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Startup guide

Step 1: Inserting the battery pack/memory card into the

camera

For details on memory cards that can be used with this camera, refer to

page 44.

1

Open the battery/memory

card cover.

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2

Insert the battery pack while

Lock lever

pressing the lock lever with

the tip of the battery until the

battery locks into place.

3

Insert the memory card.

• With the notched corner facing

in the direction illustrated, insert

the memory card until it clicks

into place. Otherwise, it may

cause a malfunction.

4

Close the cover.

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Hint

• When you use a memory card with the camera for the first time, it is

recommended that you format the card on the camera for more stable

performance of the memory card (page 42).

To remove the battery pack

Make sure that the access lamp

Lock lever

(page 17) is not lit, and turn off

the camera. Then, slide the lock

lever and remove the battery pack.

Be careful not to drop the battery

pack.

To remove the memory card

Make sure that the access lamp

(page 17) is not lit, and then

push in the memory card once to

remove it.

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Step 2: Charging the battery pack while it is inserted in

the camera

1

Turn the power off.

2

Connect the camera

with the battery pack

inserted to the AC Adaptor

(supplied) using the micro

USB cable (supplied), and

connect the AC Adaptor

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to the wall outlet (wall

socket).

Charge lamp on the camera (orange)

Lit: Charging

Off: Charging finished

Flashing: Charging error or charging paused temporarily because the

camera is not within the proper temperature range

• Charging time (full charge): approximately 150 min (when charging a

fully depleted battery pack at a temperature of 25°C (77°F))

• When you use a completely new battery pack or a battery pack that

has not been used for a long time, the charge lamp may flash quickly

when the battery is charged. If this happens, remove the battery pack

or disconnect the USB cable from the camera and then re-insert it to

recharge.

• Be sure to use only genuine Sony brand battery packs, micro USB

cables (supplied) and AC Adaptors (supplied).

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Step 3: Attaching a lens

1

Remove the body cap from the

camera and the rear lens cap

from the rear of the lens.

• When changing the lens,

work quickly in a dust-free

environment to keep dust or

debris from getting inside the

Body cap

camera.

Rear lens cap

2

Mount the lens by aligning

the two white index marks

(mounting indexes) on the

lens and camera.

• Hold the camera with the lens

facing down to prevent dust

or debris from entering the

camera.

3

While pushing the lens lightly

toward the camera, turn the

lens slowly in the direction of

the arrow until it clicks into

the locked position.

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Note

• Be sure to hold the lens straight and do not use force when attaching a lens.

• Do not press the lens release button when attaching a lens.

• The Mount Adaptor (sold separately) is required to use an A-mount lens

(sold separately). For details, refer to the operating manual supplied with the

Mount Adaptor.

• When carrying the camera with a lens attached, hold both the camera and

the lens firmly.

• Do not hold the part of the lens that is extended for zoom or focus

adjustment.

To remove the lens

Keep pressing the lens release

button and turn the lens in the

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direction of the arrow until it stops.

Lens release button

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List of MENU items

For details on each MENU items, refer to the Help Guide.

(Camera Settings1)

Red tab

Quality/Image Size

Quality

Sets the image quality for still images.

([RAW]/ [Fine], etc.)

Image Size

Selects the size of still images.

(L/ M/ S)

Aspect Ratio

Selects the aspect ratio for still images.

Panorama: Size

Selects the size of panoramic images.

Panorama: Direction

Sets the shooting direction for panoramic images.

Long Exposure NR

Sets noise reduction processing for shots with a

shutter speed of 1 second or longer.

High ISO NR

Sets noise reduction processing for high-sensitivity

shooting.

Color Space

Changes the color space (range of reproducible

colors).

Lens Comp.

Selects the type of lens compensation.

Shoot Mode/Drive

Auto Mode

You can shoot selecting either Intelligent Auto or

Superior Auto.

Scene Selection

Selects pre-set settings to match various scene

conditions.

([Portrait]/ [Sports Action], etc.)

S. Auto Img. Extract.

When the shooting mode is set to [Superior Auto]

and the camera recognizes the scene to be shot

with multiple images, this sets whether to extract an

image automatically and save it.

Drive Mode

Sets the drive mode, such as for continuous

shooting.

([Self-timer]/ [Cont. Bracket], etc.)

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Bracket Settings

Sets self-timer shooting in bracket mode, shooting

order for exposure bracketing, and white balance

bracketing.

/ Recall

Calls up settings pre-registered to

[

/ Memory].

/ Memory

Registers the desired modes and camera settings.

AF

Focus Mode

Selects the focus mode.

([Single-shot AF]/ [Continuous AF], etc.)

Priority Set in AF-S

Sets the timing of the shutter release when

[Focus Mode] is set to [Single-shot AF], [DMF] or

[Automatic AF] with a still subject.

Priority Set in AF-C

Sets the timing of the shutter release when

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[Focus Mode] is set to [Continuous AF] or

[Automatic AF] with a moving subject.

Focus Area

Selects the area of focus.

([Wide]/ [Flexible Spot], etc.)

AF Illuminator

Sets the AF illuminator, which provides light to aid

focusing in dark scenes.

Center Lock-on AF

Sets the function to track a subject and continue

focusing when pressing the center of control wheel

in the shooting screen.

AF System

Sets the auto focus method when an LA-EA1/LA-EA3

Mount Adaptor (sold separately) is attached.

AF w/ shutter

Sets whether to perform auto focusing when the

shutter button is pressed halfway down. This is

useful when you want to adjust the focus and

exposure separately.

Pre-AF

Sets whether or not to perform auto focus before

the shutter button is half pressed.

Eye-Start AF

Sets whether to use auto focus when you look

through the viewfinder if an LA-EA2/LA-EA4 Mount

Adaptor (sold separately) is attached.

AF Area Auto Clear

Sets whether the focus area is displayed all the time

or disappears automatically shortly after focusing.

Disp. cont. AF area

Sets whether or not to display the focus area in

[Continuous AF] mode.

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AF Micro Adj.

Finely adjusts the autofocused position, when

using the LA-EA2 or LA-EA4 Mount Adaptor

(sold separately).

Exposure

Exposure Comp.

Compensates for the brightness of the entire image.

ISO

Sets the ISO sensitivity.

([ISO AUTO], etc.)

ISO AUTO Min. SS

Sets the slowest shutter speed at which ISO

sensitivity will start to change in [ISO AUTO] mode.

Metering Mode

Selects the method for measuring brightness.

([Multi]/ [Spot], etc.)

Spot Metering Point

Sets whether to coordinate the spot metering point

with the focus area when [Focus Area] is set to

[Flexible Spot] or [Expand Flexible Spot].

Exposure step

Selects the size of the increment step for shutter

speed, aperture, and exposure compensation.

AEL w/ shutter

Sets whether to lock the exposure when the shutter

button is pressed halfway down. This is useful

when you want to adjust the focus and exposure

separately.

Exposure Std. Adjust

Adjusts the standard for the correct exposure value

for each metering modes.

Flash

Flash Mode

Sets the flash settings.

Flash Comp.

Adjusts the intensity of flash output.

Exp.comp.set

Sets whether to reflect exposure compensation

value to flash compensation.

Red Eye Reduction

Reduces the red-eye phenomenon when using

flash.

Color/WB/Img. Processing

White Balance

Corrects the tone effect of the ambient light to shoot

whitish objects in a white tone.

([Auto]/ [Daylight], etc.)

Priority Set in AWB

Selects which tone to prioritize when shooting under

lighting conditions such as incandescent light with

[White Balance] set to [Auto].

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DRO/Auto HDR

Analyzes the contrast of light and shadow between

the subject and the background by dividing the

image into small areas, and creates an image with

the optimal brightness and gradation.

Creative Style

Selects the desired image processing.

You can also adjust contrast, saturation, and

sharpness.

([Vivid]/ [Portrait], etc.)

Picture Effect

Shoots images with a texture unique to the selected

effect.

([Toy Camera]/ [Rich-tone Mono.], etc.)

Picture Profile

Changes settings such as color and tone when

recording images.

* This function is for skilled movie creators.

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Soft Skin Effect

Sets the Soft Skin Effect and the effect level.

Focus Assist

Focus Magnifier

Enlarges the image before shooting so that you can

check the focus.

Focus Magnif. Time

Sets the length of time the image will be shown in

an enlarged form.

AF in Focus Mag.

Sets whether or not to autofocus when an enlarged

image is being displayed. While the enlarged image

is being displayed, you can focus within a smaller

area than the flexible spot.

MF Assist

Displays an enlarged image when focusing

manually.

Peaking Level

Enhances the outline of in-focus areas with a

specific color when focusing manually.

Peaking Color

Sets the color used for the peaking function.

Face Detection/Shoot Assist

Smile/Face Detect.

Selects to detect faces and adjust various settings

automatically. Sets to automatically release the

shutter when a smile is detected.

([Off]/ [On (Regist. Faces)]/ [On]/ [Smile Shutter])

Face Registration

Registers or changes the person to be given priority

when focusing.

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Auto Obj. Framing

Analyzes the scene when capturing faces, close-ups,

or subjects tracked by the Lock-on AF function, and

automatically trims and saves another copy of the

image with a more impressive composition.

(Camera Settings2)

Purple tab

Movie

Movie/S&Q Motion

Sets the exposure mode when shooting movies

or slow-motion/quick-motion movies.

File Format

Selects the movie file format.

([XAVC S 4K]/ [AVCHD], etc.)

Record Setting

Selects the bit rate and frame rate for the

movie size.

S&Q Settings

Changes the settings for slow-motion and

quick-motion movie shooting.

Dual Video REC

Sets whether to simultaneously record an

XAVC S movie and MP4 movie or an AVCHD

movie and MP4 movie.

AF drive speed

Switches focusing speed when using autofocus

in movie mode.

AF Track Sens

Sets the AF tracking sensitivity for the movie

mode.

Auto Slow Shut.

Sets the function that automatically adjusts the

shutter speed following the brightness of the

environment in movie mode.

Audio Recording

Sets whether to record audio when shooting

a movie.

Audio Rec Level

Adjusts the audio recording level during movie

recording.

Audio Level Display

Sets whether to display the audio level.

Wind Noise Reduct.

Reduces wind noise during movie recording.

Marker Display

Sets whether to display markers on the monitor

when recording movies.

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Marker Settings

Sets which markers to displayed on the monitor

when recording movies.

Shutter/SteadyShot

Silent Shooting

Shoots images without a shutter sound.

e-Front Curtain Shut.

Sets whether to use the electronic front curtain

shutter function.

Release w/o Lens

Sets whether to release the shutter when the

lens is not attached.

Release w/o Card

Sets whether to release the shutter when a

memory card is not inserted.

SteadyShot

Sets whether to activate SteadyShot for

shooting.

SteadyShot Settings

Sets SteadyShot settings.

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Zoom

Zoom

Sets the zoom scale for zoom functions other

than the optical zoom.

Zoom Setting

Sets whether to use the Clear Image Zoom and

Digital Zoom when zooming.

Zoom Ring Rotate

Assigns the zoom in/out to the rotational

direction of the zoom lens. This function is

only available with a power zoom lens that is

compatible with this function.

Display/Auto Review

DISP Button

Sets the type of information to be displayed on

the monitor or in the viewfinder when the DISP

button is pressed.

FINDER/MONITOR

Sets the method for switching the display

between the electronic viewfinder and the

monitor.

Finder Frame Rate

Sets the frame rate for the viewfinder when

shooting still images.

Zebra

Displays stripes to adjust brightness.

Grid Line

Displays grid lines for adjusting the image

composition.

Exposure Set. Guide

Sets the guide displayed when exposure

settings are changed in the shooting screen.

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Live View Display

Sets whether to reflect settings such as

exposure compensation in screen display.

Auto Review

Sets auto review to display the captured image

after shooting.

Custom Operation

Custom Key(Shoot.)

Assigns functions to the various keys so that

you can perform operations more quickly by

pressing the keys when shooting images.

Custom Key(PB)

Assigns functions to the keys so that you can

perform operations more quickly by pressing

the keys when playing back images.

Function Menu Set.

Customizes the functions displayed when the

Fn (Function) button is pressed.

Dial/Wheel Setup

Sets the function of the control dial and the

control wheel when the exposure mode is

set to M. You can adjust the shutter speed or

aperture with this setting.

Dial/Wheel Ev Comp

Adjusts the exposure compensation with the

control dial or the control wheel.

MOVIE Button

Enables or disables for the MOVIE button.

Dial/Wheel Lock

Sets whether to disable the control dial and

the control wheel temporarily by using the Fn

button when shooting. You can disable/enable

the control dial and the control wheel by

pressing and holding down the Fn button.

Audio signals

Selects whether to sound a beep during auto

focus or self-timer operations.

(Wireless)

Green tab

Send to Smartphone

Transfers images to display on a smartphone.

Send to Computer

Backs up images by transferring them to a

computer connected to a network.

View on TV

Allows you to view images on a network-

enabled TV.

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One-touch(NFC)

Assigns an application to One-touch (NFC). You

can call up the application when shooting by

touching an NFC-enabled smartphone to the

camera.

Airplane Mode

Disables wireless communications from the

device such as Wi-Fi, NFC, and Bluetooth

function.

Wi-Fi Settings

Allows you to register your access point

and check or change the Wi-Fi connection

information.

Bluetooth Settings

Controls the settings for connecting the camera

with a smartphone via a Bluetooth connection.

Loc. Info. Link Set.

Obtains location information from the paired

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smartphone and records it to captured images.

Edit Device Name

Changes the device name under Wi-Fi Direct,

etc.

Reset Network Set.

Resets all the network settings.

(Application)

Light Green tab

Application List

Displays the application list. You can select the

application you want to use.

Introduction

Displays instructions on using the application.

(Playback)

Blue tab

Delete

Deletes an image.

View Mode

Plays back images from a specified date or

specified folder of still images and movies.

Image Index

Displays multiple images at the same time.

Display Rotation

Sets the playback orientation for images shot

vertically.

Slide Show

Plays a slide show.

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Rotate

Rotates the image.

Enlarge Image

Enlarges the playback images.

Protect

Protects recorded images against accidental

erasure.

Specify Printing

Specifies in advance on the memory card which

still images to print out later.

Photo Capture

Captures a chosen scene in a movie to save as

a still image.

(Setup)

Yellow tab

Monitor Brightness

Adjusts the brightness of the screen.

Viewfinder Bright.

Sets the brightness of the electronic viewfinder.

Finder Color Temp.

Sets the color temperature of the viewfinder.

Gamma Disp. Assist

Converts an S-Log image into an image with

contrast equivalent to a normal gamma setting

when it is displayed to assist monitoring.

Volume Settings

Sets the volume for movie playback.

Upload Settings

Sets the upload function of the camera when

using a commercially available Eye-Fi card.

Tile Menu

Sets whether to display the tile menu every

time you press the MENU button.

Mode Dial Guide

Turns the mode dial guide (the explanation of

each shooting mode) on or off.

Delete confirm.

Sets whether [Delete] or [Cancel] is preselected

in the delete confirmation screen.

Display Quality

Sets the display quality.

Pwr Save Start Time

Sets the time intervals to automatically switch

to power save mode.

Auto Pwr OFF Temp.

Sets the camera temperature at which the

camera turns off automatically during shooting.

When shooting in hand-held mode, set to

[Standard].

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