20.1 MP Exmor® HD APS sensor
Get incredible detail and gorgeous enlargements. Thanks to the large 20.1 megapixel APS-C sensor size and Sony Exmor® APS HD CMOS technology, the camera achieves high resolution and DSLR quality images with no penalty in low-light sensitivity or sensor noise.
BIONZ X™ image processing engine
Expect superlative results with Sony’s latest processing engine: truer color rendering, better noise reduction, and faster burst mode shooting.
Low light situations not a problem
Built-in pop-up flash in a compact camera body is perfect when an extra burst of light is needed to get the shot. Combine with high ISO sensitivity - from 100 to 16000 ISO - to enable shooting in just about any setting.
Full HD 1080/60i/24p or 1080/30p MP4 movies
Record stunning high quality Full HD video in either 60i or 24p frames per second. Records in your choice of 60i/24p Blu-Ray quality AVCHD™ format, or in PC-friendly 1080/30p MP4 format.
Convenient Power zoom lens w/ motor zoom lever and body control
A convenient zoom lever on the body of the camera allows for effortless one-handed operation and smooth zooming even when shooting self-portraits, bringing compact camera convenience to the realm of interchangeable-lens models.
Face Detection/Smile Shutter
Set the α5000 to recognize faces and smiles. Face Detection locates up to eight faces in a composition then adjusts exposure, white balance and other settings based on these faces. Smile Shutter — adjustable in three levels — automatically takes a shot when smiles in the scene are detected.
Up to 420 Shots of battery life
Take up to 420 shots on a single charge with Sony® lithium ion Stamina™ battery power. Sony's InfoLITHIUM® battery system enables you to see the percent of power remaining, so you can keep shooting in confidence.
Compact Power Zoom 16-50mm kit lens
For the ultimate in portability, the α5000 includes the collapsible 16-50mm power zoom (SELP1650) as the kit lens. Ideal when traveling or anytime a compact, lightweight camera-combo is desired.
Auto Object Framing fills the frame with your subject
Give your photos a professional look with Auto Object Framing. Featuring advancements like exceptional two-person portrait capability along with Face Detection and Tracking Focus, Auto Object Framing not only turns ordinary photos into stunning compositions but does so automatically recognizing the scene then cropping accordingly.
Beautifully composed self-portraits made easy
The α5000’s tiltable LCD screen flips up 180° to make shooting self-portraits a snap. Include other people, experiment with interesting angles or shoot against famous landmarks. When you press the shutter, the camera does all the work.
Superior Auto and Photo Creativity
The Superior Auto mode makes great photography as simple as pointing and shooting. It also lets you enjoy creative photographic expression by entering the Photo Creativity mode — for easy adjustment of Background Defocus, Brightness, Color and Vividness — or adding Picture Effect modes while viewing the results in real-time on the LCD screen.
Scene Selection
Optimize image quality for the type of scene you shoot by choosing one of nine Scene Selection modes, including Portrait, Sports Action and Macro.
Creative Style
Bring out the character of your scene by choosing the appropriate mode (Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Black & White or Sepia).
P/A/S/M modes
These four modes make it easy to enjoy the creative freedom of manual shooting while prioritizing what is most important for the shot.
Hand-held Twilight (Scene Selection)
Create beautiful hand-held evening shots with minimal blur and noise by activating this advanced Scene Selection mode.
Anti-Motion Blur
This feature enhances clarity by reducing subject-motion blur, which tends to occur in dimly lit scenes or when shooting at telephoto settings.
Peaking function
This handy feature colorizes the most sharply focused areas of your image so you can quickly confirm whether manual focusing needs adjustment.
DRO (D-Range Optimizer)
DRO is another way to tame contrasty scenes for more natural looking images. Unlike Auto HDR, it can be used when photographing moving subjects, even during high-speed continuous shooting.
Sweep Panorama
Just sweep the camera when shooting to capture spectacular panoramic landscapes that can be enjoyed on the LCD screen or a wide-screen TV.
MF Assist
Improve your accuracy during manual focusing by magnifying the scene 6.8x or 13.6x on the LCD screen and fine-tuning what you see.
One-touch remote and one-touch sharing
One-touch remote lets you use your smartphone or tablet as a viewfinder and remote control for a digital camera, and one-touch sharing lets you transfer your photos and videos from your camera. Either way, by installing Imaging Edge Mobile app to your NFC-enabled Android smartphone or tablet, you can avoid complex set-up sequences and establish wireless connection simply by touching your device to the camera. You are now ready to control your camera from your smartphone to take a photo from a previously out-of-reach spot, or simply be in your own group shot, as well as transfer them instantly to your smartphone for sharing on SNS. No NFC? No problem. You can also pair the devices manually.
Capture One (for Sony)
Capture One Express (for Sony) is a free award-winning image editing software that provides high-end image quality RAW development, easy management of your image files, and powerful editing tools. Capture One Pro (for Sony) can be bought for even more editing tools and tethered shooting capability.
Works with iMovie and Final Cut Pro X
This product is compatible with Final Cut Pro X and iMovie.
Imaging Edge™ Remote, Viewer, and Edit
Elevate your photography with Imaging Edge desktop applications. Use "Remote" to remotely control shooting; "Viewer" to quickly preview, rate, and select photos from large image libraries; and "Edit" to develop RAW data into high-quality photos for delivery. Get the best from Sony RAW files, and manage your productions more efficiently.
Lens
Sony E-mount
Sony E-mount lenses
Sensor
APS-C
APS-C type (23.2 x 15.4mm)
20.1MP
Approx. 20.4
3:2
Charge protection coating on Optical Filter
Recording (still images)
JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MPF Baseline compliant) RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format)
L: 5456 x 3632 (20M) M: 3872×2576 (10M) S: 2736x1824 (5.0M)
L: 5456x3064 (17M) M: 3872x2176 (8.4M) S:2736x1536 (4.2M)
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)
RAW RAW & JPEG JPEG Fine JPEG Standard
YES
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)
Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Black & White, Sepia (Contrast (-3 to +3 steps), Saturation (-3 to +3 steps), Sharpness (-3 to +3 steps))
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))
Recording (movie)
AVCHD 2.0 / MP4
AVCHD Ver. 2.0 compliant / MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)
Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2ch Dolby Digital Stereo Creator MP4: MPEG-4 AAC-LC 2ch
(3:2 mode)L:5456 x 3632(20M), M:3872×2576(10M), S:2736x1824(5.0M)"
Auto Slow Shutter
Storage Media
Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards
YES
NO
Noise Reduction
Long exposure NR:available of shutter speeds longer than 1 sec. High ISO NR: Normal/Low
NO
White balance
Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent (Warm White, Cool White, Day White, Daylight), Flash, Underwater/ Color Temperature (2500 to 9900K) & color filter (G7 to M7 (15-step), A7 to B7 (15-step)), Custom
YES (G7 to M7, 15-step) (A7 to B7, 15-step)
3 frames, H/L selectable
Focus
Contrast-detection AF
Exmor™" APS HD CMOS sensor"
25 points (contrast-detection AF)
EV0 to EV20 (ISO100 equivalent with F2.8 lens attached)
Autofocus, DMF (Direct Manual Focus), Manual Focus
AF-S (Single-shot AF), AF-C ( Continuous AF), DMF (Direct Manual Focus), Manual Focus
Wide (25 points (contrast-detection AF)), Zone, Center-weighted, Flexible Spot (S/M/L)
Focus lock
Built-in flash
Approx. 0.3 - approx. 3.0m (with E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS lens attached)
Exposure
1200-zone evaluative metering
Exmor™" APS HD CMOS sensor"
EV0 to EV20 (at ISO100 equivalent with F2.8 lens attached)
Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
iAUTO, Superior Auto, Programmed AE, Aperture priority, Shutter-speed priority, Manual, Movie (Programmed AE / Aperture priority / Shutter-speed priority / Manual ), Sweep Panorama, Scene Selection
Portrait, Sports Action, Macro, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Hand-held Twilight, Night Portrait, Anti Motion Blur
Still images: +/- 3.0EV (1/3EV steps); Movies: +/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)
Bracket: Cont. Bracket: Single, With 1/3 EV, 2/3 EV, 1.0 EV, 2.0 EV, 3.0 EV increments 3 Frames (1/3 EV, 2/3 EV,1.0EV,2.0EV,3.0EV : only 3 frames) selectable
Locked when shutter button is pressed halfway. (Auto/On/Off selectable)
ISO 100–16000
Viewfinder
-
YES (ON / OFF)
LCD Screen
3.0" wide type TFT LCD
460,800 dots
Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2), Sunny Weather mode
Up by approx. 180 degrees
YES(LCD)
ON/OFF
YES (6.8x, 13.6x)
NO
YES (Level setting: High / Mid / Low / Off, Color: White / Red / Yellow)
Other Features
On / On (Regist. Faces) / Off Face registeration Face selection
NO
Approx. 2x
M:Approx.1.4x S:Approx. 2x
L:Approx.4x, M:Approx.5.6x, S:Approx.8x
Approx.4x
YES
Peripheral Shading, Chromatic Aberration, Distortion
BIONZ X™
YES (3 sec delay/OFF selectable)
NO
YES (selectable from 3 steps)
NO
Shutter
Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
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)
1/160 sec. (With compatible Sony external flash)
YES
Image Stabilization
Not supported (image stabilisation supported on lens)
Flash Control
Pre-flash TTL
+/- 2.0EV (1/3EV steps)
16mm (focal-length printed on the lens body)
Flash Off, Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow Sync., Rear Sync
Yes (Wi-Fi Compatible, IEEE 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz band) )
Drive
Single, Continuous, Speed-priority Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Self-timer (Cont.) (with 10 sec delay 3/5 exposures selectable), Bracketing:Single, Bracketing:Cont, WB Bracketing, DRO Bracketing
3.5 fps (in Speed Priority Continuous Shooting mode)
Playback
Single (with or without shooting information), RGB histogram & highlight/shadow warning), 12/30-frame index view, Enlarged display mode (L: 15.1x, M: 10.7x, S: 7.6x, Panorama (Standard): 19x, Panorama (Wide): 29x), Image orientation (Manual/Off selectable), Slideshow, Panorama scrolling, Folder selection (Date/Still/MP4/VCHD), Forward/Rewind (Movie), Delete, Protect, Auto Review (10/5/2 sec,Off)
Interface
Mass-storage, MTP, PC remote
One-touch remote, One-touch sharing
HDMI micro connector (Type-D) BRAVIA Sync (link menu) PhotoTV HD 4K Still Image PB
PC Remote
Multi/Micro USB Terminal
Audio
Built-in stereo microphone
Built-in,monaural
Exif Print, Print Image Matching III, DPOF setting
Custom function
Custom key settings
YES
Power
NP-FW50 W-series Rechargeable Battery Pack
Up to 420 shots
Approx. 95 min (actual recording) Approx. 150 min (continuous recording)
AC Adaptor AC-PW20 (sold separately)
YES
Size & Weight
109.6 x 62.8 x 35.7 mm
210 g (Body Only) / 269 g (With battery and media)
Operating temparature
<lt/>2500 to 9900K<gt/> & color filter <lt/>G7 to M7(15-step), A7 to B7(15-step)<gt/> / Custom
WiFi®
YES
YES
YES
Wi-Fi, NFC One-touch functionality, Downloadable Camera Apps
Compatible OS
Windows Vista SP2 (Starter Edition is not supported) Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Mac OS X (v10.6-v10.8)
20.1MP Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
BIONZ X™ engine for superb detail and noise reduction
180° tiltable LCD screen for perfect self-portraits
PlayMemories camera apps expand creativity
Simple sharing and control with Wi-Fi and NFC One-touch
Sony E-mount lenses
Sensor TypeAPS-C
SensorAPS-C type (23.2 x 15.4mm)
Number Of Pixels (Effective)20.1MP
ISO Sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index)ISO 100–16000
Battery Life (Still Images)Up to 420 shots
Viewfinder Type-
Monitor Type3.0" wide type TFT LCD