Record Screens & Menus

(Note: Please excuse the quality of these screen captures, Sony does not provide an Audio/Video cable with the A33, so we had to photograph the LCD.)

This is the A33 in Live View mode. The LCD offers a wide range of information to choose from. You can change the amount of information displayed onscreen by pressing the DISPlay button. The above animation shows the different options you may choose from; including the digital level feature.


 



Here we show what happens when you half-press the shutter release, and autofocus is successful. The AF points turn green, and a green AF successful dot is displayed in the lower left.



The scene position on the mode dial will bring up the selections shown above. This is an easier way to create the best shot possible without having to manually change settings.

 
 

Record Menu:

• Image size - Large (14M), Medium (7.4M), Small (3.5M) in 3:2 aspect, 12M, 6.3M, 2.9M in 16:9 aspect
• Aspect ratio - 3:2 (default) or 16:9 (HDTV)
• Quality - RAW (uncompressed), RAW & JPEG, Fine, Standard
• Movie File Format - AVCHD, MP4
• Movie Audio Record - On or Off
• SteadyShot - On or Off
• Flash control - ADI flash or Pre-flash TTL
  
• AF illuminator - Auto or Off
• Color Space - sRGB or AdobeRGB
• Long exposure NR - On (default) or Off
• High ISO NR - Auto or Weak
  

 

Record FN Menu

• Drive mode - Single, Hi/low-continuous, Self-timer (10 or 2 seconds), Bracket Continuous (0.3ev or 0.7ev), WB bracket low or high, remote Cdr.,
  
• Flash mode - Auto, Fill, Off, Rear sync, Slow sync, Wireless
  
• AF Mode: - Single-shot AF, Automatic AF or Continuous AF
• AF Area: - Wide AF, Spot, Local Area Selection
• Face Detection - On of Off
  
• Smile Shutter - On or Off
  
• ISO - Choose from Multi Frame Noise Reduction, Auto, or 100 - 12800
  
• Metering: - Multi segment, Center weighted, Spot
• Flash EV Comp. - ±2EV (1/3 EV increments)
• White balance: - Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Flash, Color Temp., Color Filter, Custom
  
• D-Range Optimizer: - Off, Auto or Choose Level (1 - 5; Weak to Strong), Auto HDR (0 - 6.0ev)
  
• Creative Style - Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, B/W

Custom Menu

• Eye-start AF - On or Off
• Finder/LCD setting - Auto or Manual
  
• AEL Button - AEL hold or AEL toggle
• Focus Hold Button - focus hold or D.O.F. Preview
• Focus Magnifier - On or Off
  
• Red eye reduc. - On or Off (default)
• Release w/o Lens - Enable or Disable
• Grid Line - On or Off
• Histogram - On or Off
• Display Rec. Data - Live View or Viewfinder
  
• Auto review - 10/5/2 seconds or Off

This is the A33 recording a movie. Simply press the red record button on the back of the camera to start and press again to stop recording. The SLT-A33 offers various movie mode options, including full 1080i (60fps) HD video via AVCHD format, 1080p (30fps) .MP4, and standard 480P (30fps) video (also .MP4 format). Thanks to the A33's TMT or SLT design, you have blazing fast Autofocus in movie mode, just like in still more.

Setup Menu

• LCD brightness - Adjust the LCD backlight intensity
• Viewfinder Brightness - Adjust Brightness of viewfinder
  
• Power save (LV) - Live View mode, enter power save mode after 10, 20 secs. or 1, 5, or 30 mins.
• CTRL FOR HDMI - On or Off
• Language - Select language
  
• Help Guide disp. - On or Off
• USB connection - Mass Storage or PTP
• Audio signals - Camera sounds, on or off
• Cleaning mode - Clean the image sensor
• Version - Confirm the firmware version of the camera
• Demo Mode - On or Off
  
• Reset default - Return all settings to default
  

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