Sony A57 User Manual

* 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, the 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 conventional unit, “Mired.”).

Ambient light* bracket
(e.g., 0.3 steps, 3 shots, 
Exposure compensation 0)

Flash bracket
(e.g., 0.7 steps, 3 shots, 
Flash compensation –1.0)

Shown in the top row.

Shown in the bottom row.

 on the control button t 

(WB bracket) t Select 

• When Lo is selected, it is shifted by 10 

MK

–1

*, and when Hi is selected, it is 

shifted by 20 MK

–1

.