It's been about four years since Sony brought out my trusty Alpha 700, and almost criminal that they discontinued it over a year ago and left us with only rumours of a replacement floating about on the ether.
SLT-A77VQ
A77 Translucent Mirror interchangeable lens camera
Built to meet the creative demands of serious photo enthusiasts
24.3 megapixel Exmor™ APS HD CMOS, Full HD AVCHD, 25/50p, 12fps, 7.5cm 3-way LCD, GPS. With 16-50mm lens.
- Very high resolution 24.3 effective megapixels
- Ultra-high speed continuous shooting up to 12fps
- Responsive, high-performance 19-point AF system
- Pictures
Technical specifications SLT-A77VQ
Please note our accessories are model specific and specifications may differ from country to country.
Sony A-mount | YES |
All types of Sony A-mount lenses | YES |
Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses | YES |
Image sensor type | CMOS Sensor |
Image sensor colour filter | R, G, B, Primary color |
Size (mm) | 23.5 x 15.6mm (APS-C size) |
Total sensor Pixels (megapixels) | Approx. 24.7 |
Effective Pixels (megapixels) | Approx. 24.3 |
Automatic White Balance | YES |
White balance: preset selection | Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash |
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, Selectable 2 steps |
ISO Sensitivity Setting | ISO100 - 16000 equivalent |
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 |
*SteadyShot INSIDE was previously known as Super SteadyShot |
Charge protection coating | YES |
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 18 |
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 (19 local areas) |
AF Area: Multi Point | NO |
AF Area: Center Weighted | NO |
AF Area: Flexible Spot | NO |
AF Modes | Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF |
Predictive Focus Control | YES |
Focus Lock | YES |
AF Illuminator | YES (with built-in LED) |
AF Illuminator range (meters) | Approx. 1-7 |
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: iAUTO | NO |
Exposure: AUTO+ | YES |
Exposure: Shutter priority | YES |
Exposure: Aperture priority | YES |
Exposure: Manual | YES |
Exposure: Scene selection | YES |
Sweep Panorama | YES (2D, 3D) |
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 |
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 |
Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in meters at ISO 100) | 12 |
Flash Metering System | ADI / Pre-flash TTL / Manual flash metering |
Flash Compensation | +/-3.0 EV (switchable between 1/3 and 1/2 EV steps) |
Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds) | 3 |
Flash Mode | Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync. High Speed sync. |
Wireless flash mode | YES (with optional compatible accessory flash) |
Red-Eye Reduction | YES |
Flash Popup | Auto |
Type | Electronic |
Focusing Screen | NO |
Field of View (%) | 100 |
Magnification (with 50mm lens at infinity) | 1.09x |
Eye Relief | Approx. 27mm from the Eyepiece lens |
Diopter Adjustment | -4.0 to +3.0 diopter |
Live View | YES |
Screen Size | 7.5cm / 3" Wide |
Monitor Type | Xtra Fine TruBlack LCD |
LCD Total Dot Number | 921.600 |
Brightness adjustable | YES |
Tilting screen | YES |
Rotating screen | YES |
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. 12 fps |
Number of Continuous Advance | Extra fine: 13 images/Fine: 17 images/Standard: 17 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), 3D MPO (MPF Extended compliant) |
Image Size L - JPEG (pixels) | 6000 x 4000 (24M) |
Image Size M (pixels) | 4240×2832 (12M) |
Image Size S (pixels) | 3008x2000 (6M) |
Panorama size:Max. degrees of sweep angle(focal length16mm/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) | Wide: 7152 x 1080 (7.7M), Standard: 4912 x 1080 (5.3M), 16:9: 1920 x 1080 (2.1M) |
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 |
Movie recording mode - AVCHD | 1920 x 1080 (50p recording, 28 Mbps, 50i 24 Mbps, 50i Mbps, 25p 24 Mbps, 25p 17 Mbps) |
Movie recording mode - MP4 | 1440 x 1080(Approx.25fps, Progressive), Approx.12Mbps(Average bit-rate) / VGA(640 x 480, Approx.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 |
White/Black Out Alert | YES |
Index Playback | YES |
Enlarge (Maximum magnification) | L size: 13.6x, M size: 9.9x, S size: 6.8x |
Image Rotation | YES |
Auto Image Rotation | 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 | NO |
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 |
Video Out | NO |
HD/HDMI® Out | YES |
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed | YES |
USB Mode | Mass-storage, MTP |
Battery System | NP-FM500H |
Supplied Battery | NP-FM500H |
Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition) | Approx. 470 shots(Viewfinder) / approx. 530 shots(LCD monitor) (CIPA standard) |
Weight (g) (Body only) | Approx. 653 |
Width (mm) | 142.6 |
Height (mm) | 104.0 |
Depth (mm) | 80.9 |
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