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PANTONE 1655

SNY_13156_ALPHA_A4_BRO

SIZE: 

210mm x 297mm    

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M  

Y

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PANTONE 1655

Sony Consumer Products Group, 
Registered Head Office: 
Sony United Kingdom Limited, 
The Heights, Brooklands, 
Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0XW.
Company No. 2422874. 
Registered in England.

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‘Sony’, ‘like.no.other’,  the 

logo, Bionz, Super SteadyShot, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO Duo/Memory Stick Duo and their logos are trademarks of Sony Corporation, Japan. All other

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design might not necessarily be indicated in the specification. Subject to errors, design and technical changes. 

Dynamic Range Optimiser Advanced mode uses technology provided by Apical Ltd. 

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Digital SLR Camera

SNY_13156_ALPHA_A4_BRO  24/7/06  10:37 AM  Page 1

Summary of Contents for Alpha 100

Page 1: ...ment through research and design might not necessarily be indicated in the specification Subject to errors design and technical changes Dynamic Range Optimiser Advanced mode uses technology provided by Apical Ltd Microsoft MS and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Windows 2000 Professional is an abbreviation f...

Page 2: ...e full range includes Carl Zeiss and Sony G lenses that have been designed to deliver the ultimate in imaging performance with outstanding clarity geometric accuracy and colour reproduction High speed response with built in Eye Start AF feature ensure stress free shooting The powerful BIONZ image processing engine allows you to capture high quality images quickly allowing high speed continuous sho...

Page 3: ...nction button Function dial Drive button Shutter button Control dial Menu button Press this button to display the Menu screen on the LCD monitor From the Menu screen you can select various menus such as the Shooting or Replay menus Display button Changes display mode Delete button To delete an image press this button and confirm with key Replay button When you press the Replay button the photo tha...

Page 4: ...system lenses Compensation equivalent to 2 3 5 steps in shutter speed Effective with all system lenses Anti dust system for flawless photos Banish spotting speckling and imperfections that can ruin even the best shots when dust enters the camera body as you re changing lenses The 100 features an advanced anti dust system to minimise the effects of dust particles entering the camera body when lense...

Page 5: ...signal exactly as it s been captured by the CCD to create digital negatives Since the RAW data is uncompressed there s none of the compression artefacts commonly associated with JPEG images RAW files also provide the opportunity to process the image further with minimum degradation Photo data 50mm F2 8 Macro F4 Auto 1 compensation ISO 100 Manual white balance RAW JPEG RAW Without image compression...

Page 6: ...ce setting modes ensures natural looking results under virtually any lighting conditions or use it as a creative tool to enhance or suggest a mood Get the balance right with a choice of six preset white balance modes sunlight shadow cloudy tungsten fluorescent and flash There s an auto AWB mode approximating the human eye that ensures dependable fuss free results with any scene under a wide range ...

Page 7: ...aving to worry about switching AF modes when taking pictures of children pets or general snapshots Fast positive focusing is easy with four modes to suit any scene and your creative preferences AF S Single AF mode keeps focus fixed at the point where it s been brought into focus AF C Continuous AF mode is ideal for keeping a moving subject in continuous focus AF A mode selects automatically betwee...

Page 8: ...isp clear image display even in bright outdoor conditions thanks to AR coating and Clear Processing One touch zoom into centre of focus area Multi function display Histogram Highlights and Shadow Alert The histogram shows the distribution of brightness in a graph on the camera s display screen The horizontal axis shows the brightness reproducible with the digital camera tone and the vertical axis ...

Page 9: ...hieves high accuracy with a fast response in low and high brightness scenes alike This also makes it possible to differentiate the subject from background with precise exposure for the subject that takes into account background exposure Centre weighted metering Measures light values at the centre of the screen and adjacent areas Spot metering Light is only measured in the central spot area for acc...

Page 10: ...ompatible lens you re using with the 100 All Sony lenses offer superb imaging quality and geometric accuracy with specially coated optical surfaces to reduce flare and ghosting even with tricky into the sun shots If you re looking for wide apertures and extra high contrast imaging with reduced chromatic aberration and distortion Sony G lenses offer premium optics and advanced design features to me...

Page 11: ... F56AM Guide No 56 ISO 100 and HVL F36AM Guide No 36 ISO 100 There s also a choice of ring light and twin macro flash systems for photographing close up subjects Shooting with external flash attached to camera An external flash unit attached to the camera s hot shoe provides greater illumination than the camera s built in flash Shooting with off camera flash Light from an external flash sited off ...

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