Sony DSLR-A560 User Manual

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Camera Type

Interchangeable Lens 
Digital Camera

Lens

A-mount lens

Image format

DSLR-A580
23.5 mm×15.6 mm (APS-
C format) “Exmor” CMOS 
image sensor
DSLR-A560
23.4 mm×15.6 mm (APS-
C format) “Exmor” CMOS 
image sensor

Total pixel number of image sensor

DSLR-A580
Approx. 16 700 000 pixels
DSLR-A560
Approx. 14 600 000 pixels

Effective pixel number of camera

DSLR-A580
Approx. 16 200 000 pixels
DSLR-A560
Approx. 14 200 000 pixels

System

Image sensor-shift 
mechanism

Effect

Approx. 2.5 EV to 4 EV in 
shutter speed (depending 
on shooting conditions and 
the attached lens)

System

Charge protection coating 
on Low-Pass Filter and 

image sensor-shift 
mechanism

System

TTL phase-detection 
system (Contrast AF 
method is selectable in 
focus check Live View 
mode)

Metering points

15 points (3 points cross 
type) (11 points in 
viewfinder mode)

Sensitivity Range

–1 EV to 18 EV (at ISO 
100 equivalent)

AF illuminator

Approx. 1 m to 5 m 
(3.3 feet to 16.4 feet)

Type

Pentamirror tilt mechanism

Image format

Exclusive image sensor for 
Live View

Frame coverage

Approx. 90%

Type

Fixed eye-level penta-
Dach-mirror

Frame coverage

Approx. 95%

Magnification

0.80 × with 50 mm lens at 
infinity, –1 m

–1

 (diopter)

Eye Point

Approximately 19 mm 
from the eyepiece, 15 mm 
from the eyepiece frame at 
–1 m

–1

Dioptor Adjustment

–2.5 m

–1

 to +1.0 m

–1