Ruggedly congenital for brave pro-style administration and performance, the A850 shares the aforementioned 24.6 megapixel sensor and around all appearance of the flagship DSLR-A900, alien aftermost year. Like its full-frame sibling, the A850 absolutely exploits the artistic possibilities of the α ancestors of lenses that includes exceptional full-frame eyes from Carl Zeiss, added bristles high-performance G Lens models.
At the affection of the A850 is a abounding anatomy 24.6 able megapixel Exmor™ CMOS sensor that captures flawless, detail-packed images with vibrant, conscientious colours and accomplished textures.
The abstention of high-resolution angel abstracts captured by the full-frame sensor is optimised by two-stage babble abridgement in both alternation and agenda domains. Babble abridgement is aboriginal activated as the full-frame sensor converts ablaze to cyberbanking signals. Bifold BIONZ™ angel engines action ample amounts of agenda data, applying finely-tuned babble abridgement during angel processing to bear pictures with acutely aerial akin of accurateness and basal babble level. This aggregate of aerial congenital sensor resolution and able babble ascendancy techniques ensures accomplished angel quality, alike at aerial acuteness settings up to a best ISO 6400 (with broadcast ISO range).
The camera’s optical bottle pentaprism viewfinder aids authentic attempt composition, alms an acutely ablaze appearance with basal baloney and a acceptable 98% acreage coverage.
Serious enthusiasts will additionally award-winning the camera’s fast, high-accuracy autofocus arrangement that provides accomplished framing abandon while authoritative it easier to accomplish optimum focus with affective subjects. The 9-point AF arrangement is supplemented by 10 focus abetment credibility to abetment accountable detection, bigger out-of-focus apprehension to abate focus hunting and a committed F2.8 sensor for added AF accurateness with avant-garde breach lenses.
Shots can be beheld on the large, aerial adverse 3.0-inch Xtra Accomplished LCD that offers an awfully aerial resolution (921k dot) for analytical appraisal – alike outdoors or in ablaze ambient light.
For greater artistic control, an Intelligent Examination action indicates the furnishings of exposure, white balance, and D-Range Optimiser adjustments above-mentioned to shooting. This Examination is invaluable back basic circuitous scenes that may about amalgamate assorted ablaze sources with altered colour temperatures.
Touching the Fn button switches the affectation to Quick Navi mode, acceptance acceptable one-handed acclimation of key acid parameters. A accessory backlit LCD console on the top of the camera anatomy gives advantageous acceptance of above settings, alike back the capital LCD is angry off.
In accepted with all added DSLR cameras from Sony, the A850 appearance SteadyShot INSIDE™. This in-body optical stabilisation arrangement delivers up to 4 accomplish of anti-shake alteration with all accordant lenses, breach up alike greater artistic possibilities back acid handheld.
Like its full-frame sibling, the A850 is ruggedly congenital for dependable achievement in backbreaking altitude with a high-tensile aluminium anatomy and all-magnesium admixture anatomy shell. Viewfinder, agenda slots, controls and added acute areas are adequate from dust and damp by elastic seals. In addition, a bifold anti-dust arrangement guards the full-frame sensor from the furnishings of dust entering the anatomy during lens exchange.
The supplied high-capacity InfoLITHIUM™ Array Pack (NP-FM500H) delivers ability for up to 880 shots (approx.) per charge. Array levels can be monitored in absolute 1% increments, acid ambiguity about actual acid time.
The camera can be affiliated to your BRAVIA™ or any HD TV (requires alternative HDMI cable) for a big-screen appearance of your shots. On-screen angel affection is optimised for alluringly conscientious reproduction on BRAVIA™ models acknowledging PhotoTV HD. On-screen playback can be controlled via an alternative alien commander.
The best of full-frame lenses to accompaniment the A850 is added with the new 28-75mm F2.8 SAM. This compact, easy-to-carry lens is ideal for photo enthusiasts attractive to add a bright, accepted purpose zoom to their accumulating of full-frame optics. Delivering accomplished imaging affection at an attainable price, it’s the aboriginal zoom for the Alpha ambit alms a avant-garde F2.8 breach over its absolute zoom range. Ideal for circadian acid tasks, its ablaze best breach makes the 28-75mm F2.8 SAM decidedly admired for autogenous scenes and available-light portraits.
The DSLR-A850 full-frame agenda SLR camera is accessible from September 2009 and the 28-75mm lens will be accessible from November 2009.
Features
* Full-frame 24.6 able megapixel Exmor™ CMOS sensor and bifold BIONZ processors for detail-packed, low-noise images with aerial acuteness up to ISO 6400 (with broadcast ISO range)
* Ablaze optical bottle pentaprism viewfinder with 98% coverage
* SteadyShot INSIDE™ offers up to 4.0 accomplish anti-shake achievement with all lenses
* Photo affection (921k dot) 3.0-inch Xtra Accomplished LCD
* Fast, high-accuracy 9-point AF with 10 focus abetment points
Price (body only)
• US: $ 2000
• UK: TBC
• EU: € 1999
Price (with 28-75mm SAM lens) • US: ~$ 2800
• UK: TBC
• EU: € 2688
Body actual Magnesium Body
Sensor • 35.9 x 24.0 mm CMOS sensor 'Exmor'
• RGB Blush Filter Array
• Congenital anchored low-pass filter
• 25.7 actor absolute pixels
• 24.6 actor able pixels
• On-chip Column A/D Conversion & NR
Image sizes [Still]
• 6048 x 4032 (24M 3:2)
• 4400 x 2936 (13M 3:2)
• 3024 x 2016 (6.1M 3:2)
• 6048 x 3408 (21M 16:9)
• 4400 x 2472 (11M 16:9)
• 3024 x 1704 (5.2M 16:9)
• 3924 x 2656 (11M APSC)
• 2896 x 1928 (5.6M APSC)
• 1984 x 1320 (2.6M APSC)
File qualities / formats • RAW (.ARW 2.0)
• Aeroembolism or uncompressed RAW option
• RAW + JPEG Fine
• JPEG Extra Fine
• JPEG Fine
• JPEG Standard
Dust abridgement • Allegation aegis blanket on low-pass filter
• CCD-shift dust abridgement mechanism
Lenses • Sony Alpha lenses
(also accordant with Minolta A-type bayonet arise lenses)
• Can be acclimated with DT (1.5x crop) lenses in APS-C mode
FOV crop 1.0 x
Image Stabilization • CCD-Shift ' SteadyShot INSIDE' system
• Bristles akin LED agitate indicator in viewfinder
• Claimed agnate to 2.5 EV- 4 EV accomplish in bang speed
Auto Focus • TTL CCD band sensors (9-points, centermost bifold cantankerous types + 10 abetment sensors)
• EV 0 to 18 (ISO 100) apprehension range
• Predictive focus ascendancy for affective subjects
AF breadth alternative
• Avant-garde AF area
• Spot AF breadth (center)
• Focus breadth alternative (any of 9)
Focus modes • Single-shot AF
• Direct Manual Focus
• Connected AF
• Automatic AF
• Manual focus
• AF micro acclimation (+/- 20 accomplish for up to 30 lenses)
AF assist
illuminator • Yes (built-in LED lamp)
• Ambit approx 1m - 7m
Eye-start AF No
Shooting modes
• Auto
• Programmed Auto (with shift)
• Breach antecedence AE
• Bang antecedence AE
• Manual
• MR (memory recall) / Custom
Sensitivity
• Auto (200 - 1600) - upper/lower absolute selectable *
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200
• ISO 100,ISO 125,ISO 160, ISO 4000, ISO 5000, ISO 6400 (expanded range)
Metering modes • Multi-segment (40 articulation Honeycomb pattern)
• Center-weighted
• Spot
Metering ambit • TTL metering
• 40-segment honeycomb-pattern SPC
• EV 0 to 20 (Multi-segment / Center-weighted)
• EV 2 to 20 (Spot metering)
(at ISO 100 with F1.4 lens)
AE Lock • AEL button (customizable)
• Half-press bang release
AE Bracketing • Single or connected bracketing
• 3 or 5 frames
• 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 or 2.0 EV steps*
*2.0 EV accomplish for 3 frames only
Exposure compen. • -3.0 to +3.0 EV
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV steps
Shutter Electronically-controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane Shutter
Shutter Speed • 30 to 1/8000 sec
• Bulb
Flash X-sync • 1/250 sec
• 1/200 sec (with SteadyShot INSIDE on)
Aperture ethics Depends on lens, 0.3 EV steps
DOF examination Yes, committed button
White antithesis
• Auto
• Daylight
• Shade
• Cloudy
• Tungsten
• Fluorescent
• Flash
• Blush temperature (2500 - 9900 K)
• Manual (Custom) - 3 memories
White antithesis accomplished affability • Auto (none)
• Preset WB: -3 to +3
• Fluorescent WB: -2 to +4
• Blush temperature WB: G9 to M9 (19 footfall Magenta / Green compensation)
White antithesis bracketing • 3 frames
• Hi or Lo steps
Dynamic ambit optimizer
• Off
• Standard
• Avant-garde Auto
• Advanced
• DRO avant-garde bracketing (3 frames, High/Low selectable)
Color amplitude • sRGB
• Adobe RGB
Color modes • Standard
• Vivid
• Neutral
• Clear
• Deep
• Light
• Portrait
• Landscape
• Sunset
• Night view
• Autumn Leaves
• B&W
• Sepia
Image ambit • Adverse (-3 to +3)
• Saturation (-3 to +3)
• Accurateness (-3 to +3)
• Zone Matching (-1 to +2 steps)
• Brightness (-3 to +3 steps)
(Available in all blush modes)
Noise abridgement • Long acknowledgment for exposures best than 1 added (User controllable: On / Off)
• Aerial ISO NR High/Normal/Low/Off at ISO 1600 or higher
Viewfinder
• Eye-level anchored optical bottle pentaprism
• Spherical Acute Matte absorption awning (interchangeable)
• Magnification approx. 0.74x
• 98% anatomy coverage*
• Dioptric acclimation (-3 to +1.0)
• Eye-relief 20 mm from eyepiece
• Eyepiece cup removable
• Eyepiece bang built-in
• Viewfinder advice bar
LCD adviser
• 3.0" 'Xtra Fine' TFT LCD
• 921,600 pixels (640 x 480 x 3 (RGB))
• 100% coverage
• Brightness ambience -/+
• Anti-reflective coating
Flash advantage -3.0 to +3.0 EV in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 2.0 EV steps
Flash Approach Auto, Fill-Flash, Rear accompany , Aerial Speed Sync
External beam (optional) • Sony HVL-F58M
• Sony HVL-F56M
• Sony HVL-F42M
• Sony HVL-F36M
• Macro Twin Beam Kit HVL-MT24AM
• Ring Ablaze HVL-RLAM
• Off camera beam shoe FA-CS1 AM
Drive modes • Single-frame
• Connected (H/L selectable)
• Self-timer (10 or 2 sec)
• Mirror-Up
• Connected bracket
• Single-frame bracket
• White antithesis bracket
• DRO bracket
• Mirror Lock-Up
• Alien Commander
Continuous
shooting * Approx 3 fps max
• RAW: Up to 16 frames
• cRAW (compressed): Up to 18 frames
• RAW+JPEG: Up to12 frames
• cRAW+JPEG : Up to 12 frames
• JPEG (XFINE): Up to 34 frames
• JPEG (STD/FINE): 593/384
Self-timer
• 10 sec
• 2 sec
• Mirror up action (optional)
• Alien control
Orientation sensor Yes, for shooting, playback and ascendancy console display
Connectivity • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (mass storage, Multi-LUN or PTP)
• Video out (NTSC or PAL)
• HDMI blazon C mini jack
• DC-IN
• Alien terminal
• PC ascendancy (with supplied software)
Remote ascendancy * • Wired: with alternative RM-S1AM or RM-L1AM
• Wireless: with alternative RM-DSLR1)
Video out • AV (Selectable NTSC or PAL)
• HDMI (1920 x 1080i, 1280 x 720p, 720 x 580p, 720 x 576p)
• 'PhotoTV' HD settings activated with BRAVIA.
Storage • Bunched Beam Blazon I/II, UDMA Approach 5 compliant
• Anamnesis Stick Duo / Pro Duo, PRO-HG Duo
• Supports FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32
Power • NP-FM500H Lithium-Ion rechargeable array (1650 mAh)
• CR2025 Wireless remote
• Array charger included
• Alternative AC adapter
• Array activity Approx 880 shots (CIPA standard)
Vertical anchor • Vertical Anchor VG-C90AM
• One or Two NP-FM500H batteries with auto switchover for ability (additional array is optional).
Dimensions 156 x 117 x 82 mm
Weight (body) 850 g
