Cyber-shot DSC-WX500 Digital Camera (White)

The white Cyber-shot DSC-WX500 Digital Camera from Sony has an 18.2 MP BSI Exmor R CMOS Sensor and a powerful 30x optical zoom lens. In combination with the BIONZ X image processor, the sensor provides sharp imaging and fast autofocus speeds. The 30x optical zoom Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lens has a 35mm focal length equivalency of 24-720mm which covers a full range of shooting situations from wide angle to telephoto. In addition, the camera has 60x digital zoom to allow you to effectively double the optical zoom range for distant image capture.

Advanced Features

• Image Stabilization : Optical SteadyShot
• Photo Creativity : Yes
• Intelligent Auto : Yes
• Sweep Panorama : Intelligent Sweep Panorama (360)
• Anti Motion Blur : Yes
• Wi-Fi : Yes
• Face Detection : Yes (eight faces max)
• Smile Shutter™ technology : Yes
• Picture Effects : Toy camera / Pop Color / Posterization / Retro Photo / Soft High-key / Partial Color / High Contrast Mono. / Soft Focus / HDR Painting / Richtone Monochrome / Miniature / Watercolor / Illustration
• Superior Auto : Yes

Convenience Features

• Red-Eye Reduction : On / Off
• Erase/Protect : Erase: Single / Select / Date / Folder Protect: Select / Folder / Date

Drive System

• Continuous Shooting Speed : Approx. 10 fps (for up to 10 shots)
• Shutter Speeds : iAuto (4" - 1/2000) / Program Auto (1" - 1/2000) / Aperture Priority (8" - 1/2000) / Shutter Priority (30" - 1/2000) / Manual (30" - 1/2000)
• Self-timer : Off / 10sec. / 5sec. / 2sec. / 3 consecutive shots with 10sec. 5sec. or 2sec. delay selectable
• Drive Mode : Single, Continuous shooting, Self-timer, Self-timer (cont.)

Exposure System

• Exposure Compensation : +/- 3.0 EV, 1/3 EV step
• Minimum Illumination : [Movie]: Auto: 12lux (Shutter Speed 1/30) / High Sensitivity: 6lux (Shutter Speed 1/30)
• Exposure Settings : Intelligent Auto, Superior Auto, Program Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority, Manual Exposure, MR(Memory Recall) 1,2,3, Movie Mode (Intelligent Auto / Scene Selection), Panorama, Scene Selection
• Scene Mode(s) : Portrait, Advanced Sports Shooting, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Handheld Twilight, Night Portrait, Anti Motion Blur, Backlight Correction HDR, Pet Mode, Gourmet, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, Soft Skin, High Sensitivity
• Metering Modes : Multi Pattern, Center Weighted, Spot
• Metering Sensitivity : EV 2 to 16 (at ISO100 equivalent)
• ISO : [Still Image] Auto (ISO80-3200), 80/100/200/400/800/1600/3200, Multi-Frame NR: Auto (ISO80-3200 same as selected range in Auto), 100/200/400/800/1600/3200/6400 /12800
• Noise Reduction : Long exposure NR Multi Frame NR: Auto, ISO100-12800
• ISO Sensitivity (Movie) : [Movie] Auto: (ISO80 Level-ISO1600 Level) / High Sensitivity: (ISO80 Level-ISO3200 Level)
• White Balance Mode : Auto / Daylight / Shade / Cloudy / Incandescent / Fluor.: Cool White / Fluor.: Day White / Fluor.: Daylight / Flash / Custom / One Push, One Push Set

Flash

• Flash Modes : Auto / Flash On / Slow Sync. / Flash Off / Rear Sync.
• Flash Coverage : ISO Auto: Approx. 0.3m to5.4m (11 13/16 inches to 17 ft 8 19/32 inches) (W) / Approx. 2.5m to 3.0 m (8 ft 2 27/64 inches to 9 ft 10 7/64 inches) (T)

Focus Control

• AF Illuminator : Auto / Off
• Focus Area : Wide / Center / Flexible Spot (S/M/L) / Expanded Flexible Spot
• AF Modes : Single-shot AF, Continuous AF (Advanced sports & Movie Only)

Imaging Sensor

• Processor : BIONZ^® X
• Pixel Gross : 21.1 MP
• Color Filter System : RGB primary color mosaic filters
• Effective Picture Resolution : 18.2 MP
• Imaging Sensor : 1/2.3" (7.82mm) Exmor R^® CMOS sensor

Interface

• NFC : NFC forum Type 3 Tag compatible, One-touch remote, One-touch sharing
• HD Output : Multi / Micro USB Terminal, Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0), Micro HDMI
• Wi-Fi : Yes (IEEE802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz band))

LCD Display

• LCD Type : 3.0" (7.5cm) (4:3) / 921,600 dots / Xtra Fine / TFT LCD
• Angle Adjustment : Up by approx. 180 degrees
• Histogram : Yes (On / Off)
• Brightness Control : Manual (5 steps)

Optics/Lens

• Digital Zoom : Still Image: 18M Approx. 120x / 10M Approx. 161x / 5.0M Approx. 226x / VGA Approx. 459x / 13M (16:9) Approx.120x / 2.1M (16:9) Approx.306x Movie: Approx. 120x
• Optical Zoom : 30x (Optical Zoom during movie recording)
• Macro Mode : Yes (Auto)
• Minimum Focus Distance : iAuto: AF (W: Approx. 5cm (0.16 ft.) to Infinity, T: Approx. 250cm (8.20 ft.) to Infinity) / Program Auto: AF (W: Approx. 5cm (0.16 ft.) to Infinity, T: Approx. 250cm (8.20 ft.) to Infinity)
• Lens Groups-Elements : 11 elements in 10 groups (5 aspheric element)
• Lens Type : ZEISS Vario-Sonnar T* Lens
• Aperture (Max.) : F3.5 (W) - 6.4 (T)
• Steady Shot Mode:Active : Yes
• Clear Image Zoom : Still Image: 18M Approx. 60x / 10M Approx. 80x / 5.0M Approx. 113x / VGA Approx. 459x / 13M (16:9) Approx. 60x / 2.1M (16:9) Approx.153x Movie: Approx. 60x
• Aperture : iAuto (F3.5-F6.3(W)) / Program Auto(F3.5-F6.3(W) ) / Manual (F3.5-F8.0(W)) / Aperture Priority (F3.5-F8.0(W)) / Sutter Priority (F3.5-F6.3(W))
• Focal Length (35mm equivalent) : [Still Image 3:2] f=25-750mm, [Still Image 4:3] f=24-720mm, [Still Image 16:9] f=26.5-795mm, [Still Image 1:1] f=27.5-825mm [Movie 16:9] f=26.5-795mm (SteadyShot Standard), f=28-1180mm (SteadyShot Active), f=31-1210mm (SteadyShot InteligentActive), [Movie 4:3] f=32.5-975mm (SteadyShot Standard), f=34.5-1450mm (SteadyShot Active), 38-1480mm (SteadyShot InteligentActive)
• Aperture Blade : Iris diaphragm (5 blades)

Power

• Power Requirements : AC 100V to 240V, 50/60 Hz, 70mA
• Battery Type : NP-BX1
• Power Consumption (in Operation) : Approx. 1.4W
• Power Consumption (in View Finder Operation) : Still Images: Approx. 400 / Approx. 200min Movie (Actual shooting): Approx. 75min (In [MP4 28M] mode, max. continuous shooting time is approx. 20 min. and max. file size is 4GB.) Movie (Continuous shooting): Approx. 110 min (In [MP4 28M] mode, max. continuous shooting time is approx. 20 min. and max. file size is 4GB.)

Recording

• Panorama Still Image Size : Sweep Panorama: Wide (7,152 x 1,080/4,912 x 1,920) Standard: (4,912 x 1,080/3,424 x 1,920), 360 (11,520 x 1,080)
• Microphone/Speaker : Stereo / mono
• Still Image Size 1:1 : 1:1 mode: 13M (3,664 x 3,664) / 7.5M (2,736 x 2,736) / 3.7M (1,920 x 1,920)
• Audio Format : XAVC S: LPCM 2ch AVCHD: Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2ch (Dolby Digital Stereo Creator) MP4: MPEG-4 AAC-LC 2ch
• Video Format : XAVC S / AVCHD format Ver.2.0 compatible / MP4
• Video Mode : AVCHD: 28M PS (1,920 x 1,080/60p) 24M FX (1,920 x 1,080/60i) 17M FH (1,920 x 1,080/60i) 24M FX (1,920 x 1,080/24p) 17M FH (1,920 x 1,080/24p) XAVC S: 60p 50M (1,920 x 1,080/60p) 30p 50M (1,920 x 1,080/30p) 24p 50M (1,920 x 1,080/24p) MP4: 28M (1,920 x 1,080/60fps) 16M (1,920 x 1,080/30fps) 6M (1,280 x 720/30fps)
• Color Space : sRGB
• Still Image Size 16:9 : 16:9 mode: 13M (4,896 x 2,752) / 7.5M (3,648 x 2,056) / 2.1M (1,920 x 1,080)
• Still Image Size 3:2 : 3:2 mode: 16M (4,896 x 3,264) / 8.9M (3,648 x 2,432) / 4.5M (2,592 x 1,728)
• Still Image File Format : JPEG (DCF Ver.2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MRF Baseline complians)
• Media Type : Memory Stick Duo; Memory Stick PRO Duo; Memory Stick PRO Duo(High Speed); Memory Stick PROHG Duo; Memory Stick Micro; Memory Stick Micro (Mark2); SD Memory Card; SDHC Memory Card(UHS-I); SDXC Memory Card(UHS-I); microSD Memory Card; microSDHC Memory Card; microSDXC Memory Card
• Still Image Max Effective Resolution : Approx. 18.2 Megapixels
• Still Image Size 4:3 : 4:3 mode: 18M (4,896 x 3,672) / 10M (3,648 x 2,736) / 5M (2,592 x 1,944) / VGA
• Wind Noise Reduction : Off / On

Weights and Measurements

• Dimensions (Approx.) : W x H x D: 4 1/8" x 2 3/8" x 1 7/16" (101.6 x 58.1 x 35.5mm)
• Weight (Approx.) : Approx. 8.3oz (236g) (Battery and Memory Stick DUO are included)
• Weight(Approx) (Main unit only) : Approx. 7.4oz (209g)