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Alpha A58

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Lowest Price: £505.20

Sony Alpha A58 - 20mp Digital SLT with tilting rear screen and electronic viewfinder.
Availability
Discontinued No Edit
Year announced 2013 Edit
General
Lens Mounts
  • Sony A
  • Minolta AF
  • Sony Alpha
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Lens
Effective Magnification 1.5x Edit
Image Sensor
Pixels 20.1Mp (Megapixels) Edit
Pixels (W) 5456 Edit
Pixels (H) 3632 Edit
Sensor Type Exmor CMOS Edit
Sensor Size APS-C Edit
Sensor Size (width) 23.5mm Edit
Sensor Size (height) 15.6mm Edit
Aspect Ratio
  • 3:2
  • 16:9
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Pixel pitch No Data Edit
LCD Monitor
LCD Monitor 2.7in Edit
Brightness adjust Yes Edit
Tilting screen Yes Edit
Live view Yes Edit
Screen resolution 460k Edit
Touch Screen No Edit
Focusing
Focusing modes
  • Autofocus
  • Manual
  • Face Detection
  • Spot
  • AF Tracking
  • Multi
  • Centre
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Focusing Points No Data Edit
Auto Focus Sensitivity No Data Edit
Construction
Weather-sealed No Data Edit
Exposure Control
Shutter speeds shortest 1/4000sec Edit
Shutter speeds longest 30sec Edit
Bulb mode Yes Edit
Self Timer 10, 2 Edit
Exp modes
  • Program
  • Aperture-Priority
  • Shutter-Priority
  • Manual
  • Scene modes
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AE lock Yes Edit
Metering
  • Multi Pattern
  • Spot
  • Centre-weighted - Average
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ISO sensitivity 100 - 16000 Edit
White balance
  • Auto
  • Manual
  • Bracket
  • Outdoors/Daylight
  • Cloudy
  • Incandescent
  • Fluorescent
  • Shade
  • Flash
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Digital filter Yes Edit
Exposure Comp +/-3 Edit
Auto Exposure Bracketing 1/3 EV / 2/3 EV increments, 3 frames Edit
Viewfinder
Viewfinder field of view 100% Edit
Depth of field preview Yes Edit
Interchangable focusing screen No Edit
Viewfinder Resolution 1.44 million dots Edit
Magnification No Data Edit
Shooting Options
Continuous shooting 5fps Edit
Multiple exposure No Edit
Sound recording Yes Edit
Video
Movie mode Yes Edit
Video Resolution
  • 1920x1080 FullHD
  • 640x480 VGA
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Video FPS 50p, 50i, 25p Edit
Stereo Sound Yes Edit
Optical Zoom with Video Yes Edit
Flash
Flash Guide Number (ISO100/m) 10m Edit
Flash sync speed 1/160 Edit
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Fill-in
  • Rear Curtain
  • High speed sync
  • Wireless
  • Red eye reduction
  • Slow sync
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Flash sync socket
  • Hot shoe
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Flash compensation +/-2ev Edit
Flash Range No Data Edit
Shooting Performance
Shutter response No Data Edit
Focus speed - Wide No Data Edit
Focus speed - Telephoto No Data Edit
Switch on time to first photo No Data Edit
Shot to shot speed No Data Edit
Shot to shot speed - flash No Data Edit
Continuous shooting - JPEG No Data Edit
Continuous shooting - Flash No Data Edit
Continuous shooting - RAW No Data Edit
Other Features
Number of Custom Functions 0 Edit
Dust removal Yes Edit
Image Stabilisation Yes Edit
Histogram Yes Edit
Thumbnail / Index view Yes Edit
Video out No Edit
Slide show mode No Edit
Zoom playback 12x Edit
GPS enabled No Edit
Interface
HDMI Yes Edit
USB USB 2 Edit
Firewire No Edit
Platform
  • PC
  • MAC
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Wi-Fi No Edit
Ethernet No Edit
NFC No Data Edit
Bluetooth No Data Edit
Microphone Socket No Data Edit
Headphone Socket No Data Edit
Storage
Card Type
  • Memory Stick (Sony)
  • SD
  • SDHC
  • SDXC
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File Type
  • RAW
  • JPG
  • RAW + JPG
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Internal Memory No Data Edit
Power Source
Battery Type Infolithium NP-FM500H Edit
Battery Life (CIPA rating) 690shots Edit
Movie recording time No Data Edit
Box Contents
Box Contents Lens cap, Micro USB cable, Body cap, SAL-18552, rechargeable battery, Eyepiece cup, battery charger, shoulder strap, power cable Edit
Dimensions
Weight 492g Edit
Width 128.6mm Edit
Height 95.5mm Edit
Depth 77.7mm Edit

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