- IMAGE SIZE (PIXELS), 3:2
- L: 6000 x 4000 (24M), M: 4240 x 2832 (12M), S: 3008 x 2000 (6.0M)
- IMAGE SIZE (PIXELS), 16:9
- L: 6000 x 3376 (20M), M: 4240 x 2400 (10M), S: 3008 x 1688 (5.1M)
- IMAGE SIZE (PIXELS), SWEEP PANORAMA
- Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15M), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4M), Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23M), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12M)
- IMAGE QUALITY MODES
- JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard, RAW, RAW+JPEG
- PICTURE EFFECT
- HDR Painting (High/Mid/Low), High Contrast Mono, Illustration (High/Mid/ Low), Miniature (Auto/Top/Middle(H)/Bottom/Right/Middle(V)/Left), Partial colour (R,G,B,Y), Pop colour, Posterization (colour, B/W), Retro Photo, Rich-tone Mono, Soft Focus (High/Mid/Low), Soft High-key, Toy Camera (Normal/Cool/Warm/Green/Magenta), Watercolour
- CREATIVE STYLE
- Black & White, Landscape, Portrait, Sepia (Contrast (-3 to +3 steps), Saturation (-3 to +3 steps), Sharpness (-3 to +3 steps)), Standard, Sunset, Vivid
- DYNAMIC RANGE FUNCTIONS
- Auto High Dynamic Range (Auto Exposure Difference, Exposure Difference Level (1-6 EV, 1.0 EV step)), Dynamic Range Optimizer (Auto/Level (1-5)), Off
Recording (movie)
- RECORDING FORMAT (MOVIE)
- AVCHD 2.0 / MP4 / XAVC S
- IMAGE SIZE (PIXELS), NTSC*
- AVCHD: 1920 x 1080 (60p, 28M, PS), 1920 x 1080 (60i, 24M, FX), 1920 x 1080 (60i, 17M, FH), 1920 x 1080 (24p, 24M, FX), 1920 x 1080(24p, 17M, FH), MP4: 1440 x 1080 (30fps), VGA(640 x 480, 30fps), XAVC S: 1920 x 1080 (60p, 50M), 1920 x 1080 (30p, 50M), 1920 x 1080 (24p, 50M)
- MOVIE FUNCTIONS
- Dual Video Rec, AF Tracking Duration, AF Drive Speed, Auto Slow Shutter, HDMI Info. Display
Storage Media
- COMPATIBLE RECORDING MEDIA
- Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo, SD memory card, SDHC memory card (UHS-I compliant), SDXC memory card (UHS-I compliant)
Noise reduction
- NOISE REDUCTION
- Long exposure NR: available of shutter speeds longer than 1 sec., High ISO NR: Normal / Low
White balance
- WHITE BALANCE MODES
- Auto, Cloudy, colour Temperature2500 to 9900K& colour filterG7 to M7(15-step), A7 to B7(15-step), Custom, Daylight, Flash, FluorescentWarm White / Cool White / Day White / Daylight, Incandescent, Shade, Underwater
- AWB MICRO ADJUSTMENT
- YesG7 to M7, 15-stepA7 to B7, 15-step
- BRACKETING
- 3 frames, H/L selectable
Focus
- FOCUS TYPE
- Fast Hybrid AF(phase-detection AF/contrast-detection AF)
- FOCUS SENSOR
- Exmor™ CMOS sensor
- FOCUS POINT
- 179 points (phase-detection AF) / 25 points (conotrast-detection AF)
- FOCUS SENSITIVITY RANGE
- EV-1 to EV20 (ISO100 equivalent with F2.0 lens attached)
- AF MODE
- AF-A (Automatic AF), AF-S (Single-shot AF), AF-C ( Continuous AF), DMF (Direct Manual Focus), Manual Focus
- FOCUS AREA
- Wide (179 points (phase-detection AF), 25 points(contrast-detection AF)) / Zone / Center / Flexible Spot (S/M/L) / Lock-on AF ( Wide / Zone / Center / Flexible Spot (S/M/L))
- OTHER FEATURES
- Lock-on AF, Eye AF, Predictive control, Focus lock
- AF ILLUMINATOR
- Built-in flash
- AF ILLUMINATOR RANGE
- Approx. 0.3- approx. 3.0m (with E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS lens attached)
Exposure
- METERING TYPE
- 1200-zone evaluative metering
- METERING SENSOR
- Exmor™ CMOS sensor
- METERING SENSITIVITY
- EV-1 to EV20 (at ISO100 equivalent with F2.0 lens attached)
- METERING MODE
- Center-weighted, Multi-segment, Spot
- EXPOSURE MODES
- Aperture priority (A), iAUTO, Manual (M), Movie (Programmed AE (P) / Aperture priority (A) / Shutter-speed priority (S) / Manual (M) ), Programmed AE (P), Scene Selection, Shutter-speed priority (S), Superior Auto, Sweep Panorama
- SCENE SELECTION
- Anti Motion Blur, Hand-held Twilight, Landscape, Macro, Night portrait, Night Scene, Portrait, Sports action, Sunset
- EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
- Still images: +/- 3.0EV (1/3EV steps), Movies: +/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)
- AUTO (AE) BRACKETING
- Bracket: Cont./Bracket: Single, With 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 2/3 EV, 1.0 EV, 2.0 EV, 3.0 EV increments, 3/5 frames (1.0 EV, 2.0 EV, 3.0 EV : only 3 frames) selectable
- AE LOCK
- Locked when shutter button is pressed halfway. (Auto/On/Off selectable)
- ISO SENSITIVITY
- ISO 100–25600
LCD Screen
- SCREEN TYPE
- 3.0" wide type TFT LCD
- TOUCH SCREEN
- Yes
- TOTAL NUMBER OF DOTS
- 921,600 dots
- BRIGHTNESS CONTROL (LCD)
- Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2), Sunny Weather mode
- ADJUSTABLE ANGLE
- Up by approx. 180 degrees
- LCD DISPLAY
- Display All Info, Graphic Display, Histgram, No Disp. Info
- REAL-TIME IMAGE ADJUSTMENT DISPLAY (LCD)
- ON/OFF
- FOCUS MAGNIFIER
- Yes
- PEAKING MF
- Yes (Level setting: High/Mid/Low/Off, colour: White/Red/Yellow)
Other Features
- FACE DETECTION
- On, On (Regist. Faces), Off
- AUTO OBJECT FRAMING
- Yes (Still Images)
- CLEAR IMAGE ZOOM
- Approx. 2x
- SMART ZOOM (STILL IMAGE)
- M:Approx. 1.4x, S:Approx. 2x
- DIGITAL ZOOM (STILL IMAGE)
- L:Approx. 4x;M:Approx. 5.7x;S:Approx. 8x
- DIGITAL ZOOM (MOVIE)
- Approx. 4x
- PLAYMEMORIES CAMERA APPS™
- Yes
- LENS COMPENSATION
- Peripheral Shading, Chromatic Aberration, Distortion
- SELF-PORTRAIT
- Yes (3 sec delay / OFF selectable)
- SMILE SHUTTER
- Smile shutter (selectable from 3 steps)
- TOUCH SHUTTER
- Yes
Shutter
- SHUTTER SPEED
- Movies: 1/4000 to 1/4 (1/3 steps) up to 1/60 in AUTO mode (up to 1/30 in Auto slow shutter mode), Still images:1/4000 to 30 sec, Bulb
- FLASH SYNC. SPEED
- 1/160 sec.
- ELECTRONIC FRONT SHUTTER CURTAIN
- Yes
Image Stabilization
- STEADYSHOT
- Not supported (image stabilisation supported on lens)
- COMPENSATION EFFECT
- Lens Compensation:Peripheral Shading, Chromatic Aberration, Distortion
Flash
- FLASH CONTROL
- Pre-flash TTL
- FLASH COMPENSATION
- +/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)
- FLASH MODES
- Autoflash, Fill-flash, Flash off, Rear Sync., Red-eye reduction (on/off selectable), Slow Sync.
Drive
- DRIVE MODES
- Bracketing (Single,Cont.), Continuous shooting, DRO bracket, Self-timer (10/2 sec delay selectable), Self-timer (Cont.) (with 10 sec delay 3/5 exposures selectable), Single-shot, White Balance bracket
- CONTINUES SHOOTING
- 6 fps (in High Continuous shooting)
Playback
- PLAYBACK MODES
- 12/30-frame index view, Auto Review (10/ 5/ 2 sec, Off), Delete, Enlarged display mode (L: 16.7x, M: 11.8x, S: 8.3x, Panorama (Standard): 19.2x, Panorama (Wide): 29.1x), Folder selection (Date/ Still/ MP4/ AVCHD/ XAVC S), Forward/Rewind (Movie), Image orientation (Manual/Off selectable), Panorama scrolling, Protect, Single (with or without shooting information RGB histogram & highlight / shadow warning), Slideshow
Interface
- PC INTERFACE
- Mass-storage, MTP, PC remote
- NFC™
- Yes
- HD OUTPUT
- 4K Still Image PB, BRAVIA Sync (Control for HDMI), HDMI micro connector (Type-D), PhotoTV HD
- INTERFACES
- Multi/Micro USB Terminal, PC remote
Audio
- MICROPHONE
- Built-in stereo microphone
- SPEAKER
- Built-in, monaural
Print
- COMPATIBLE STANDARDS
- Exif Print, Print Image Matching III, DPOF setting
Power
- SUPPLIED BATTERY
- NP-FW50 W-series Rechargeable Battery Pack
- BATTERY LIFE (CIPA, STILL IMAGES)
- Up to 400 shots
- BATTERY LIFE (CIPA, MOVIES)
- Actual Recording:Approx. 75 min, Continuous Recording:Approx. 110 min
- EXTERNAL POWER
- AC Adaptor AC-PW20 (sold separately)
- INTERNAL BATTERY CHARGE
- Yes
Size & Weight
- DIMENSIONS (W X H X D)
- 109.6 x 62.8 x 35.7 mm
- WEIGHT
- 224 g (Body Only) / 283 g (With battery and media)
WiFi®
- VIEW ON SMARTPHONE
- Yes
- UPLOAD TO PC
- Yes
- VIEW ON TV
- Yes
- WIRELESS & NETWORK CAPABILITIES
- Downloadable Camera Apps, NFC One-touch functionality, Wi-Fi
What's In The Box
- SELP1650
- Lens cap
- Rechargeable battery
- AC Adaptor
- Shoulder strap
- Micro USB cable
Sony E-Mount 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Zoom Lens Specifications
Performance |
Focal Length |
16 - 50 mm Comparable Focal Length: 24 - 75 mm |
Aperture |
Maximum: f/3.5 - 5.6 Minimum: f/22 - 36 |
Camera Mount Type |
Sony (E Mount for NEX) |
Format Compatibility |
DSLR (APS-C Sensor) |
Angle of View |
83° - 32° |
Minimum Focus Distance |
9.8" (24.89 cm) |
Magnification |
0.215x |
Groups/Elements |
8/9 |
Diaphragm Blades |
7 |
Features |
Image Stabilization |
Yes |
Autofocus |
Yes |
Tripod Collar |
No |
Physical |
Filter Thread |
Front: 40.5 mm |
Dimensions (DxL) |
Approx. 2.55 x 1.18" (64.7 x 29.9 mm) |
Weight |
4.09 oz (116 g) |