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Sony DSLR-A550 |
Sony DSLR-A500 |
Suggested selling price
(With 18-55mm lens) |
$950
$1050 |
$750
$850 |
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Body material |
Plastic
exterior |
|
Sensor |
• 23.4 x
15.6 mm APS-C Type CMOS Exmor Sensor
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 14.6 million total pixels
• 14.2 million effective pixels |
• 23.5 x
15.6 mm APS-C Type CMOS Exmor Sensor
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter
• 12.9 million total pixels
• 12.3 million effective pixels |
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Image sizes *
|
3:2
• 4592 x 3056 (L)
• 3344 x 2224 (M)
• 2288 x 1520 (S)
16:9
• 4592 x 2576 (L)
• 3344 x 1872 (M)
• 2288 x 1280 (S) |
3:2
• 4272 x 2848 (L)
• 3104 x 2072 (M)
• 2128 x 1416 (S)
16:9
• 4272 x 2400 (L)
• 3104 x 1744 (M)
• 2188 x 1192 (S) |
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File qualities / formats |
• RAW (.ARW)
• RAW + JPEG Fine
• RAW + JPEG Standard
• JPEG Fine
• JPEG Standard |
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Dust reduction |
• Charge
protection coating on low-pass filter
• Sensor-shift dust reduction mechanism |
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Lenses |
• Sony
Alpha lenses
(also compatible with Minolta and Konica -Minolta AF
lenses) |
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FOV crop |
1.5x |
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SteadyShot INSIDE |
• CCD-Shift
'SteadyShot Inside' system
• Claimed equivalent to 2.5 – 3.5 steps in shutter
speed |
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Auto Focus |
• TTL
CCD line sensors (9-points,with center cross sensor)
• EV 0 to 18 (ISO 100) detection range
• Predictive focus, Focus Lock |
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AF area selection |
• Wide
AF area
• Spot AF area (center)
• Focus area selection (any of 9) |
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Focus modes |
•
Single-shot AF
• Continuous AF
• Automatic AF
• Manual focus |
AF assist
illuminator |
• Yes
(using built in flash)
• Range approx 1m - 5m |
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Eye-start AF |
Yes,
selectable from menu |
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Shooting modes |
•
Programmed AE (Auto, Flash off, P)
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• Scene Selection |
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Scene modes |
•
Portrait
• Landscape
• Macro
• Sports
• Sunset
• Night view/portrait |
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Sensitivity |
• Auto
(ISO 200-1600)
• Manual ISO 200- ISO 12800 in 1 EV steps |
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Metering modes |
•
Multi-segment (40 segment Honeycomb pattern)
• Center-weighted
• Spot |
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Metering range |
• TTL
metering
• 40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC
• EV 2 to 20 (Multi-segment / Center-weighted)
*
• EV 4 to 20 (Spot metering) *
(at ISO 100 with F1.4 lens) |
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AE Lock |
• AEL
button (customizable, hold or single-press)
• Half-press shutter release |
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AE Bracketing |
• Single
or continuous bracketing
• 3 frames
• 0.3 or 0.7 EV steps |
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Exposure compen. |
• -2.0
to +2.0 EV
• 0.3 EV steps |
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Shutter |
Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse,
focal-plane Shutter |
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Shutter Speed |
• 30 to
1/4000 sec
• Bulb |
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Flash X-sync |
• 1/160
sec |
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Aperture values |
Depends
on lens, 0.3 EV steps |
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DOF preview |
No |
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White balance |
• Auto
• Daylight
• Shade
• Cloudy
• Incandescent
• Fluorescent
• Flash
• Color temperature/filter (2500 - 9900 K)
• Manual (Custom) |
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White balance fine tuning |
• Auto
(none)
• Preset WB: -3 to +3
• Fluorescent WB: -1 to +2
• Color temperature WB: G9 to M9 (Magenta to Green)
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White balance bracketing |
• 3
exposures
• Hi / Lo level selectable |
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Dynamic range optimizer |
• Off
• D-Range Optimizer (Auto, Lv 1-5)
• Auto HDR (Auto, Ajustable up to 3 EV betwwen
1.0-3.0 EV in 0.5 EV steps) |
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Color space |
• sRGB
• Adobe RGB |
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Color modes |
•
Standard
• Vivid
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Sunset
• B&W |
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Image parameters |
•
Contrast (-3 to +3)
• Sharpness (-3 to +3))
• Saturation (-3 to +3) |
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Noise reduction |
• Long
exposure for exposures longer than 1 second
• High ISO NR at ISO 1600 or higher
• User controllable: On / Off |
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Viewfinder * |
•
Eye-level fixed optical glass pentamirror
• Spherical Acute Matte focusing screen
• Magnification approx. 0.80x *
• 95% frame coverage
• Dioptric adjustment (-3.0 to +1.0)
• Eye-relief 19 mm from eyepiece, 15 mm from frame*
• Eyepiece cup removable
• Viewfinder info bar |
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Live view (Quick AF Live View) * |
•
Dedicated live view sensor (pentamirror tilt system)
• 1200 zone evaluative metering
• Sensitivity 1-17 EV*
• 90% frame coverage
• Exposure and white balance simulation
• Face Detection and Smile Shutter*
• Smart Teleconverter (x1.4 / x2.0 slectable)*
• Display: Histogram, eal-time image adjustment
display (White balance, Sunset/ B&W of Creative
Style, Exposure Compensation) |
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Live view (MF Check Live View) * |
• Live
View with CMOS sensor Exmor
• Metering varies according to shooting mode
• 100% frame coverage
• Display: Real-time image adjustment display (White
balance, Sunset/ B&W of Creative Style, Exposure
Compensation)
• Zoom (x7.0/x14.0), Grid line display |
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LCD monitor * |
•
3.0 TFT Xtra Fine LCD
• 921,600 dots
• Auto Brightness Control (auto setting in 2 steps)
• Manual settting in 5 steps |
•
3.0 TFT Clear Photo LCD Plus
• 230,400 dots
• Auto Brightness Control (auto setting in 2 steps)
• Manual settting in 5 steps |
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Flash * |
•
Built-in pop-up flash (manual release)
• Metering: ADI, Pre-flash TTL, Manual flash control
• Guide number 12 (ISO 100/m)
• Angle of coverage 18 mm (35 mm equiv.)*
• Flash sync 1/160 sec |
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Flash modes |
• Off
• Auto
• Fill Flash
• Rear Sync
• Slow sync
• Wireless/High Speed Sync. |
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Flash Bracketing |
3
exposures in 0.3 and 0.7 EV steps |
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Flash compensation |
-2.0 to
+2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps |
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External flash (optional) |
• Sony
HVL-F58AM
• Sony HVL-F56AM
• Sony HVL-F42AM
• Sony HVL-F36AM |
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Drive modes |
•
Single-frame
• Continuous
• Speed-Priority*
• Self-timer (10 or 2 sec) |
Continuous
shooting |
•
Approx 5 fps max (4 fpsin Live view)
• Speed- Priority: 7 fps max
• RAW: Up to 14 frames
• RAW+JPEG: Up to 7 frames
• JPEG (Fine): 32 frames
• JPEG (Standard): 116 frames |
•
Approx 5 fps max (4 fps in Live view)
• RAW: Up to 6 frames
• RAW+JPEG: Up to 3 frames
• JPEG (Fine): 12 frames
• JPEG (Standard): 58 frames |
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Self-timer |
• 10 sec
• 2 sec |
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Orientation sensor |
Yes, for
shooting, playback and control panel display
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Connectivity |
• USB
2.0 Hi-Speed (mass storage, Multi-LUN or PTP)
• DC-IN
• Remote terminal |
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Remote control |
• Wired:
with optional RM-S1AM or RM-L1AM |
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Video out |
• AV
(Selectable NTSC or PAL)
• HDMI
• 'PhotoTV' HD settings applied with BRAVIA. |
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Storage |
• SD/
SDHC
• Memory Stick Pro Duo / Pro HG Duo
• Supports FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32 |
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Power |
•
NP-FM500H Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (1650 mAh)
• Battery charger included
• Optional AC adapter
• Batter life Approx 950 shots with viewfinder, 480
in Live view mode (CIPA standard) |
•
NP-FM500H Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery (1650 mAh)
• Battery charger included
• Optional AC adapter
• Batter life Approx 1000 shots with viewfinder, 520
in Live view mode (CIPA standard) |
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Vertical grip |
• Yes
(model tbc) |
|
Dimensions |
137 x
104 x 84mm (5.5 x 4.2 x 3.9 in) |
|
Weight (body) |
599
g (1.5lb) |
597g
(1.5lb) |
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