DSLR-A290L

Extremely light, compact, with comfortable handling and easy-to-use features

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Specifications

Lens Mount

Sony mount Compatibility with AMount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta YES YES

Lens Compatibility

All types of Sony lenses Minolta & Konica Minolta /MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses YES YES

Image Sensory

Image sensor type Image sensor colour filter Size (mm) CCD Sensor R, G, B, Primary color 23.5 x 15.7 (APS-C size)

Camera

Total sensor Pixels (megapixels) Effective Pixels (megapixels) Automatic White Balance White balance: preset selection White balance: custom setting White balance: types of color temperature White balance bracketing ISO Sensitivity Setting Approx. 14.9 Approx. 14.2 YES Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash YES NO NO ISO100 - 3200 equivalent

SteadyShot INSIDE

System: Sensor-shift mechanism SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder) Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder) SteadyShot INSIDE capability SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility YES YES YES Approximately 2.5 EV - 3.5 EV decrease in shutter speed (varies according to shooting conditions and lens used) All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta
*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta

Anti-Dust

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

Auto Focus System

TTL phase-detection system Sensor Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV Eye Start AF System (on off selectable) AF Area: Wide focus area AF Area: Spot AF Area: Local focus area selection AF Modes Predictive Focus Control Focus Lock AF Illuminator AF Illuminator range (meters) YES 9 points with centre cross sensor 0 - 18 YES YES (auto with 9 areas) YES (center cross sensor) YES (9 local areas) Continuous, Single Shot, Automatic, Manual Focus YES (with moving subjects in AF-A and AF-C) YES YES (with built-in flash) 5

Auto Exposure System

Light metering type Light metering cell Light metering: Multi segment Light metering: Spot Light metering: Center weighted Exposure: Automatic Exposure: Program Auto Exposure: Shutter priority Exposure: Aperture priority Exposure: Manual Exposure: Scene selection AE Lock Exposure compensation AE Bracketing TTL 40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES (+/-2.0 EV, 0.3 EV step) With 0.3 EV / 0.7 EV increments, 3 frames; (in "Drive mode setting")

Shutter

Type Shutter Speed Range (seconds) Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type 1/4000 - 30 and bulb
Flash Sync Speed (With Super Steady Shoot Off); second Flash Sync Speed (With Super Steady Shoot On); second 1/160
Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100) Flash Metering System Flash Compensation Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds) Flash Mode Wireless flash mode Slow Synchronization Red-Eye Reduction Flash Popup Automatic Flash 10
ADI / Pre-flash TTL flash metering +/-2.0 EV (0.3EV steps selectable) 4
Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync. High Speed sync. with optional compatible accessory flash YES (with optional compatible accessory flash) YES YES YES YES (with AUTO and Scene selection mode)

Viewfinder

Type Focusing Screen Field of View (%) Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity) Eye Relief Diopter Adjustment Fixed eye-level system with roof mirror type Spherical Acute Matte 95 0.83x Approx. 16.5mm from the eyepiece lens -2.5 to +1.0 diopter

Live View

Type Other NO NO

LCD screen

Screen Size Monitor Type LCD Total Dot Number LCD on/off Brightness adjustable Tilting screen 2.7 Clear Photo LCD 230.400 YES YES NO

Recording

Drive Mode Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum) Number of Continuous Advance Recording Media Recording Format Single-frame advance, Continuous advance, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Self-timer Continuous, Continuous-advance AE bracketing, Remote commander Max.2.5 fps (approx.)

JPEG (L size, Fine): Until memory card is full, RAW: 6 images, RAW+JPEG: 3 images Memory Stick PRO Duo/ Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo/ Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX/ SD memory card/ SDHC memory card JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG, 16:9 selectable
RAW (pixels) Image Size L - JPEG (pixels) Image Size M (pixels) Image Size S (pixels) Still Image quality Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR) Noise Reduction (High ISO NR) Delete Function Color Space (sRGB) Color Space (Adobe RGB) Color mode/DEC/Creative styles Dynamic Range Optimizer Date/Time Print 4592 x x 3056 (14M) 3408 x 2272 (7.7M) 2288 x 1520 (3.5M) RAW, RAW+JPEG, Standard (JPEG), Fine (JPEG) On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second On/Off, available at the ISO set to 1600 or above Single, multiple, or all frames in a folder YES YES Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Night view, Sunset, B/W, AdobeRGB Off, Standard / Advanced With PictBridge

Playback/Edit

Information Display White/Black Out Alert Index Playback Enlarge (Maximum magnification) Image Rotation Auto Image Rotation YES YES YES (25, 9, 4 or 5 last frames filmstrip) L size: 14x, M size: 11x, S size: 7.2x YES YES

General

Battery Remaining Indicator InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator Histogram Indicator Exif Exif Print PictBridge Menu Language Zone Matching Depth-of-Field Preview PRINT Image Matching III Remote Release Terminal IR Remote Control DPOF(Digital Print Order Format) Indicator of remaining memory space (CF) Beep Sound File Number Memory Folder Name Mode Operating Temperature (degrees C) YES YES YES 2.21 YES YES English / French / German / Spanish / Italian / Portuguese / Dutch / Russian / Swedish / Danish / Norwegian / Finish / Polish / Czech / Hungarian NO NO YES NO YES (with RMT-DSLR1) YES YES On/Off selectable On/Off selectable Standard and Date 0 - 40

Video Out NO

HD/HDMI Out USB 2.0 Hi-Speed USB Mode YES, HDMI mini connector YES Mass Storage (PC connection) / PTP(PictBridge)

Power/Others

Battery System Supplied Battery Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition) Weight (g) NP-FH50 NP-FH50 Approx. 500 images Approx. 456

Dimensions

Width (mm) Height (mm) Depth (mm) 128.1 97.1 79.6

Guarantee

Guarantee in Months -

Accessories

SA L14TC. AE High quality teleconverter boosts focal length of lens by 1.4x
S AL T C.A E High quality teleconverter boosts focal length of lens by 2.0x
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