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24.3MP Exmor™ APS HD CMOS + BIONZ X
11 FPS Continuous Shooting
DSLR-style Operation
Enhanced OLED Tru-Finder
WiFi / NFC / Play Memories Camera Apps*2
Product Highlights
The Sony E 55-210mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS Lens features extra-low dispersion glass, a broad zoom range and aluminum alloy construction. On an APS-C camera, this zoom lens has a 82.5-315mm focal length range, suitable for event photography and portraiture alike. Internal focusing and linear motor-driven AF system help create responsive yet quiet focus while minimizing mechanical noise. Additionally, a separate manual focusing ring capable of Direct Manual Focus allows seamless transitions from AF to manual focusing.
Two extra-low dispersion elements, combined with Sony's Optical SteadyShot (OSS) image stabilization, improve the overall quality of images captured at the telephoto end of the zoom range, especially while shooting in low-light conditions. OSS is capable of reducing the appearance of camera shake by up to four stops. An aspherical focusing lens located in the center of the optical path help to reduce aberrations throughout the zoom range as well as improve the AF response time of the lens.
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.
Camera Type Interchangeable lens digital camera with built-in flash
Lens Compatibility Sony E-mount lenses
IMAGE SENSOR
Type APS-C type (23.5 x 15.6mm) "Exmor" APS HD CMOS sensor
Effective no. of Pixels Approx. 24.3 mega pixels
Total no. of Pixels Approx. 24.7 mega pixels
Anti-Dust System Charge protection coating on Optical Filter and ultrasonic vibration mechanism
RECORDING SYSTEM (STILL IMAGE)
Recording Format JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format)
Image Size (Aspect Ratio 3:2) L: 6000 x 4000(24M), M: 4240 x 2832(12M), S: 3008 x 2000(6.0M)
Image Size (Aspect Ratio 16:9) L: 6000 x 3376(20M), M: 4240 x 2400(10M), S: 3008 x 1688(5.1M)
Image Quality Modes RAW, RAW & JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard
Picture Effects Posterization (Color), Posterization (B/W), Pop Color, Retro Photo, Partial Color (R/G/B/Y), High Contrast Monochrome, Toy Camera (Normal/Cool/Warm/Green/Magenta), Soft High-key, Soft Focus (High/Mid/Low), HDR Painting (High/Mid/Low)
Rich-tone Monochrome, Miniature (Auto/Top/Middle(H)/Bottom/Right/Middle(V)/Left), Watercolor, Illustration (High/Mid/Low)
Creative Style Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Clear, Deep, Light, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Autumn leaves, Black & White, Sepia, Style Box(1-6), (Contrast (-3 to +3 steps), Saturation (-3 to +3 steps), Sharpness (-3 to +3 steps))
Dynamic Range Off, Dynamic Range Optimizer (Auto/Level (1-5)), Auto High Dynamic Range (Auto Exposure Difference, Exposure Difference Level (1-6 EV, 1.0 EV step))
Color Space sRGB standard (with sYCC gamut) and Adobe RGB standard compatible with TRILUMINOS Color
RECORDING SYSTEM (MOVIE)
Recording Format AVCHD format Ver. 2.0 compliant, MP4
Video Compression AVCHD: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, MP4: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Audio Recording Format AVCHD: Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2ch, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, MP4: MPEG-4 AAC-LC 2ch
RECORDING MEDIA
Memory Stick Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo
SD Memory Card SD memory card, SDHC memory card (UHS-I compliant), SDXC memory card (UHS-I compliant)
NOISE REDUCTION
Long exposure NR On/Off , available at shutter speeds longer than 1 sec.
High ISO NR Normal/Low/Off
WHITE BALANCE
Modes Auto/ Daylight/ Shade/ Cloudy/ Incandescent/ Fluorescent< Warm White /Cool White/ Day White/ Daylight>/ Flash / Underwater/ Color Temperature & color filter / Custom
FOCUS SYSTEM
Type Fast Hybrid AF(phase-detection AF/contrast-detection AF) *3
Sensitivity Range EV0 to EV20 (ISO100 equivalent with F2.8 lens attached)
Autofocus 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-weighted / Flexible Spot (S/M/L)
Other Features Predictive control, Focus lock, Eye-Start AF (only with LA-EA2 or LA-EA4 attached(Sold separately))
EXPOSURE CONTROL
Metering System Type 1200-zone evaluative metering
Sensitivity Range EV0 to EV20 (at ISO100 equivalent with F2.8 lens attached)
Metering Modes Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
Exposure Modes iAUTO, Superior Auto, Programmed AE (P), Aperture priority (A), Shutter-speed priority (S), Manual (M), Movie (Programmed AE (P)/Aperture priority (A)/Shutter-speed priority (S)/Manual (M)), Sweep Panorama, Scene Selection
Scene Selection Portrait, Sports Action, Macro, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Hand-held Twilight, Night Portrait, Anti Motion Blur
Exposure Compensation +/- 5.0EV(1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps selectable)
Exposure 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 Still images: ISO 100-25600 equivalent (1/3 EV step), AUTO (ISO 100-25600, selectable lower limit and upper limit), Movies: ISO 100-12800 equivalent (1/3 EV step)/AUTO (ISO 100-12800 equivalent, selectable lower limit and upper limit)
LCD
LCD Monitor Type 7.5cm (3.0-type) wide type TFT
Total no. of Dots 921,600 dots
Brightness Control Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2), Sunny Weather mode
Adjustable Angle Up by approx. 90 degrees, Down by approx. 45 degrees
DISPLAY
Histogram Yes
Real-time Image Adjustment On/Off
OTHER FEATURES
Face Detection Up to 8 faces detectable automatically
Smile Shutter Smile shutter (selectable from 3 steps)
Precision Digital Zoom Approx. 4x
Shooting Tips Yes
Help Guide Yes
SHUTTER
Type Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
Shutter Speeds Still images:1/4000 to 30 sec, Bulb, 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)
Flash Sync. Speed 1/160 sec. *4
VIEWFINDER
Type 1.0 cm (0.39 type) OLED Electronic viewfinder (color)
Field of View 100%
Magnification Approx. 1.07x (35mm camera equivalent: Approx. 0.70x) with 50mm lens at infinity, -1m-1
Eye Relief Approx. 23mm from the eyepiece lens, 21.4mm from the eyepiece frame at -1m-1 (CIPA standard)
Diopter Control -4.0 to +3.0m-1 diopter
DRIVE
Shooting Modes Single Shooting, Continuous shooting, Speed Priority Continuous shooting, (Bracket: Cont. / Bracket: Single / White Balance bracket / DRO bracket)
Self-Timer 10/2 sec delay selectable, 10 sec delay 3/5 exposures selectable
Continuous Shooting (Approx.) Continuous shooting: Hi: 11 fps, Mid: 6 fps, Lo: 2.5 fps *4
No. of Frame Recordable (Approx.) JPEG Fine L: 49 frames, JPEG Standard L: 49 frames, RAW: 21 frames, RAW&JPG: 21 frames *6 *7
PLAYBACK
Single Yes (with or without shooting information Y RGB histogram & highlight/shadow warning)
12/30-frame Index View Yes
Enlarged Display Mode L: 16.7x, M: 11.8x, S: 8.3x, Panorama (Standard): 19.2x, Panorama (Wide): 29.1x
Image Orientation Manual/Off selectable
Slideshow Yes
INTERFACE
PC Interface Mass-storage, MTP, PC remote
HD Output HDMI micro connector (Type-D), BRAVIA Sync (link menu), PhotoTV HD, 4K Still Image PB
Compatible OS (USB Connection) Windows Vista *8 SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Mac OS X (v10.6-v10.9)
AUDIO
Microphone Built-in stereo microphone
Speaker Built-in, monaural
FLASH
Type Built-in flash
Guide No. 6 (in meters at ISO 100)
Flash Coverage 16mm (focal-length printed on the lens body)
Control Pre-flash TTL
Flash Compensation +/- 3.0 EV (switchable between 1/3 and 1/2 EV steps)
Flash Modes Flash off, Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow Sync., Rear Sync., Red-eye reduction (on/off selectable), Hi-speed sync *5, Wireless control *5
Red-eye Reduction on/off selectable
Recycling Time Approx. 4 sec
Compatible Standards Exif Print, Print Image Matching III, DPOF setting
POWER
Battery One rechargeable battery pack NP-FW50
Battery Performance Still Image: (Approx. 310 shots (Viewfinder)/Approx. 360 shots (LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)), Movies(actual recording): (Approx. 60 min (Viewfinder)/Approx. 60 min (LCD monitor)(CIPA standard)) *9 *10, Movies(continuous recording):(Approx. 90 min (Viewfinder)/Approx. 90 min (LCD monitor)) *9 *11
External Power AC Adaptor AC-PW20 (sold separately)
SIZE
Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 120.0 x 66.9 x 45.1 mm
Weight (Body Only) Approx. 285 g
Weight (With Battery & Memory Stick PRO Duo) Approx. 344 g
Features and specifications are subject to change without notice.
*3 When using phase-detection AF, limited lenses will be compatible initially. Expansion is planned by body firmware update.
*4 With compatible Sony external flash
*5 With compatible external flash
*6 Varies according to shooting conditions or memory card used
*7 Continuous drive (Hi) in Drive mode
*8 Starter Edition is not supported.
*9 Continuous movie recording is possible for approximately 29 minutes (limited by product specifications).
*10 Indication recording time, which is defined by repeating the cycle: Power on, start recording, zoom , stand-by and power off.
*11 The total movie recording time. When the limit of the continuous movie recording time (29 minutes) is reached, let the camera continue movie recording by pressing the MOVIE button again. No other operation such as zoom are performed.
| Focal Length | 55 - 210mm Comparable APS-C Focal Length: 82 - 315 mm |
| Aperture | Maximum: f/4.5 - 6.3 Minimum: f/22 - 32 |
| Camera Mount Type | Sony (E Mount for NEX) |
| Format Compatibility | Sony NEX (APS-C) |
| Angle of View | 28.2° - 7.8° |
| Minimum Focus Distance | 3.28' (1.00 m) |
| Maximum Reproduction Ratio | 1:0.225 |
| Elements/Groups | 13/9 |
| Diaphragm Blades | 7 |
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Image Stabilization | Yes |
| Autofocus | Yes |
| Tripod Collar | No |
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Filter Thread | Front:49 mm |
| Dimensions (DxL) | Approx. 2.51 x 4.25" (63.8 x 108 mm) |
| Weight | 12.17 oz (345 g) |
| 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) |
