User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Notes on using your camera
- Table of Contents
- Preparing the camera
- Before your operation
- Shooting images
- Using the shooting function
- Selecting the focus method
- Using autofocus
- Shooting with your desired composition (Focus-lock)
- Selecting the focus method to suit the movement of the subject (Autofocus Mode)
- Selecting the focus area (AF area)
- Adjusting the focus manually (Manual focus)
- Composing your shot using the image sensor (Focus check Live View)
- Checking the focus by enlarging the image
- Detecting faces
- Using the flash
- Adjusting the brightness of the image (Exposure, Flash compensation, Metering)
- Shooting with fixed brightness (AE Lock)
- Using brightness compensation for the entire image (Exposure compensation)
- Adjusting the amount of flash light (Flash Compensation)
- Selecting the flash control mode to set the amount of flash light (Flash control)
- Selecting the method for measuring the brightness of a subject (Metering Mode)
- Setting ISO
- Compensating for the brightness and contrast automatically (D-Range)
- Image processing
- Adjusting the color tones (White balance)
- Selecting the drive mode
- Selecting the focus method
- Using the viewing function
- Changing your setup
- Viewing images on a computer
- Printing images
- Others
- Index
174
[Focus check Live View]
Image format
Image sensor for shooting
Frame coverage
Approx. 100%
[LCD monitor]
LCD panel 7.5 cm (3.0 type) TFT
drive
Total number of dots
921 600 (640 × 3 (RGB) ×
480) dots
[Exposure control]
Metering Cell
Live View
Exclusive image sensor for
Live View
Viewfinder
40-segment honeycomb-
pattern SPC
Focus check Live View
“Exmor” CMOS sensor
Metering method
Live View/Focus check
Live View
1200-zone evaluative
metering
Viewfinder
TTL shutter-open metering
Metering Range
Live View
1 EV to 17 EV on all
metering modes (ISO 100
equivalent with F1.4 lens)
Viewfinder
2 EV to 20 EV (4 EV to
20 EV on spot metering
mode) (ISO 100 equivalent
with F1.4 lens)
Focus check Live View
DSLR-A580
–2 EV to 17 EV on all
metering modes (ISO 100
equivalent with F1.4 lens)
DSLR-A560
–2 EV to 16 EV on all
metering modes (ISO 100
equivalent with F1.4 lens)
ISO sensitivity (Recommended
exposure index)
AUTO, ISO 100 to 12800
Exposure compensation
±2.0 EV (1/3 EV step)
[Shutter]
Type Electronically-controlled,
vertical-traverse, focal-
plane type
Speed range 1/4000 second to 30
seconds, bulb, (1/3 EV
step)
Flash sync speed
1/160 second
[Built-In-Flash]
Flash guide number
GN 12 (in meters at ISO
100)
Recycling time
Approx. 4 seconds
Flash coverage
Covering 18 mm lens
(focal length that the lens
indicates)
Flash compensation
±2.0 EV (1/3 EV step)