Document Outline

• Table of contents
• Introduction of functions
• Before use
  • Notes on using your camera
  • Checking the supplied items
  • Identifying parts
    • Front side
    • Rear side
    • Top side
    • Sides
    • Bottom
    • Shoe adaptor
  • List of icons on the screen
    • List of icons on the LCD screen
    • List of icons on the display panel
• Functions list
  • Functions that can be operated with the buttons/dial
    • How to use the Quick Navi screen
    • How to use the silent multi-controller
  • Selecting a function with the Fn (Function) button
  • Functions that can be selected with the Fn (Function) button
  • The functions selected with the MENU button
  • Using the In-Camera Guide
• Preparing the camera
  • Charging the battery pack
  • Inserting the battery pack/memory card (sold separately)
    • Compatible memory cards
  • Attaching a lens
  • Setting the date and time
    • Setting up the date/time again
  • Adjusting the angle of the LCD screen
  • Shooting a clear image without camera shake
    • Camera shake warning indicator
    • Using the SteadyShot function
    • Holding the camera properly
  • Removing the Eyepiece cup
• Shooting and viewing images
  • Shooting still images
  • Recording movies
  • Playing back images
    • Switching between still images and movies
  • Deleting images
• Selecting a shooting mode
  • Selecting a shooting mode
    • Selecting the desired mode by rotating the mode dial
    • Auto Mode
    • Scene Selection
    • Sweep Panorama
    • Tele-zoom Cont. Priority AE
    • Program Auto
    • Aperture Priority
    • Shutter Priority
    • Manual Exposure
    • BULB
  • Functions available for each shooting mode
• Switching the recording information display
  • Switching the recording information display (DISP)
    • Selecting the screen mode
    • Histogram
    • Monitoring the subject through the lens without effects displayed
• Adjusting the focus
  • Adjusting the focus
    • Autofocus
    • Focus-lock
    • AF area
    • Object Tracking
    • Restricting the autofocus range (AF Range Control)
    • Adjusting the focus except for the shutter button (AF On)
    • AF illuminator
    • AF Micro Adj.
    • Manual focus
    • Enhancing the outline of in-focus ranges (Peaking)
    • Focus Magnifier
    • Direct manual focus (DMF)
    • AF/MF control
• Adjusting the brightness of the image
  • Exposure compensation
  • AE Lock
  • Metering Mode
• Using the drive mode
  • Selecting the drive mode
    • Shooting single shot
    • Cont. Shooting
    • Self-timer
    • Bracket: Cont./Single Bracket
    • WB bracket
    • DRO Bracket
    • Remote Cdr.
• Advanced shooting
  • Using the flash (sold separately)
    • Wireless flash
    • Slow Sync
    • Using a flash equipped with a flash sync terminal cord
  • Flash modes available
  • Flash Compensation
  • Flash control
  • FEL lock
  • Setting ISO
    • Multi frame noise reduction
  • Compensating for the brightness and contrast automatically (D-Range)
    • D-RangeOptimizer
    • Auto HDR
  • Setting the image processing
    • Picture Effect
    • Creative Style
  • Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
    • C.Temp./Filter
    • Custom white balance
  • Setting image size
    • Image Size
    • Panorama: Size
  • Setting the aspect ratio and image quality
    • Aspect Ratio
    • Quality
  • Detecting faces
    • Face Registration
    • Auto Port. Framing
  • Smile Shutter
  • Zooming
    • Zooming in in one step (Smart teleconverter)
    • Zooming in holding the current resolution of the image (Clear Image Zoom)
  • Reducing the noise in an image
    • Long Exposure NR
    • High ISO NR
  • Setting the color space
• Movie recording setup
  • Movie recording setup
    • Changing the tracking sensitivity of autofocus during movie recording
    • Recording movies with the shutter speed and aperture adjusted
    • File Format
    • Record Setting
    • Audio Rec Level
    • Audio Level Display
    • Checking the audio using headphones
    • Audio Output Timing
    • Audio Recording
• Advanced playback
  • Using the playback functions
    • Selecting the memory card used to be played back
    • Switching between still images and movies (View Mode)
    • Enlarging images
    • Switching to the display of the image list
    • Rotating an image
    • Slide Show
    • Playback Display
  • The screen displayed for playback mode
    • Switching the screen during playback
    • List of icons on the histogram display
  • Protecting images (Protect)
  • Specifying printing
    • Specifying DPOF
    • Date Imprint
  • Copying images
  • Deleting images (Delete)
    • Delete (Multiple Img.)
    • Deleting all images or movies visible in the current view mode
  • Viewing images on a TV screen
    • HDMI Info. Display
    • Using “BRAVIA” Sync
• Setup of the camera
  • Setting the other functions of the camera
    • Release w/o Lens
    • Grid Line
    • Auto Review
    • Func. of AEL button
    • ISO Button, AF/MF button, Preview Button
    • Custom button
    • Electronic Front Curtain Shutter
    • LCD Brightness
    • Viewfinder Bright.
    • Power Save
    • FINDER/LCD Setting
    • APS-C Size Capture
    • PAL/NTSC Selector (only for the 1080 50i-compatible device)
  • Lens compensation
    • Lens Comp.: Peripheral Shading
    • Lens Comp.: Chromatic Aberration
    • Lens Comp.: Distortion
  • Setting the method for recording on a memory card
    • Recording Mode
    • Format
    • File Number
    • Folder Name
    • Select REC Folder
    • New Folder
    • Recover Image DB
    • Upload Settings
  • Recording location information using the GPS feature (SLT-A99V only)
    • GPS Assist Data
    • GPS Auto Time Cor.
  • Registering your own settings
  • Resetting to the default
  • Confirming the software version
• Viewing images on a computer
  • Using the software
    • Using “Image Data Converter”
    • Using “PlayMemories Home”
    • Using “Remote Camera Control”
    • Recommended computer environment (Windows)
    • Recommended computer environment (Mac)
    • Installing the software (Windows)
    • Installing the software (Mac)
  • Connecting the camera to the computer
    • Setting the USB connection
    • Setting the LUN (Logical Unit Number) (USB LUN Setting)
    • Connecting to the computer
    • Importing images to the computer (Windows)
    • Importing images to the computer (Mac)
    • Disconnecting the camera from the computer
  • Creating a movie disc
    • Selecting the method for creating a disc of movies
    • Creating a high definition image quality (HD) disc (AVCHD recording disc)
    • Creating a standard definition image quality (STD) disc
    • Discs you can use with “PlayMemories Home”
    • Creating a disc with a device other than a computer
• Troubleshooting/Others
  • Troubleshooting
  • Warning messages
  • Cleaning the camera and a lens
  • Cleaning the image sensor
  • Precautions
  • To use your camera abroad - Power sources
  • AVCHD format
  • GPS (SLT-A99V only)
  • Memory card
  • Battery pack/ Battery charger
  • The License
• Index
  • Index