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DSLR-A230

A230 Digital SLR camera

Very light, compact and easy to use with excellent picture quality

10.2 megapixels with 2.7" LCD and SteadyShot INSIDE. Body only.

  • Crisp, clear, detail-packed images
  • Very light, stylish and easy to carry
  • Powerful creative features made simple to use
  • Reduced camera shake for crisp, clear handheld shooting

Technical specificationsDSLR-A230

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  Lens Mount

Sony α mount

YES

Compatibility with A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta

YES

  Lens Compatibility

All types of Sony α lenses

YES

Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses

YES

  Image Sensory

Image sensor type

CCD Sensor

Image sensor colour filter

R, G, B, Primary color

Size (mm)

23.6 x 15.8 (APS-C size)

  Camera

Total sensor Pixels (megapixels)

Approx. 10.8

Effective Pixels (megapixels)

Approx. 10.2

Automatic White Balance

YES

White balance: preset selection

Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Flash

White balance: custom setting

YES

White balance: types of color temperature

NO

White balance bracketing

NO

ISO Sensitivity Setting

ISO100 - 3200 equivalent

  SteadyShot INSIDE

System: Sensor-shift mechanism

YES

SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)

YES

Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder)

YES

SteadyShot INSIDE capability

Approximately 2.5 EV - 3.5 EV decrease in shutter speed (varies according to shooting conditions and lens used)

SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility

All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta

*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot

  Anti-Dust

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

YES

  Auto Focus System

TTL phase-detection system

YES

Sensor

9 points with centre cross sensor

Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV

0 - 18

Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)

YES

AF Area: Wide focus area

YES (auto with 9 areas)

AF Area: Spot

YES (center cross sensor)

AF Area: Local focus area selection

YES (9 local areas)

AF Modes

Continuous, Single Shot, Automatic, Manual Focus

Predictive Focus Control

YES (with moving subjects in AF-A and AF-C)

Focus Lock

YES

AF Illuminator

YES (with built-in flash)

AF Illuminator range (meters)

5

  Auto Exposure System

Light metering type

TTL

Light metering cell

40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC

Light metering: Multi segment

YES

Light metering: Spot

YES

Light metering: Center weighted

YES

Exposure: Automatic

YES

Exposure: Program Auto

YES

Exposure: Shutter priority

YES

Exposure: Aperture priority

YES

Exposure: Manual

YES

Exposure: Scene selection

YES

AE Lock

NO

Exposure compensation

YES (+/-2.0 EV, 0.3 EV step)

AE Bracketing

With 0.3 EV / 0.7 EV increments, 3 frames; (in "Drive mode setting")

  Shutter

Type

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

Shutter Speed Range (seconds)

1/4000 - 30 and bulb

Flash Sync Speed (With Super Steady Shoot Off); second

1/160

Flash Sync Speed (With Super Steady Shoot On); second

1/160

  Flash

Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100)

10

Flash Metering System

ADI / Pre-flash TTL flash metering

Flash Compensation

+/-2.0 EV (0.3EV steps selectable)

Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)

4

Flash Mode

Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync. High Speed sync. with optional compatible accessory flash

Wireless flash mode

YES (with optional compatible accessory flash)

Slow Synchronization

YES

Red-Eye Reduction

YES

Flash Popup

YES

Automatic Flash

YES (with AUTO and Scene selection mode)

  Viewfinder

Type

Fixed eye-level system with roof mirror type

Focusing Screen

Spherical Acute Matte

Field of View (%)

95

Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity)

0.83x

Eye Relief

Approx. 16.5mm from the eyepiece lens

Diopter Adjustment

-2.5 to +1.0 diopter

  Live View

Type

NO

Other

NO

  LCD screen

Screen Size

2.7

Monitor Type

Clear Photo LCD

LCD Total Dot Number

230.400

LCD on/off

YES

Brightness adjustable

YES

Tilting screen

NO

  Recording

Drive Mode

Single-frame advance, Continuous advance, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Self-timer Continuous, Continuous-advance AE bracketing, Remote commander

Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)

Max.2.5 fps (approx.)

Number of Continuous Advance

JPEG (L size, Fine): Until memory card is full, RAW: 6 images, RAW+JPEG: 3 images

Recording Media

Memory Stick PRO Duo™/ Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™/ Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™ HX/ SD memory card/ SDHC memory card

Recording Format

JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG, 16:9 selectable

RAW (pixels)

3872 x 2592

Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)

3872 x 2592 (10M)

Image Size M (pixels)

2896 x 1936 (5.6M)

Image Size S (pixels)

1920 x 1280 (2.5M)

Still Image quality

RAW, RAW+JPEG, Standard (JPEG), Fine (JPEG)

Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)

On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second

Noise Reduction (High ISO NR)

On/Off, available at the ISO set to 1600 or above

Delete Function

Single, multiple, or all frames in a folder

Color Space (sRGB)

YES

Color Space (Adobe RGB)

YES

Color mode/DEC/Creative styles

Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Night view, Sunset, B/W, AdobeRGB

Dynamic Range Optimizer

Off, Standard / Advanced

Date/Time Print

With PictBridge

  Playback/Edit

Information Display

YES

White/Black Out Alert

YES

Index Playback

YES (25, 9, 4 or 5 last frames filmstrip)

Enlarge (Maximum magnification)

L size: 12x, M size: 9.1x, S size: 6.1x

Image Rotation

YES

Auto Image Rotation

YES

  General

Battery Remaining Indicator

YES

InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator

YES

Histogram Indicator

YES

Exif

2.21

Exif Print

YES

PictBridge

YES

Menu Language

English / French / German / Spanish / Italian / Portuguese / Dutch / Russian / Swedish / Danish / Norwegian / Finish / Polish / Czech / Hungarian

Zone Matching

NO

Depth-of-Field Preview

NO

PRINT Image Matching III

YES

Remote Release Terminal

NO

IR Remote Control

YES (with RMT-DSLR1)

DPOF(Digital Print Order Format)

YES

Indicator of remaining memory space (CF)

YES

Beep Sound

On/Off selectable

File Number Memory

On/Off selectable

Folder Name Mode

Standard and Date

Operating Temperature (degrees C)

0 - 40

  Jacks

Video Out

NO

HD/HDMI™ Out

YES, HDMI™ mini connector

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

YES

USB Mode

Mass Storage (PC connection) / PTP(PictBridge)

  Power/Others

Battery System

NP-FH50

Supplied Battery

NP-FH50

Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)

Approx. 510 images

Weight (g)

Approx. 450

  Dimensions

Width (mm)

128

Height (mm)

97

Depth (mm)

67.5

 

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