Sony Alpha CA649W - Manual (Page 12)

B/W Image Style Vario-Sonnar T* 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM (SAL1635Z), 1/100sec., F11, +0.7 EV, ISO 200, white balance: daylight
Rich tonal gradation and color; suitable
for a wide range of subjects and scenes
Heightened contrast and saturation;
suitable for subjects such as flowers, spring
foliage, sky scenes and ocean views
Attenuated saturation and sharpness;
provides a neutral starting point for
images that are to be post-processed
For images with rich, natural skin tones;
ideal for portraits
Heightened contrast, saturation and
sharpness for crisp detail and vivid color;
ideal for landscapes and scenic views
For black and white images
For clear images with limpid colors in the
highlights; helps evoke a sense of
radiant light
For images with deep and dense color;
helps evoke a sense of depth and solidity
For images with bright, uncomplicated
color expression; helps evoke a light,
refreshing ambience
Saturated reds for warm, beautiful
images of the setting sun
Attenuated contrast for more faithful
reproduction of night view tonalities
Saturated reds and yellows for scenic
views of autumn foliage
For monochromatic sepia-tone imaging
Standard
Creative Style settings
Vivid
Neutral
Portrait
Landscape
B/W
Clear
Deep
Light
Sunset
Night view
Autumn
leaves
Sepia
Creative Style image matrix
In addition to the parameters shown in this diagram, each Creative Style setting
also has a different effect on color reproduction, white balance, sharpness and
tone curve, providing exceptionally fine control over the final image. (Selecting
a different Creative Style setting will not produce the same results even if the
basic brightness, contrast and saturation settings are the same.)
1) Standard, 2) Vivid, 3) Neutral, 4) Clear, 5) Deep, 6) Light, 7) Portrait,
8) Landscape, 9) Sunset, 10) Night view, 11) Autumn leaves
Vivid Image Style Landscape Image Style Night View Image Style
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Unlimited creativity and image control
System requirements
Express your personal vision
The 900’s Creative Style options
are designed to make it easy for
you to achieve your artistic and
photographic goals. A total of 13
Image Styles is offered, and all of
them can be customized to suit
your preference. Adjustment
parameters include contrast,
saturation, sharpness, brightness
and zone matching (no saturation
adjustment on monochrome Sepia
or B/W), enabling you to achieve the
precise tonalities and artistic effect
that your creative goals require.
Windows Vista ® 8 Microsoft Windows
Windows 2000 Vista ® 8 /
Windows XP 8 SP3 / Windows Vista 8 SP1
Pentium ® 4, or faster Pentium 4, or faster
Power PC G4 / G5 Intel ® Core TM
(1.0gHz or faster recommended)
Intel Core Solo / Core Duo /
Core 2 Duo, or faster recomended
Windows XP 8 SP3 /
Windows Vista 8 SP1
Macintosh ®
256MB, or more IGB, or more IGB, or more
Mac OS X (v 10.4 / v 10.5)
Image Data Converter SR / Image Data Lightbox SR /
Remote Camera Control PMB
OS 7
CPU
Memory
Remote Camera Control
Improved Remote Camera Control
software expands your shooting
horizons by enabling you to capture
images remotely and record them
directly on your computer’s hard disk
drive. A new interval recording function
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has also been added to the program’s
impressive feature set, which includes
virtually all basic camera controls, as
well as white balance, image quality,
and D-Range Optimizer settings.
PMB (Picture Motion Browser) for
easy photo library management
Offering an extremely easy and
intuitive way to organize and browse
your photo library, PMB is perfect for
day-to-day image file management.
Photos can be quickly organized into
folders, tagged, ranked and titled
to make them easier to find later on.
In addition, a new Face Search
function helps you locate other photos
in your library in which a particular
person appears.
Image Data Converter SR for
image conversion and editing
Powerful new Image Data Converter
SR software enables quick, responsive
conversion and editing of full-resolution
24.6-megapixel RAW data image files.
It also features an intuitive new inteface
for easy adjustment of exposure, white
balance, contrast, hue, sharpness and
tone curve. It also boasts an improved
D-Range Optimizer function and a new
Peripheral Illumination function that
compensates for light fall-off at image
corners caused by vignetting.
Image Data Lightbox SR for
image comparison and sorting
Our Image Data Lightbox SR software
for comparing, sorting, and
organizing RAW and JPEG images
has also been updated to offer faster
thumbnail display, more filtering
options, and improved compatibility
with Remote Camera Control
software. The enhanced filtering
options now include the ability to sort
by camera or lens model name, or by
color label or user rating. In addition,
support for drag & drop selection of
images to be previewed or compared
allows faster and more intuitive photo
library management.