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Alpha 6500 Premium Digital E-Mount Camera with APS-C Sensor

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Version 1.30. 24-04-2016

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Features

The Alpha 6500 professional-class APS-C interchangeable-lens camera features unbeatably fast autofocus; High-density Tracking AF Technology with comprehensive phase-detection AF point coverage; enhanced buffer for continuous shooting at up to 11fps (Hi+); 5-axis optical image stabilisation; and touchscreen focus control.
The Alpha 6500 professional-class APS-C interchangeable-lens camera features unbeatably fast autofocus; High-density Tracking AF Technology with comprehensive phase-detection AF point coverage; enhanced buffer for continuous shooting at up to 11fps (Hi+); 5-axis optical image stabilisation; and touchscreen focus control.
  • Fastest (0.05s) AF with 425 phase-detection AF points
  • Built-in 5-axis image stabilisation
  • 24.2-megapixel Exmor CMOS sensor for outstanding light sensitivity
  • BIONZ X image processing engine for superior detail reproduction
  • 4K movie recording with full pixel readout/no pixel binning

Specifications

Lens Compatibility

    • Lens Compatibility Sony E-mount lenses
    • Lens Mount E-mount

ISO Sensitivity

    • ISO Sensitivity Still images: ISO 100-25600 (ISO numbers up to ISO 51200 can be set as expanded ISO range.), AUTO (ISO 100-6400, selectable lower limit and upper limit), Movies: ISO 100-25600 equivalent, AUTO (ISO 100-6400, selectable lower limit and upper limit)

Sensor

    • Sensor APS-C type (23.5 x 15.6mm), Exmor CMOS sensor

Number Of Pixels (Effective)

    • Number Of Pixels (Effective) 24.2 MP
    • Number of Pixels (total) Approx. 25.0 megapixels

Sensor Type

    • Sensor Type APS-C

Shutter

    • Silent Shooting Yes, On/Off
    • Shutter Type Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type
    • Shutter Speed 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)
    • Flash Sync. Speed 1/160 sec.
    • Electronic Front Shutter Curtain Yes, On/Off

LCD Screen

    • Total Number of Dots 921,600 dots
    • Real-time Image Adjustment Display (LCD) On/Off
    • Peaking MF Yes (Level setting: High/Mid/Low/Off, Color: White/Red/Yellow)
    • LCD Display Graphic Display, Display All Info, No Disp. Info, Digital Level Gauge, Histogram, For viewfinder
    • Focus Magnifier Yes Focus Magnifier (5.9x, 11.7x)
    • Display Selecter (Finder/LCD) Yes (Auto/Manual)
    • Brightness Control (LCD) Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2), Sunny Weather mode
    • Adjustable Angle Up by approx. 90 degrees, Down by approx. 45 degrees
    • Screen Type 7.5cm (3.0-type) wide type TFT

Audio

    • Speaker Built-in, monaural
    • Microphone Built-in stereo microphone or XLR-K2M/XLR-K1M/ECM-XYST1M(sold separately)

Custom function

    • Memory Function Yes (Body 2 sets /memory card 4 sets)
    • Custom Function Type Yes

Drive

    • Drive Modes Single Shooting, Continuous shooting (Hi+/Hi/Mid/Lo selectable), Self-timer, Self-timer (Cont.), Bracket: Single, Bracket: Cont., White Balance bracket, DRO bracket

Exposure

    • Scene Selection Portrait, Sports Action, Macro, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Hand-held Twilight, Night Portrait, Anti Motion Blur
    • Metering Type 1200-zone evaluative metering
    • Metering Sensor Exmor CMOS sensor
    • Metering Sensitivity EV-2 to EV20 (at ISO100 equivalent with F2.0 lens attached)
    • Metering Mode Spot (Standard/Large), Entire Screen Avg., Highlight)
    • Exposure Modes AUTO (iAuto/Superior Auto), Programmed AE (P), Aperture priority (A), Shutter-speed priority (S), Manual (M), Movie / Sl&Q Motion (Programmed AE (P) / Aperture priority (A) /Shutter-speed priority (S) / Manual (M) ), Sweep Panorama, Scene Selection
    • Exposure Compensation +/-5.0 EV (in 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV steps)
    • Auto (AE) Bracketing Bracket: Cont., Bracket: Single, 3/5/9 frames selectable. With 3 or 5 frames, in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1.0, 2.0, or 3.0 EV increments, with 9 frames, in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, or 1.0 EV increments.
    • AE Lock Locked when shutter button is pressed halfway. Available with AE lock button. (On/Off/Auto)

Flash

    • Wireless Control Yes
    • Flash Control (with optional external flash) Built-in flash
    • FE Level Lock Yes
    • External Flash Compatibility Sony a System Flash compatible with Multi Interface Shoe, attach the shoe adaptor for flash compatible with Auto-lock accessory shoe

Focus

    • Other Features Eye-start AF (only with LA-EA2 or LA-EA4 attached(Sold separately)), Lock-on AF, Eye AF, AF micro adjustment, (Sold separately), with LA-EA2 or LA-EA4, Predictive control, Focus lock
    • Focus Sensitivity Range EV-1 to EV20 (ISO100 equivalent with F2.0 lens attached)
    • Focus Area Wide (425 points (phase-detection AF), 169 points(contrast-detection AF)) / Zone / Center / Flexible Spot (S/M/L) /Expanded Flexible Spot/ Lock-on AF ( Wide / Zone / Center / Flexible Spot (S/M/L)/Expanded Flexible Spot)

Interface

    • PC Interface Mass-storage, MTP, PC remote
    • NFC™ Yes (NFC forum Type 3 Tag compatible)One-touch remote, One-touch sharing
    • Multi Interface Shoe Yes
    • HD Output HDMI micro connector (Type-D), BRAVIA Sync(Control for HDMI), PhotoTV HD, 4K movie output/4K still image PB

Playback

    • Playback Modes Single (with or without shooting information Y RGB histogram & highlight/shadow warning), 12/30-frame index view, Enlarged display mode (L: 16.7x, M: 11.8x, S: 8.3x, Panorama (Standard): 19.2x, Panorama (Wide): 29.1x), Auto Review (10/5/2 sec, Off), Image orientation (Auto/Manual/Off selectable), Slideshow, Panorama scrolling, Folder selection (Date/ Still/ MP4/ AVCHD/XAVC S HD/XAVC S 4K), Forward/Rewind (movie), Delete, Protect

Battery Life (CIPA, Still Images)

    • Battery Life (CIPA, Still Images) Approx. 310 shots (Viewfinder) / approx. 350 shots (LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)

Power

    • Supplied Battery One rechargeable battery pack NP-FW50
    • External Power AC Adaptor AC-PW20 (sold separately)
    • Battery Life (CIPA, Movies) Movies (actual recording):Approx. 65 min (Viewfinder) / Approx. 70 min (LCD monitor) , (CIPA standard)

Print

    • Compatible Standards Exif Print, Print Image Matching III, DPOF setting

Recording (movie)

    • Video Compression XAVC S: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, AVCHD: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, MP4: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
    • Recording Format (Movie) XAVC S , AVCHD format Ver. 2.0 compliant , MP4
    • Audio Recording Format XAVC S: LPCM 2ch, AVCHD: Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2ch, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, MP4: MPEG-4 AAC-LC 2ch

Recording (still images)

    • Recording Format JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver.2.31, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format)
    • RAW Output 14bit RAW
    • Picture Effect 13 types: 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)
    • Image Size (pixels), Sweep Panorama 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)
    • Image Size (pixels), 3:2 L: 6000 x 4000 (24M), M: 4240 x 2832 (12M), S: 3008 x 2000 (6.0M)
    • Image Size (pixels), 16:9 L: 6000 x 3376 (20M), M: 4240 x 2400 (10M), S: 3008 x 1688 (5.1M)
    • Image Quality Modes RAW, RAW & JPEG, JPEG Extra fine, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard
    • Dynamic Range Functions 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))
    • Creative Style Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Clear, Deep, Light, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Autumn leaves, Black & White, Sepia, Style Box(1-6), , (Contrast (-3 to +3 steps), Saturation (-3 to +3 steps), Sharpness (-3 to +3 steps))

Other Features

    • PlayMemories Camera Apps™ Yes
    • Lens Compensation Peripheral shading, chromatic aberration, distortion
    • Image Processor BIONZ X
    • Face Detection Modes: On/On (Regist. Faces)/Off, Face registration, Face selection, Max. number of detectable: 8
    • Digital zoom (Still Image) Smart zoom (Still images): M:Approx. 1.4x, S: Approx. 2x, Digital zoom (Still images): L: Approx. 4x, M:Approx. 5.7x, S:Approx. 8x, Digital zoom (Movie): Approx. 4x
    • Clear Image Zoom Still images:Approx. 2x, Movies:Approx. 2x

Viewfinder

    • Viewfinder Display Graphic Display, Display All Info, No Disp. Info, Digital Level Gauge, Histogram, For viewfinder
    • Real-time Image Adjustment Display On/Off
    • Number of Dots 921,600 dots
    • Magnification Approx. 1.07x (35mm camera equivalent: Approx. 0.70x) with 50mm lens at infinity, -1m-1
    • Field Coverage 100%
    • Eye Point Approx. 23mm from the eyepiece lens, 21.4mm from the eyepiece frame at -1m-1 (CIPA standard)
    • Dioptre Adjustment -4.0 to +3.0m<lt/>style name=\sup\<gt/>-1<lt/>/style<gt/>
    • Brightness Control (Viewfinder) Auto/Manual (5 steps between -2 and +2)
    • Viewfinder Type 1.0 cm (0.39 type) electronic viewfinder (color), XGA OLED

WiFi®

    • Wireless and Network Capabilities NFC One-touch functionality

Operating temparature

    • Operating Temperature 32 - 104 degrees F / 0 - 40 degrees C

Size and Weight

    • Width (cm) 16.00
    • Height (cm) 14.00
    • Weight (kg) 1.07
    • Carton Width (cm) 27.00
    • Carton Height (cm) 19.00
    • Carton Weight (kg) 4.64

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