Sony alpha 700 specifications Expanded creativity Beautifully simple operation

Expanded creativity Beautifully simple operation

Extending your mastery over light and colour

3-inch Xtra Fine LCD screen for ultra high resolution playback

Easy dial access to basic exposure and scene modes

The mode dial on the top of the provides direct access to Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority and Manual exposure modes, as well as a fully automatic Auto mode and six Scene Selection modes. Scene Selection modes apply optimised AF, drive mode, exposure, brightness, contrast, and other settings appropriate to each type of scene – for beautiful portraits, landscapes, sunsets, sports, macro photos and night scenes.

		Allows the camera to determine exposure and restrictions applied
	Auto mode	to other setting changes. Also, most photo shooting parameters are
		reset when Auto mode is selected
	Program mode	Shutter speed and aperture are set automatically, while other
		settings can be adjusted and saved
	Aperture priority mode	User sets aperture manually; camera selects optimum shutter
		speed automatically
	Shutter priority mode	User sets shutter speed manually; camera selects optimum
		aperture automatically
	Manual exposure mode	User sets both aperture and shutter speed
	Memory recall mode	Memory Recall of complete camera configuration. 28 individual
		parameters can be stored in 3 memories
	Portrait	For beautiful portraits with soft background defocusing
White balance bracketing
	Landscape	For crisp, vivid images of distant scenery and foreground subjects
	Macro	For clear, sharp images of flowers, insects and other small subjects
	Sports action	For sharp images of fast-moving subjects in bright light
	Sunset	For sunset images with rich red tones
	Night view/portrait	For beautiful images of night scenes/For balanced exposures
		of foreground subjects and background lights

*Image is simulated.

921,000 dot resolution for ultra-sharp image display

Anti-reflective coating assures excellent visibility outdoors

Without coating

(high reflectivity, low visibility)

With coating

(low reflectivity, high visibility)

Luminance

R channel

Colour temperature: 5500 k

Colour temperature: 5000 k Colour temperature: 6200 k

Versatile white balance colour control options

White balance settings

AWB (Auto WB)	Adjusts white balance automatically
Daylight	For outdoor subjects in bright sunlight
	(+3 to -3)
Shade	For outdoor subjects in shady areas on
	sunny days (+3 to -3)
Cloudy	For outdoor subjects under cloudy skies
	(+3 to -3)
Tungsten	For indoor subjects illuminated by
	incandescent light (+3 to -3)
Fluorescent	For indoor subjects illuminated by
	fluorescent light (+4 to -2)
Flash	For indoor subjects illuminated by flash

On-the-spot image review is one of the fundamental benefi ts of digital photography.

The maximises this advantage with its large new 3-inch, Xtra Fine LCD screen. With a pixel count approximately four times higher than typical 230K dot screens and contrast approximately

2.8 times higher than previous generation

Sony LCD screens, it offers a photo quality screen display resolution of 270 dpi, higher even than the 200 dpi required for printing. Hybrid construction and an anti-refl ective coating ensure that focus and fi ne details are easy to check – even when viewing outdoors.

G channel

B channel

Under normal shooting conditions, Auto white balance captures natural colours just as they’re perceived by the human eye. There’s also a range of preset and custom modes to achieve precisely the effect you want. In addition, white balance bracketing captures three frames at different white balance settings for easy best-shot selection.

	(+3 to -3)
Custom 1-3 /	For user-configurable custom white
Custom set-up	balance settings
Colour temperature	For white balance setting by colour
	temperature (2500K - 9900K)
Colour filter	For white balance setting by filter type
	(G9 - M9)

New RGB histogram and index display options

Single-frame view	Single-frame view
(with shooting info)	(with 4 previous/following images)

Built-in fl ash plus external fl ash synchro

The built-in fl ash offers a versatile range of modes, a guide number of 12 (ISO 100–m), and a maximum synchronisation speed of 1/250 sec. (1/200 sec. with Super SteadyShot®).

A new manual control mode allows users to regulate fl ash power regardless of metered exposure values. A synchro terminal enables the use of high-power grip-type external fl ash units and multi-fl ash studio systems.

External synchro	Built-in flash
terminal

The new 3-inch LCD monitor offers a range of new viewing and information display options. In addition to conventional histogram and fl ashing highlight/ shadow warning displays, RGB histogram colour balance checking is now added. A new view mode displays fi ve preceding/following frames above the current frame. This greatly simplifi es best-shot selection from a series of bracketed or sequential images. Index view displays 4, 9, or 25 thumbnail frames simultaneously.

4-frame index view 25-frame index view

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