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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S

Imaging Device:

2/3" 8.0 Megapixel Effective Super HAD™ CCD

Recording Media:

Memory Stick

®

Media, Memory Stick PRO™ Media,

Microdrive and CompactFlash

®

Type I/II Media

Zoom:

7X Optical, 2X Digital, 0 - 5X Smart Zoom™ Feature*, 

Up to 35X Total Zoom*

Filter Diameter:

58mm

Focal Length:

7.1 – 51mm

35mm Equivalent:

28 – 200mm

Aperture:

f2.0 – 2.8

Focus:

5 Area Multi-Point AF with Manual Select 

Minimum/Macro Focus Distance:

19.7" (50 cm)/

3

4

" (2cm)

Aperture Range:

13 Step, f2.0 – f8.0 

Shutter Speed:

Auto (1/8–1/3200 sec), Program Auto (1–1/3200 sec)
Shutter Priority (30–1/2000), Manual (30–1/3200)

Manual Exposure:

±2.0 EV, 1/3 EV Step

Color LCD:

1.8" 134K Pixels Low Temperature Polysilicon TFT

Eye-Level Finder: 

Hi-Speed TTL 0.44" 235K Pixels Precision TFT LCD

Flash Modes:

Auto/Forced On/Forced Off/Slow Synchro

Red-Eye Reduction:

On/Off

Flash Effective Range:

19

3

4

" - 14' 9

3

4

" (0.5m - 4.5m)

White Balance:

Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent,
Flash, One-Push Manual

A D D I T I O N A L   F E A T U R E S

3 Shot Auto Exposure Bracketing
3:2 Aspect Ratio Mode 
7 Shot Burst Mode
14-Bit DXP A/D Conversion
Adjustable Color Saturation/ Contrast
AE Lock
Clear Color/Clear Luminance NR
Flash White Balance
Flexible Spot Focus

Jog Dial

®

Navigation

Live Histogram Display
MPEG1 Cue, Review and Divide
Multi-Burst Mode
Multi-Pattern Measuring
Pre-Flash Metering
Program Shift
Rechargeable InfoLithium

®

Battery

Scene Selection Mode
Video Output

©2003 Sony Electronics Inc.
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. 
Sony, Cyber-shot, Digital. Powerful. Transportable, Infolithium, Hologram AF, Jog Dial, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO, the
Memory Stick logo, NightShot, Smart Zoom, Stamina and Super HAD are trademarks of Sony. Carl Zeiss and Vario-Sonnar are trademarks of Carl Zeiss.
Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are property
of their respective owners. Features and specifications subject to change without notice. Non-metric weights and measures are approximate.

1

Available storage capacity of Memory Stick and Memory Stick PRO media may vary. A portion of the memory is used for data management functions. 
Actual available memory in MBs is: 16=15, 32=30, 64=61, 128=123, 256=220, 512=460, 1GB=940MB

2

Not all products with USB connector may communicate with each other due to chipset variations.

* Depending upon resolution.
** Supplied RAW Software not compatible with Macintosh

Sony Electronics Inc.

16765 West Bernardo Drive

San Diego, Ca 92127

www.sony.com/di

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MSA-32A, MSA-64A, MSA-128A Memory

Stick

®

Media

MSX-256, MSX-512, MSX-1G Memory Stick

PRO™ Media

MSA-128S2 Memory Stick

®

Media with

Select Function (256MB total)

MSH-M64A, MSH-M128A Memory Stick

Duo™ Media

MSX-M256A, MSX-M512A Memory Stick

PRO Duo™ Media

MSAC-MCF1N Memory Stick Duo™ Media

to CompactFlash

®

Type I/II Adapter

MSAC-US30 Memory Stick PRO™ Media

USB Adapter

MSAC-US70 Memory Stick USB

Mouse/Adapter

HVL-F32X Advanced Accessory Shoe Flash 
LCS-FHA Carrying Case
NP-FM50 Rechargeable InfoLithium

®

Battery

BC-TRM Travel Charger
ACC-CFM Accessory Kit (LCS-FHA, NP-FM50,

VF-58MC Multi-Coat Protector Filter)

HVL-IRM NightShot

®

Infrared Emitter

VCT-D680RM Remote Control

O P T I O N A L   A C C E S S O R I E S

Picture Effects:

Solarize, Sepia, Negative Art

ISO:

Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800

Scene Modes:

Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Portrait

Self-Timer:

Yes, 10 Seconds

Video Output:

Yes, NTSC/PAL Selectable

Still Image Modes:

JPEG (Fine/Standard), TIFF, RAW, Burst, Auto
Bracketing, Email, Voice Memo

MPEG Movie Mode:

MPEG VX (640 x 480 Standard, 16 fps/Fine, 30fps)

with Audio, Video Mail (160 x 112, 8fps) with Audio

Microphone/Speaker:

Yes/Yes

USB Terminal:

Yes, Supports USB 2.0

High Speed

Memory Stick PRO™ Media Compatibility

1

:

Tested to support up to 1GB

media capacity; does not support Access Control security function

Battery Type/Capacity:

InfoLithium

®

NP-FM50 1180mAH Rated

Supplied Software:

Pixela ImageMixer™ Software for Sony v1.5, RAW
Converter Software, USB Driver

OS Compatibility: 

Microsoft

®

Windows

®

98, 98SE, 2000, XP Home and

Pro, Me,; Macintosh

®

9.1/ 9.2/ X (10.0, 10.1, 10.2)**

Supplied Accessories:

NP-FM50 InfoLithium

®

Rechargeable Battery, 

AC-L15 AC Adapter/In-Camera Charger, A/V and USB Cables, Lens
Hood, Lens Cap with Strap, Shoulder Strap,  Software CD-ROM 

Dimensions:

5

16

" x 3 

9

16

" x 6 

3

16

" (134.4 x 91.1 x 156.7mm)

Weight:

2.12 lbs (955g) with accessories

Memory Stick

®

Media

Memory Stick PRO™ Media

Microdrive

RAW Fine/Standard

16MB

32MB

64MB

128MB

256MB

512MG

1GB

1GB

3264 x 2448 (8MP)

0/0

1/1

3/3

6/6

10/11

22/24

45/49

50/55

3264 x 2176 7MP (3:2)

-/-

-/-

-/-

-/-

-/-

-/-

-/-

-/-

2592 x 1944 (5MP)

0/0

1/1

3/3

6/6

11/12

23/25

48/51

54/57

2048 x 1536 (3MP)

0/0

1/1

3/3

6/7

12/12

25/26

51/53

56/58

1280 x 960 (1MP)

0/0

1/1

3/3

7/7

12/13

26/26

53/54

59/60

640 x 480 (VGA)

0/0

1/1

3/3

7/7

13/13

27/27

55/55

61/61

JPEG Fine/Standard

3264 x 2448 (8MP)

4/7

8/15

16/30

32/60

59/109

121/223

247/456

273/505

3264 x 2176 7MP (3:2)

4/7

8/15

16/30

32/60

59/109

121/223

247/456

273/505

2592 x 1944 (5MP)

6/11

12/23

25/48

51/96

92/174

188/354

384/723

426/801

2048 x 1536 (3MP)

10/18

20/37

41/74

82/149

148/264

302/537

617/1097

684/1217

1280 x 960 (1MP)

24/46

50/93

101/187

202/376

357/649

726/1320

1482/2694

1643/2988

640 x 480 (VGA)

97/243

196/491

394/985

790/1975

1428/3571

2904/7261

5928/14821

6573/16434

MPEG Movie VX Fine

640 x 480 (30 fps)

NA

NA

NA

NA

2 m 57 s

6 m 2 s

12 m 20 s

13 m 41 s

MPEG Movie VX Standard

640 x 480 (16.6 fps)

42 s

1 m 27 s

2 m 56 s

5 m 54 s

10 m 42 s

21 m 47 s

44 m 27 s

49 m 13 s

Video Mail (

160 x 112)

11 m 12 s

22 m 42 s

45 m 39 s

1 h 31 m 33 s

2 h 51 m 21 s

5 h 47 m 5 s

11 h 44 m 22 s

12 h 42 m 6 s

Recording Capacities

h = hours

m = minutes

s = seconds

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