Never miss a moment ever again with SLT-A57. Thanks to its revolutionary Translucent Mirror Technology, you'll be able to achieve fast and accurate phase-detection autofocusing and rapid shooting speeds of up to 12 dynamic close-up shots per second.
15-point AF system with 3 cross sensors
Beautiful results every time you shoot
AVCHD Ver 2.0 (Progressive) Full HD Movie at 60p (50p)*
Make movies with extraordinary quality
World's** first Auto Portrait Framing
Shoot your memories like a pro
Clear Image Zoom
Get closer with more clarity
New Tru-Finder
Enjoy greater viewing ease
16.1 MP Exmor™ APS HD CMOS Sensor
Capture your memories in stunning detail
Without Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor
With Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor
15-point AF System With 3 Cross Sensors
Make every memory a runaway hit
Shooting your subjects even when they are moving or in areas that have poor or low light is now a breeze. With the three vertically aligned cross sensors, the new 15-point AF system ensures that you get fast and accurate TTL phase detection autofocusing wherever and whenever you shoot. You can also give your movies the creative touch with our four AF area modes (Wide, Zone, Spot or Local).
AVCHD Ver 2.0 (Progressive) Full HD Movie At 60p (50p)*
Making flawless movies is easy
Record your memories in full HD and experience quality that's even smoother and clearer than ever before. Capture high frame rate of 60p (50p)* with greater ease and make what you shoot an instant favourite with a57.
World's* First Auto Portrait Framing
Snapping balanced shots is now a breeze
Sony introduces the World's* first auto portrait framing feature to help you shoot remarkably balanced portraits with a professional touch. Your close-ups will look stunning, thanks to the dramatic trimming function. This feature also automatically saves an additional optimally framed image of all your shots to give you results that are truly amazing.
Clear Image Zoom
Enjoy amazingly clear close-ups
Clear Image Zoom utilises By Pixel Super Resolution Technology to zoom in to your shots with more clarity. It virtually doubles your zooming range to that of a standard lens. So you can create dramatic close-ups, enjoy greater shooting flexibility and take more advantage of the brightness of compact single focus lenses.
Enhanced Object Tracking
The newly improved Object Tracking feature helps track your subjects with speed and precision. When your subject is a person, it automatically switches between face detection tracking and object tracking, depending on whether the person is facing the camera or away.
Superior Auto Mode
Enjoy the convenience of point-and-shoot with Superior Auto mode. It automatically detects, analyses and adjusts the camera settings to achieve optimal results. This feature also helps you choose the ideal setting by combining the innovative technologies of Intelligent Auto Focus, Motion Detection and Intelligent Scene Recognition. Getting beautiful photos, even in challenging conditions and low light is now easier.
D Range Optimizer
Bring out highlight and shadow detail in high-contrast lighting conditions when shooting portraits, or in continuous shooting mode with a high-speed BIONZ™ Processor.
Shading And Aberration Compensation For Interchangeable Lenses
The a57 compensates for the shading and aberration characteristics of the lens you mount. This includes vignetting, lateral chromatic aberration and optical distortion, which can each be activated or deactivated through the menu as desired. Embedded data on supported A-mount lenses+ enures optimal compensation.
+SAL1650, SAL1855, SAL18250, SAL55200-2, SAL1680Z, SAL16105, SAL24F20Z, SAL85F14Z, SAL135F18Z, SAL70300G, SAL35F18 and SAL50F18.
Auto HDR
Capturing three frames rapidly and digitally combining them into one, Auto HDR achieves greater shadow and highlight detail than normal exposure on images.
SteadyShot INSIDE
Image stabilization enables the capture of sharp images easily in macro, indoor and other situations where use of a tripod or flash is not convenient.
Bionz Image Processing Engine
BIONZ Image Processing Engine drastically reduces the picture noise level and achieves high accuracy in auto-focusing, exposure auto-correction and auto white balancing; creating more natural and vibrant images in different shooting environments.
Hand-held Twilight
Automatically combining six frames taken at high speed into one, natural looking images can be taken in low light without flash or a tripod, with minimal blurring or noise.
