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Sony dSLR alpha 700



Digital Features & Controls



The a700's menu system is called-up by depressing the MENU button near the top left corner of the LCD monitor. The first press brings up the "Quick Navi" screen where you can quickly change camera settings using the Front or Rear Control dials or the Multi-selector "joystick". A second press of the Menu button calls up the main camera system menus. Menu choices are confirmed by depressing the center of the Multi-selector.

There are 5 menus:

  • "Quick Navi"
  • Recording
  • Custom
  • Setup
  • Playback (please see next page)


    Sony dSLR alpha 700

    "Quick Navi" screen - Quickly change camera settings:

    • Exposure
    • AF area
    • Drive mode
    • White balance
    • ISO
    • D-Range optimizer
    • Creative Style
    • Flash mode
    • Flash compensation
    • Image size
    • Image quality



    Sony dSLR alpha 700

    Recording Menu 1

    • Image size:
        - Large - 4272 x 2848 - 12 megapixel
        - Medium - 3104 x 2064 - 6.4 megapixel
        - Small - 2128 x 1424 - 3 megapixel

    • Aspect ratio:
        - 3:2 or 16:9

    • Quality:
        - RAW - uncompressed
        - cRAW - compressed
        - RAW & JPEG
        - cRAW & JPEG
        - xFine
        - Fine
        - Standard

    • D-Range Optimizer - Automatically optimizes image quality:
        - Off
        - Standard
        - Advanced Auto
        - Advanced: Level Lv1 - Lv5

    • Creative Style - 4 Pre-programmed image styles:
        - Standard
        - Vivid
        - Neutral
        - Adobe RGB

    • Custom button assignment:
        - Assign 1 of 15 functions to the Custom button located on the rear of the camera

    • Exposure step:
        - Select a 0.5 or 0.3 compensation increment for shutter speed, aperture and exposure

    Recording Menu 2

    • Flash mode:
        - AUTO: Auto flash
        - Fill-flash
        - REAR: Rear sync
        - WL: Wireless

    • Flash control:
        - ADI flash - Advanced Distance Integration, calculated with pre-flash and distance info
        - Pre-flash TTL- calculated with pre-flash info only
        - Manual flash

    • Flash compensation: - Change amount of flash without adjusting the exposure compensation

    • ISO Auto max - Automatically adjusts ISO with the selected value set to the upper limit:
        - 1600
        - 800
        - 400

    • ISO Auto min - Automatically adjusts ISO with the selected value set to the lower limit:
        - 400
        - 200

    Recording Menu 3

    • AF-A setup:
        - AF-A- Use Automatic Auto Focus
        - DMF - Use Direct manual focus

    • AF area:
        - Wide
        - Spot
        - Local

    • Priority setup - Set setting for shutter release:
        - AF - Shutter can not be released when focus is not confirmed
        - Release

    • AF illuminator:
        - Auto
        - Off

    • AF w/shutter - Adjust focus by pressing shutter button 1/2 way:
        - On
        - Off

    • Long exp. NR - Long exposure noise reduction:
        - On
        - Off

    • High ISO NR - Noise reduction for ISO 1600 or above:
        - High
        - Normal
        - Low

    Recording Menu 4

    • Memory - Register your own frequently used modes and settings

    • Rec mode reset:
        - You can reset the main functions of the recording mode when the Mode Dial is set to P, A, S or M



    Sony dSLR alpha 700

    Custom Menu 1

    • Eye-Start AF - Focus is confirmed when you hold the grip and look into the viewfinder:
        - On
        - Off

    • EyeStart trigr. - You can start Eye-Start without holding the grip:
        - w/ GripSensor
        - w/o GripSensor

    • AF/MF button - Choose to have AF/MF button used as Auto Focus Lock button :
        - AF/MF control - Default setting
        - AF lock

    • AF/MF control:
        - Hold - AF and MF are switched only while button is held down
        - Toggle - Press and release button to switch between AF and MF

    • AF drive speed:
        - Fast
        - Slow

    • AF area disp. - When the shutter button is pressed 1/2 down AF area is highlighted in red:
        - 0.6 seconds
        - 0.3 seconds
        - Off

    • FocusHold Button - Changes function of lens equipped with Focus Hold button:
        - Focus hold
        - DOF preview

    Custom Menu 2

    • AEL button - Change function of Auto Exposure Lock button:
        - AEL hold - Locks while button is held
        - AEL toggle - Locks when button is pressed once, press again and lock is released
        - Spot AEL hold - Locks while button is held and performs spot metering
        - Spot AEL toggle - Locks when button is pressed once the camera performs spot metering, press again and lock is released

    • Ctrl dial setup - In P or M mode, sets shutter speed and aperture with Control dials:
        - SS - F/no. - Front Control dial sets shutter speed, real dial sets aperture
        - F/no. - SS - Front Control dial sets aperture, real dial sets shutter speed

    • Dial exp. comp - You can control exposure with Control dials:
        - Off
        - Front dial
        - Rear dial

    • Control dial lock :
        - On
        - Off

    • Button ops - Change function of ISO, WB, Drive or C buttons to display Quick Navi menu:
        - Exclusive disp
        - Quick Navi

    • Release w/oCard - keeps shutter locked if memory card is not inserted:
        - Enable
        - Disable

    • Release w/oLens - keeps shutter locked if lens is not mounted:
        - Enable
        - Disable

    Custom Menu 3

    • Red eye reduc:
        - On
        - Off

    • Exp. comp. set:
        - Ambient&flash
        - Ambient only

    • Bracket order:
        - Uses 0 EV in shooting first picture which presents best shooting opportunity
        - Ordered from low to high exposure

    • Auto review - length of post-shoot image display on LCD:
        - 10 sec
        - 5 sec
        - 2 sec
        - Off

    • Auto off w/VF - Turns off LCD when eyepiece sensors determine photographer is looking into viewfinder:
        - On
        - Off

    • Rec.info.disp. - Sets recording info display to rotate when camera is in vertical position:
        - Auto rotate
        - Horizontal

    • Img.orientation - sets whether image orientation is recorded with image:
        - Record
        - Not record

    Custom Menu 4

    • Custom reset - Custom menus are all set to default settings



    Sony dSLR alpha 700

    Setup Menu 1

    • Info.disp.time - Sets time recording info appears on display:
      - 1 min
      - 30 sec
      - 10 sec
      - 5 sec

    • Power save - Sets Power Save delay:
      - 30 min
      - 10 min
      - 5 min
      - 3 min
      - 1 min

    • Video output:
      - NTSC
      - PAL

    • HDMI output - HDMI signal to TV is determined automatically but you can change the setting:
      - HD (1080i) prior.
      - HD (720p) prior.
      - SD priority

    • Language - Select from 6 choices provided

    • Date/Time setup - Set camera date and time

    Setup Menu 2

    • Memory card:
      - Memory Stick
      - HD (720p) prior.
      - CompactFlash

    • File number:
      - Series
      - Reset

    • Folder name:
      - Standard form
      - Date form

    • Select folder - When standard form folder is selected you can select which folder to use

    • USB connection:
      - Mass storage
      - PTP - for use with PictBridge printer
      - Remote PC - For controlling camera with Remote Camera Control application (included)

    Setup Menu 3

    • Menu start:
      - Top - Starts menu screen at beginning
      - Previous - Displays the previously selected menu screen first

    • Delete confirm - Set default of confirmation screen when the Delete key is pressed:
      - "Delete" first
      - "Cancel" first

    • Audio signals:
      - On
      - Off

    • Cleaning mode - Sets camera to turn off after cleaning

    • Reset default - Resets main functions of camera







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