Sony A 65 Manual

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Selecting the drive mode
Shooting (Advanced operations)Notes When the mode dial is set to M, the exposure is shifted by adjusting the shutter 
speed.
 When you adjust the exposure, the exposu re is shifted based on the compensated 
value.
 The bracket cannot be used when the  exposure mode is set to AUTO, AUTO+, 
Continuous Advance Priority AE, Sweep  Panorama, 3D Sweep Panorama, or Scene 
Selection.
 When the flash is fired, flash bracket shooti ng is used to shift the amount of flash 
light. To shoot, press the shutter button shot by shot even when [Bracket: Cont.] is 
selected.
The EV scale in  bracket shooting
1 on the control button  t 
(Bracket: Cont.) or 
(Single Bracket)  t Select 
the desired bracket step
2Adjust the focus and shoot the subject.
The base exposure is set at the first shot in the bracket.
 Press and hold the shutter button until recording stops when [Bracket: 
Cont.] is selected.
 Press the shutter button shot by shot when [Single Bracket] is selected.
Ambient light* bracket
0.3 steps, 3 shots
Exposure compensation 0 Flash bracket
0.7 steps, 3 shots
Flash compensation –1.0
Viewfinder
LCD monitor (When 
[DISP Button(Monitor)] 
is set to [For 
viewfinder]) Shown in the top row. Shown in the bottom row. 
						

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* Ambient light: Any light other than the flash light that shines on the scene for an extended period of time, such as natural light,  a light bulb, or a 
fluorescent light.
 In bracket shooting, the same number of indices as the number of  recordable images is displayed on the EV scale.
 When the bracket shooting starts, th e indices that indicate already 
recorded images start to disappear one by one.
Based on the selected white balance,  and the color temperature/color filter, 
3 images are recorded with  the white balance shifted.
*MK–1: a unit to indicate the color conversion quality in color temperature filters (The 
same value as the conve ntional unit, “Mired.”).
You can shoot using the SHUTTER and 2SEC (the shutter is released after 
2 seconds) buttons on the RMT-DSLR1 Wireless Remote Commander 
(sold separately). Also, refer to the operating instructions  supplied with the 
Wireless Remote Commander.
WB bracket
1 on the control button t  
(WB bracket)  t Select 
the desired setting
 When Lo is selected, it is shifted by 10 
MK–1*, and when Hi is selected, it is 
shifted by 20 MK–1.
2Adjust the focus and shoot the subject.
Remote Cdr. 
						

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Shooting (Advanced operations)
Note The RMT-DSLR1 Wireless Remote Commander (sold separately) cannot be used 
for movie recording.
1 on the control button t  
(Remote Cdr.)
2Focus on the subject, point t he transmitter of the Wireless 
Remote Commander to the remote sensor, and shoot the 
image. 
						

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Playback (Advanced operations)Playback
The screen displayed for playback 
mode
Each time you press DISP on the control button, the screen changes as 
follows.
A
Switching the screen during playback
List of icons on the histogram display
With recording data Histogram Without recording 
data
DisplayIndication
Memory card (22, 206)
View mode (146)
100-0003 Folder - file number 
(177)
  Aspect ratio of still 
images (157)
3D Sweep Panorama (40, 
91)24M 12M 
6.0M 20M 
10M 5.1M 
 
  Image size of still images 
(48)
   
  Image quality of still 
images (157)
- Protect (149)
DPOF DPOF set (182)
DisplayIndication 
						

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The screen displayed for playback mode
Playback (Advanced operations)
B* When the image has a high-key or low-key portion, that portion is flashed 
on the histogram display (Luminance 
limit warning).
Remaining battery 
warning (23)
Remaining battery (23)
  Database file full (197)/
Database file error (197)
Overheating warning (11)
DisplayIndication
Histogram* (82)
     
 P A S 
M          Exposure mode (37)
1/125 Shutter speed (97)
F3.5 Aperture (95)
ISO200 ISO sensitivity (127)
 –0.3 Exposure compensation 
(44)
 –0.3 Flash compensation (122)
   Metering mode (122)
35mm Focal length
Creative Style (132)
  Picture Effect (131)
AWB     
5500K A1 
M1 White balance (Auto, 
Preset, Color 
temperature, Color filter, 
Custom) (134)
DisplayIndication
 
   D-Range Optimizer 
(128)/Auto HDR/Auto 
HDR image warning 
(129)
2011-1-1
10:37AM Date of recording
3/7 File number/Number of 
images in the view mode
DisplayIndication 
						

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Using the playback functions
To return to the normal playback screen
Press the   button again.
Notes You cannot rotate movies.
 When you copy rotated images to a computer, “PMB” contained on the CD-ROM (supplied) can display the rotated images correctly. However, the images may not be 
rotated depending on the software.
Selects the unit for images  to be played back.
MENU button t  1  t [View Mode]  t Select the desired 
setting
Rotating an image
1Display the image you want to 
rotate, then press the   button.
 button
2Press the center of the control button.
The image is rotated counter-clockwise. When you want to do another 
rotation, repeat step 2.
 Once you rotate the image, the image is played back in the rotated position, 
even after you turn off the power.
View Mode
Folder View(Still) Displays still images by folder.
Folder View(MP4) Displays movies (MP4) by folder.
AVCHD View Displays only AVCHD View movies. 
						

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Playback (Advanced operations)
MENU button t  1  t [Slide Show] t [Enter]
Plays back recorded im ages in order (Slide Show). The slide show 
automatically stops after all the  images have been played back.
 You can view the previous/next image with  b/B  on the control button.
 You cannot pause the slide show.
To end in the middle of the slide show
Press the center of the control button.
To choose the interval betw een the images in slide show
MENU button t  1  t [Slide Show]  t [Interval]  t Select 
the desired number of seconds
To play back repeatedly
MENU button  t  1  t [Slide Show]  t [Repeat]  t [On]
To play back 3D-images
If you connect the camera to a 3D-com patible TV using an HDMI cable 
(sold separately), you can play back  3D-images recorded with the 3D 
Sweep Panorama mode. For details on 3D-shooting, see page 205. Also 
refer to the operating instructions supplied with the TV.
MENU button  t  1  t [Slide Show]  t [Image Type]  t 
[Display 3D Only]
You can set the playback orientatio n of images recorded in portrait 
orientation.
MENU button  t  2  t [Playback Display]  t Select the 
desired setting
Slide Show
Playback Display 
						

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Using the playback functions
Select a panoramic image, then press the center of the control 
button.
• Pressing it again pauses the playba ck. You can scroll a panoramic image 
by pressing  v/V /b /B during pause.
Note Scrolling playback is not available for im ages that were recorded with [3D Pan.: 
Image Size] set to [16:9].
Scrolling panoramic images 
						

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Playback (Advanced operations)
Protecting images (Protect)
You can protect images against accidental erasure.
To cancel the protection of all the images or movies
You can cancel the pr otection of all the images or  movies by the same view 
mode currently displayed.
MENU button  t  1  t [Protect]  t [Cancel All Images], 
[Cancel All Movies(MP4)] or [C ancel All AVCHD view files]
1MENU button t  1  t [Protect]  t [Multiple Img.]
2Select the image you want to 
protect with  b/B on the control 
button, then press the center of 
the control button.
A   mark is put in the check box.
• To cancel a selection, press the center 
again.
3To protect other images, repeat step 2.
 You can select all the images in the folder by selecting the bar on the left of the image index screen.
4Press the MENU button.
5Select [OK] with  v, then press the center of the control button. 
						

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Deleting images (Delete)
You can delete only unnecessary images, or all the images.
Once you have deleted an image, you cannot restore it. Check whether to 
delete the image or not beforehand.
Note Protected images cannot be deleted.
To display the desired folder
Select the bar on the left of the imag e index screen with the control button, 
then select the desired folder with  v/V .
Delete (Multiple Img.)
1MENU button  t  1  t [Delete]  t [Multiple Img.]
2Select the images you want to 
delete with the control button, 
then press the center of the 
control button.
A   mark is put in the check box.
 To cancel a selection, press the center 
again.
Total number
3To delete other images, repeat step 2.
 You can select all the images in the folder by selecting the bar on the left of the image index screen.
4Press the MENU button.
5Select [OK] with  v, then press the center of the control button.