Sony A99 Review
January 11, 2013
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Mark Goldstein
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Specifications
Lens Mount
| Sony A-mount | YES |
Lens Compatibility
| All types of Sony A-mount lenses | YES |
| Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses | YES |
Image Sensory
| Image sensor type | CMOS Sensor |
| Image sensor colour filter | R, G, B, Primary color |
| Size (mm) | 35.8 x 23.9mm |
Camera
| Total sensor Pixels (megapixels) | Approx. 24.7 |
| Effective Pixels (megapixels) | Approx. 24.3 |
| Automatic White Balance | YES |
| White balance: Mode | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent (Warm White / Cool White / Day White / Daylight), Flash, Color Temperature & color filter, Custom |
| White balance: custom setting | YES |
| White balance: types of color temperature | 2500 - 9900 k (G7 to M7,15-step) (A7 to B7, 15-step) |
| White balance bracketing | 3 frames, H/L selectable |
| ISO Sensitivity Setting | ISO100 - 25600 equivalent |
SteadyShot INSIDE
| System: Sensor-shift mechanism | YES |
| SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder) | NO |
| Camera-Shake warning (in viewfinder) | NO |
| SteadyShot INSIDE capability | Approx. 2.5 EV - 4.5 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 |
Anti-Dust
| Charge protection coating | YES |
Auto Focus System
| TTL phase-detection system | YES |
| Contrast AF system | NO |
| Sensor | 19 points (11 points cross type) |
| Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV | -1 to 17 |
| Eye Start AF System (on off selectable) | YES |
| AF Area: Wide focus area | YES (auto with 19 areas) |
| AF Area: Spot | YES |
| AF Area: Local focus area selection | YES |
| AF Area: Multi Point | NO |
| AF Area: Center Weighted | NO |
| AF Area: Flexible Spot | NO |
| AF Modes | Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF, Depth Map Assist Continuous AF |
| Predictive Focus Control | YES |
| Focus Lock | YES |
| AF Illuminator | YES (with built-in LED) |
| AF Illuminator range (meters) | Approx. 1-7 |
Auto Exposure System
| Light metering type | 1200-zone evaluative metering |
| Light metering cell | Exmor™ CMOS Sensor |
| Light metering: Multi segment | YES |
| Light metering: Spot | YES |
| Light metering: Center weighted | YES |
| Exposure: Automatic | YES |
| Exposure: Program Auto | YES |
| Exposure: AUTO | YES |
| Exposure: Shutter priority | YES |
| Exposure: Aperture priority | YES |
| Exposure: Manual | YES |
| Exposure: Scene selection | YES |
| Sweep Panorama | YES |
| Anti Motion Blur | NO |
| AE Lock | YES |
| Exposure compensation | YES (+/-5.0 EV, 1/3, 1/2 EV step selectable) |
| AE Bracketing | With 1/3EV, 1/2EV, 2/3EV, 2.0EV, 3.0EV increments, 3 /5frames (2.0EV, 3.0EV : only 3frames) selectable |
Shutter
| Type | Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type |
| Shutter Speed Range (seconds) | 1/8000 - 30 and bulb |
| Flash Sync Speed; second | 1/250 |
| Flash Sync Speed (With Steady Shoot On); second | 1/250 |
Flash Control
| Flash Metering System | ADI / Pre-flash TTL |
| Flash Compensation | +/-3.0 EV (switchable between 1/3 and 1/2 EV steps) |
| Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds) | NO |
| Flash Mode | Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync. Slow Speed sync. |
| Wireless flash mode | YES (with optional compatible accessory flash) |
| Red-Eye Reduction | YES |
| Flash Popup | NO |
Viewfinder
| Type | Electronic |
| Focusing Screen | NO |
| Field of View (%) | 100 |
| Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity) | 0.71x |
| Eye Relief | Approx. 27mm from the Eyepiece lens |
| Diopter Adjustment | -4.0 to +3.0 diopter |
Live View
| Live View | YES |
LCD screen
| Screen Size | 7.5cm / 3" Wide |
| Monitor Type | TFT drive |
| LCD Total Dot Number | 1,228,800 |
| Brightness adjustable | YES |
| Tilting screen | YES |
| Rotating screen | YES |
Recording
| Drive Mode | Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Bracket (continues, single, white balance bracket, DRO bracket) |
| Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum) | max. 10/8 fps |
| Number of Continuous Advance | Extra fine: 14 images/Fine: 18 images/Standard: 20 images/RAW & JPEG: 11 images/RAW: 13 images |
| Recording Media | Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards (UHS-I compliant) |
| Recording Format | JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3format) |
| Image Size L - JPEG (pixels) | 6000 x 4000 (24M) |
| Image Size M (pixels) | 3936 x 2624 (10M) |
| Image Size S (pixels) | 2640 x 1760 (4.6M) |
| Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(focal length 16mm/18mm) | Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23M), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12M), Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15M), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4M) |
| 3D Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(Focal length:16mm/18mm) | NO |
| Still Image quality | RAW, RAW+JPEG, Fine, Extra fine, Standard |
| Movie Recording Format | AVCHD / MP4 |
| Video Compression | MPEG-4 AVC, H.264 |
| Audio recording Format | Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2ch |
| Movie recording mode - AVCHD | 1920 x 1080 (60p/50p recording 28 Mbps, 60i/50i 24 Mbps, 60i/50i 17 Mbps, 24p/25p 24 Mbps, 24p/25p 17 Mbps) |
| Movie recording mode - MP4 | 1440 x 1080(Approx.30fps/25fps, Progressive) Approx.12Mbps(Average bit-rate) / VGA(640 x 480, Approx.30fps/25fps, Progressive), Approx.3Mbps(Average bit-rate |
| Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR) | On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second |
| Noise Reduction (High ISO NR) | YES |
| Noise Reduction (Multi Frame NR) | YES |
| Color Space (sRGB) | YES |
| Color Space (Adobe RGB) | YES |
| Color mode/DEC/Creative styles | Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Clear, Deep, Light, Portrait , Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Autumn leaves, Black & White, Sepia |
| Dynamic Range Optimizer | Off, Auto |
Playback/Edit
| White/Black Out Alert | YES |
| Index Playback | YES |
| Enlarge (Maximum magnification) | L size: 16.7x, M size: 11.8x, S size: 8.3x |
| Image Rotation | YES |
| Auto Image Rotation | YES |
General
| GPS | YES |
| InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator | YES |
| Histogram Indicator | YES |
| Exif | Exif Ver.2.3 |
| Exif Print | YES |
| PictBridge | NO |
| Menu Language | English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish |
| Zone Matching | NO |
| Depth-of-Field Preview | YES |
| PRINT Image Matching III | YES |
| Remote Release Terminal | YES |
| IR Remote Control | YES (with accessory RMT-DSLR1/RMT-DSLR2) |
| DPOF(Digital Print Order Format) | YES |
| Indicator of remaining memory space | NO |
| Beep Sound | On/Off selectable |
| File Number Memory | On/Off selectable |
| Folder Name Mode | Standard and Date |
Jacks
| Video Out | NO |
| HD/HDMI® Out | YES |
| USB 2.0 Hi-Speed | YES |
| USB Mode | Mass-storage, MTP, PC remote |
Power/Others
| Battery System | NP-FM500H |
| Supplied Battery | NP-FM500H |
| Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition) | Approx. 410 shots(Viewfinder) / approx. 500 shots(LCD monitor) (CIPA standard) |
| Weight (g) (Body only) | Approx.733 |
Dimensions
| Width (mm) | 147 |
| Height (mm) | 111.2 |
| Depth (mm) | 78.4 |
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