Sony SLT-A58K 20.1 MP α58 A-MOUNT CAMERA WITH APS-C SENSOR

Fast detail, easy creativity

Never miss the moment

Take the guesswork out of photography with an Exmor® APS HD CMOS 20.1 MP sensor and OLED viewfinder. Lock-on autofocus puts fast-moving subjects in your sights.

20.1 MP Exmor® APS HD CMOS sensor

Captures fine image detail even in low-light conditions.

BIONZ® image processor

Powerful processing engine significantly reduces image noise.

Lock on to moving subjects

The autofocus system has a fast, responsive lock-on function that tracks moving subjects and keeps them in sharp focus – whether you're shooting stills or video.

Shoot at eight frames per second

Capture sports and wildlife with bursts of eight shots per second

Stay sharp with 15-point autofocus

15-point AF system with three cross sensors for accurate focusing.

Get a true view

A high-contrast OLED Tru-Finder™ gives an accurate, real-time display of the shot you're about to take – right down to preview effects and exposure adjustments.

Smooth Full HD movies

Capture smooth, highly detailed, Full HD videos with continuous autofocus to track the action – even when you’re zooming in or out.

Get a helping hand with framing

Auto Object Framing automatically proposes a pro-style crop of your original picture. Whether you use the suggested version or your original is entirely up to you.

Right lens for the job

Macro, super-zoom telephoto, wide angle – there’s an A-mount lens for every occasion, including a choice of G Lens models by Sony and lenses from Carl Zeiss®.

Features

Get the detail with an Exmor® APS HD CMOS sensor

Sensitive from ISO 100 to 16000 and with 20.1 MP resolution, the sensor picks up every little detail even in low light

Enjoy a fast shooting response

Unlike a DSLR, Translucent Mirror technology means there’s no moving mirror so you can react quickly to get the shot you see

Compose with confidence

The high-contrast OLED Tru-Finder™ faithfully shows images as they will appear, factoring in any settings or exposure adjustments

Be ready for anything with a versatile zoom lens

From wide-angle 18 mm to standard 55 mm you’ve got every shot covered with a lightweight, compact and easy-to-use zoom lens

Lock on to fast-moving subjects

Great for sport and wildlife, the AF system has a lock-on function that tracks moving subjects and keeps them in sharp focus

Compose shots like a professional

Auto Object Framing automatically detects what you’re shooting and crops borders to create tighter, pro-style compositions

Make life easy with autofocus

Keep shots and videos in focus at all times with the 15-point AF system with three cross sensors and full-time continuous AF

Shoot Full HD movies, always in focus

Record Full HD videos with rapid phase detection tracking autofocus to keep even fast-moving subjects in focus

Shoot in high-speed bursts

Photograph fast-moving action at up to eight frames per second with continuous autofocus so every frame is crisp and clear

Say no to noise with the BIONZ® processor

The powerful image processing engine has dual noise reduction, ensuring low noise images with rich tones

Share films online quickly and easily

Shoot movies in either AVCHD 1080i or MP4 format, which is ideal for sharing on Facebook™ and YouTube™

Get the right settings every time

Intelligent Auto and Superior Auto automatically analyze scene and shooting conditions and adjust settings for optimum results

Share your memories on the big screen

The HDMI® output lets you enjoy your photos and videos in all their glory on your HD TV

See friends in their best light

Face Detection recognizes up to 8 faces in a scene, optimizing exposure, white balance, flash and other settings for portraits

Capture spectacular panoramas

Press the shutter and sweep the camera to capture extra-wide panoramic images

Add your own artistic Picture Effects

Give your photos a stylish feel with up to 15 creative effects including posterization, partial color, retro, toy camera, and more

Specifications

Lens Mount

Sony α mount
YES

Sony E mount
NO

Lens Compatibility

All types of Sony α lenses
YES
 

All types of Sony E lenses
NO

Minolta & Konica Minolta α/MAXXUM/DYNAX lenses
YES

Image Sensory

Image sensor type
Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor

Image sensor color filter
R, G, B, Primary color

Size (mm)
23.2 x 15.4 mm (APS-C size)

Camera

Total Sensor Pixels (megapixels)
Approx. 20.4

Effective Pixels (megapixels)
Approx. 20.1

Automatic White Balance
YES

White balance: preset selection
Auto/Daylight/Shade/Cloudy/Incandescent/Fluorescent/Flash

White balance: custom setting
YES

White balance: types of color temperature
2500–9900 k (G7 to M7,15-step) (A7 to B7,15-step)

White balance bracketing
3 frames, selectable 2 steps

ISO Sensitivity Setting
ISO100–16000 equivalent

SteadyShot INSIDE

System: Sensor-shift mechanism
YES

SteadyShot INSIDE scale (in viewfinder)
NO

Camera-shake warning (in viewfinder)
NO

SteadyShot INSIDE capability
Approx. 2.5 to 4.5 steps in shutter speeds *Varies according to shooting conditions and lens used

SteadyShot INSIDE compatibility
All Sony DSLR lenses and A-Mount bayonet lenses from Minolta and Konica Minolta

Anti-Dust

Charge protection coating
YES

Auto Focus System

TTL phase-detection system
YES

Contrast AF system
NO

SENSOR
15 points (3 points cross type)

Sensitivity Range (at ISO 100 equivalent); EV
-1 to 18

Eye Start AF System (on off selectable)
YES

AF Area: Wide focus area
YES (auto with 15 areas)

AF Area: Spot
YES

AF Area: Local focus area selection
YES

AF Area: Multi Point
NO

AF Area: Center-Weighted
NO

AF Area: Flexible Spot
NO

AF Modes
Single-shot AF, Automatic AF, Continuous AF

Predictive Focus Control
YES

Focus Lock
YES

AF Illuminator
YES (built-in, flash type)

AF Illuminator range (ft)
Approx. 3.3–16.4

Auto Exposure System

Light metering type
1200-zone evaluative metering

Light metering cell
Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor

Light metering: Multi segment
YES

Light metering: Spot
YES

Light metering: Center-Weighted
YES

Exposure: Automatic
YES

Exposure: Program Auto
YES

Exposure: iAUTO
YES

Exposure: AUTO+
NO

Superior Auto
YES

Exposure: Shutter priority
YES

Exposure: Aperture priority
YES

Exposure: Manual
YES

Exposure: Scene selection
YES

Sweep Panorama
YES

Anti-Motion Blur
NO

AE Lock
YES

Exposure compensation
YES, +/- 3.0 EV (1/3 EV steps)

AE Bracketing
With 0.3 EV, 0.7 EV, 1.0 EV, 2.0 EV, 3.0 EV increments, 3 frames

Shutter

TYPE
Electronically controlled, vertical-traverse, focal-plane type

Shutter Speed Range (s)
1/4000–30 and bulb

Flash Sync Speed; s
1/160

Flash Sync Speed (With Steady Shoot On); s
1/160

Flash

Built-in-Flash Guide Number (in feet at ISO 100)
32.81

Flash Metering System
ADI/Pre-flash TTL

Flash Compensation
+/- 2.0 EV (1/3 EV steps)

Built-in-Flash Recycling Time (approx. time in seconds)
4

Flash Mode
Autoflash, Fill-flash, Slow sync, Rear flash sync, Red-eye reduction

Wireless flash mode
YES (with optional compatible accessory flash)

Red-Eye Reduction
YES

Flash Pop-up
Auto

Viewfinder

TYPE
Electronic, Xtra Fine

Focusing Screen
NO

Field of View (%)
100

Magnification (with 50 mm lens at infinity)
0.88x

Eye Relief
Approx. 1.04 in from the eyepiece (Magnification setting : Maximum) Approx. 0.91 in from the eyepiece (Magnification setting: Standard)

Diopter Adjustment
-4.0 to +4.0m-1

Live View

Live View
YES

LCD screen

Screen Size
2.7 in (6.7 cm)

Monitor Type
TFT

LCD Total Dot Number
460800

Brightness adjustable
YES

Tilting screen
YES

Recording

Drive Mode
Single, Continuous, 10 seconds and 2 seconds Self-timer, Bracket (continues, single, white balance bracket)

Continuous-Advance Rate (approx. frames per second at maximum)
max. 8 fps

Number of Continuous Advance
Tele-zoom Continuous Advance priority AE] Fine: 16 images/Standard: 19 images, Continuous shooting- Fine: 7 images/Standard: 8 images/RAW & JPEG: 5 images/RAW: 6 images

Recording Media
Memory Stick PRO Duo™, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™, Memory Stick XC-HG Duo™, SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards

Recording Format
JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver. 2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format), RAW & JPEG

Image Size L - JPEG (pixels)
5456 x 3632 (20 M)

Image Size M (pixels)
3872 x 2576 (10 M)

Image Size S (pixels)
2736 x 1824 (5 M)

Panorama size: Max. degrees of sweep angle (focal length 16 mm/18 mm)
Wide: horizontal 12,416 x 1,856 (23 M), vertical 5,536 x 2,160 (12 M), Standard: horizontal 8,192 x 1,856 (15 M), vertical 3,872 x 2,160 (8.4 M)

3D Panorama size: Max. degrees of sweep angle (Focal length:16 mm/18 mm)
NO

Still Image quality
RAW, RAW+JPEG, JPEG Fine, JPEG Standard

Movie Recording Format
AVCHD/MP4

Video Compression
MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)

Audio Recording Format
Dolby Digital (AC-3)/MPEG-4 AAC-LC, 2 ch

Movie recording mode - AVCHD
1920 x 1080 (50 i 24 Mbps, 50 i 17 Mbps, 25 p 24 Mbps, 25 p 17 Mbps)

Movie recording mode - MP4
1440 x 1080 (Approx. 25 fps, 12 Mbps (Average bit rate)

Noise Reduction (Long exp.NR)
On/Off, available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second

Noise Reduction (High ISO NR)
YES

Noise Reduction (Multi Frame NR)
YES

Color Space (sRGB)
YES

Color Space (Adobe RGB)
YES

Color mode/DEC/Creative styles
Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Black & White, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness

Dynamic Range Optimizer
Off, Auto, Advanced: Level

Playback/Edit

White/Black Out Alert
YES

Index Playback
YES

Enlarge (Maximum magnification)
L: 15x, M: 11x, S: 7.7x

Image Rotation
YES

Auto Image Rotation
YES

General

InfoLITHIUM Battery Indicator
YES

Histogram Indicator
YES

Exif
YES

Exif Print
YES

PictBridge
NO

Menu Language
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Greek, Turkish

Zone Matching
NO

Depth-of-Field Preview
YES

PRINT Image Matching III
YES

Remote Release Terminal
YES

IR Remote Control
NO

DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)
YES

Indicator of remaining memory space
YES

Beep Sound
On/Off selectable

File Number Memory
On/Off selectable

Folder Name Mode
Standard and Date

Operating Temperature (degrees C)
0–40

Jacks

Video Out
NO

HD/HDMI® Out
YES

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
YES

USB Mode
Mass storage, MTP

Power/Others

Battery System
NP-FM500H

Supplied Battery
NP-FM500H

Stamina (battery life in CIPA condition)
Approx. 690 shots (Viewfinder)/approx. 700 shots (LCD monitor) (CIPA standard)

Weight (oz) (Body only)
Approx. 17.35

Dimensions

Width (inch)
5.063

Height (inch)
3.76

Depth (inch)
3.06