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Black
1x Hot Shoe
1x 1/4"-20 Female (Bottom)
32 to 104°F / 0 to 40°C
-3 to 20 EV
Continuous-Servo AF (C), Direct Manual Focus (DMF), Manual Focus (M), Single-Servo AF (S)
28 to 70mm
f/3.5 to 5.6
f/22 to 36
75 Degree to 34 Degree
7, Rounded
55 mm (Front)
Sony E
Actual: 34.1 Megapixel
Effective: 33 Megapixel (7008 x 4672)
35.9 x 23.9 mm (Full-Frame) CMOS
Sensor-Shift, 5-Axis
No
Stills & Video
Mechanical Focal Plane Shutter and Electronic Rolling Shutter
1/8000 to 30 Seconds
1/8000 to 1/4 Second in Movie Mode
Bulb Mode
Photo
Native in Manual Mode: 100 to 51,200 (50 to 204,800 Extended)
Native in Auto Mode: 100 to 12,800
Video
Native in Manual Mode: 100 to 51,200 (100 to 102,400 Extended)
Native in Auto Mode: 100 to 51,200
Center-Weighted Average, Highlight Weighted, Multi-Zone, Spot
Aperture Priority, Auto, Manual, Program, Shutter Priority
-5 to +5 EV (1/3, 1/2 EV Steps)
2500 to 9900K
Presets: ATW, AWB, Auto, Cloudy, Color Temperature, Color Temperature Filter, Custom, Daylight, Flash, Fluorescent (Cool White), Fluorescent (Day White), Fluorescent (Daylight), Fluorescent (Warm White), Incandescent, Shade, Underwater
Up to 10 fps at Maximum Resolution for up to 1000 Frames (Raw, JPEG)
Yes
2/5/10-Second Delay
1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 16:9
HEIF, JPEG, Raw
14-Bit
H.264/XAVC S-I 4:2:2 10-Bit
UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) at 24.00/30.00/60.00 fps [240 to 600 Mb/s]
1920 x 1080p at 23.98/25/29.97/50/59.94 fps [89 to 222 Mb/s]
H.265/XAVC HS 4:2:2 10-Bit
UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) at 24.00/60.00 fps [50 to 200 Mb/s]
H.265/XAVC HS 4:2:0 10-Bit
UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) at 24.00/60.00 fps [30 to 150 Mb/s]
XAVC S 4:2:2 10-Bit
UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) at 24.00/30.00/60.00/120 fps [100 to 200 Mb/s]
1920 x 1080p at 23.98/25/29.97/50/59.94 fps [50 Mb/s]
XAVC S
4:2:2 10-Bit
UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) at 23.976p/25p/29.97p/50p/59.94p
Full HD (1920 x 1080) at 23.976p/50p/59.94p
Full HD (1920 x 1080) at 50i/59.94i
4:2:0 8-Bit
UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) at 23.976p/25p/29.97p/50p/59.94p
Full HD (1920 x 1080) at 23.976p/50p/59.94p
Full HD (1920 x 1080) at 50i/59.94i
Yes
No
No
Stereo
XAVC S: 2-Channel 16-Bit 48 kHz LPCM Audio
MPEG4: 2-Channel AAC LC Audio
Slot 1: CFexpress Type A / SD (UHS-II)
Slot 2: SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-II)
1x HDMI Output
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Headphone Output
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Microphone Input
1x USB-C Input
1x Sony Multi/Micro-USB Remote Input
1x USB-C (USB 3.2 / 3.1 Gen 1) Data Input/Output (Shared with Power Input)
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Bluetooth 4.1
Yes: Android & iOS
App Name: Creators' App
Functionality: Access Stored Files, Adjust Settings, Remote Control, Setup
GPS
3"
1,036,800 Dot
Free-Angle Tilting Touchscreen LCD
Electronic (OLED)
0.5"
3,680,000 Dot
23 mm
1
Approx. 0.78x
-4 to +3
No
Auto, Fill Flash, Hi-Speed Sync, Off, Rear Sync, Red-Eye Reduction, Slow Sync
1/250 Second
TTL
Shoe Mount
required, included
Lithium ion
non-universal
1
5.2 x 3.8 x 3.1" / 131.3 x 96.4 x 79.8mm
1.4lb / 658g (WithBattery, Recording Media)

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33 MP full-frameExmor R back-illuminated CMOS sensor
8x more powerful, next generation BIONZ XR image processing engine
Up to 4K 60p 10-bit 4:2:2 w/ full pixel readout in all rec. Formats
7K oversampling full-frame 4K 30p 10-bit 4:2:2 w/ no pixel binning
Real-time Eye-AF for humans, animals, birds for photo and movie
S-Cinetone, S-Log3, HLG and 10 Creative Look presets in-camera
Advanced movie features; Focus Map, Breathing Comp., AF Assist
UVC/UAC livestreaming up to 4K 15p/1080 60pw/ internal recording
Low noise images w/ ISO up to 204800 and 15+stop dynamic range
5-axis in-body image stabilization and Active Mode for handheld movie
Incredible autofocus w/ 759 phase detection AF points, 94% coverage
Large buffer for over 800 uncompressed RAW+JPEG* in continuous fps
33MP RAW+JPEG up to 10fps continuous shooting with AF/AE
Hybrid Still/Movie/S&Q dial, mode-specific menus, customizable controls
XAVC S (AVC), XAVC HS (HEVC) and XAVC S-I (All-I) movie file formats
Dual card slots, both compatible w/UHS-II SD, one w/CFexpress Type
Fast transfer speed 2.4GHz/5GH Wi-Fi, 10Gbps SuperSpeed USB 3.2