SLT-A37M

Capture your moments perfectly with Sonys exclusive Translucent

Mirror Technology DSLR with superb performance whether youre
shooting HD movies or still images. Tele-zoom High Speed Shooting at
up to 7 frames per second, complete with continuous auto focus. Highseed auto focusing is visibly faster in Live View and HD Movie modes.

Translucent Mirror Technology

Conventional DSLRs can shoot. Or they can focus with the speed and precision of Phase
Detection AF. They cannot do both at once. The SLT-A37 utilizes Translucent Mirror Technology
that directs light to both the image sensor and the Phase Detection AF sensor simultaneously.

16.1 megapixel resolution

You get incredible detail and gorgeous enlargements. Thanks to the 16.1 megapixel APS-C
sensor size and Sony Exmor APS HD CMOS technology, the camera achieves high resolution
with no penalty in low-light sensitivity or sensor noise.

ISO 16000 sensitivity

Incredibly clear low-light pictures without sacrificing detail, made possible by the low-noise
Exmor APS HD CMOS image sensor and refined BIONZ image processor.

Full HD 1080/60i/24p movies1

This is one of the very few DSLRs with super smooth 1080/60i/24p Full HD recording capability.
Records in your choice of 1080/60i or 24p AVCHD format or in PC-friendly 1080/30p MP4 format.1

Tele Zoom High Speed Shooting

The translucent mirror makes it far easier to capture the decisive soccer kick or your baby at her
absolute cutest. The Tele Zoom High Speed shooting mode shoots up to 7 fps at 8.4 MP while
maintaining continuous auto focus and auto exposure.

Auto Portrait Framing

Simply photograph a person and Auto Portrait Framing will save an additional, optimally framed
image in portrait or landscape orientation. Combining Face Detection and By Pixel Super
Resolution technologies with rule of thirds, Auto Portrait Framing provides beautifully composed
and appealingly balanced full resolution portraits.

Eye-Level Electronic Viewfinder

The eye-level finder is one of the reasons people love DSLRs. But that finder goes dark whenever
you shoot HD Movies. The Sony SLT-A37 enables you to shoot movies with the added stability
you get holding the camera up to your face and using the eye-level finder for framing a scene
and focus. The Tru-finder Electronic Viewfinder (EVF) is super bright, easy to see with an ultrasharp 1.1x magnification factor. For those who require a longer eye-point (eyeglass wearers), it
also provides a function for adjusting the finder magnification ratio.

Tilting 3 230K LCD dot screen

Tilt LCD up 135 or down 55 to frame high- and low-angle shots that would otherwise be hit-ormiss.

Clear Image Zoom

Utilizing Sonys exclusive By Pixel Super Resolution Technology, Clear Image Zoom increases the
effective focal length of your lens up to 2x by digitally magnifying the center of your image with
nearly imperceptible degradation that provides greater shooting flexibility.

Superior Auto+ mode

Get cleaner, more dynamic pictures and fewer missed shots. Unifies and simplifies Sony intelligent
technologies, the camera automatically recognizes the correct scene mode, then quickly shoots
and combines up to six shots to produce images with greater clarity, optimum dynamic range
using Auto HDR technology and lower image noise using 3 shots layering technology.

Sony Exmor technology

Conventional image sensors use only a handful of analog-to-digital (A/D) converters, which can
slow you down. The Exmor sensor provides more than 4,000 column-parallel A/D converters.
This helps enable continuous shooting at up to 7 frames per second.

BIONZ image processor

The brains of the camera is a refined version of Sony's BIONZ image processor. Its chroma noise
reduction delivers high-resolution, low-noise photos even at ISO 16000 sensitivity. Also enables up
to 5.5 fps continuous shooting at full resolution, Sweep Panorama mode and more.

Specifications
Camera
Lens
Compatibility

Sony A-mount lens

Lens Mount

Sony A-mount

Camera Type

Sony A-mount
interchangeable
lens digital
camera

Panorama Still
Image Size

Imaging Sensor
Imaging Sensor

Processor

Exmor APS HD
CMOS sensor (23.4
X 15.6mm)
BIONZ image
processor

Anti Dust

Charge protection
coating on LowPass Filter and
Image Sensor-Shift
mechanism

Pixel Gross

Approx. 16.5
megapixels

Effective
Picture
Resolution

Approx. 16.1
megapixels

Focal Length
Conversion
Factor

1.5x

Color Filter
System

RGB primary color

filters

Video Format

AVCHD Ver. 2.0/

MP4 compliant
/ MPEG-4 AVC
(H.264)

Video Mode

AVCHD: 1920
x 1080/ 60i
(60i/24Mbps/ FX,
60i/17Mbps/ FH,
24p/24Mbps/ FX,
24p/17Mbps/ FH)
MP4 HD: 1440 x
1080/ 30p (29.97
Progressive)
Approx. 12Mbps
(Average bit-rate)
MP4 VGA: 640 x
480/ 30p (29.97
Progressive)
Approx. 3Mbps
(Average bit-rate)

Recording

Media Type

Memory Stick PRO

Duo, Memory
Stick PRO-HG
Duo, SD memory
card, SDHC
memory card,
SDXC memory
card

Color Space

sRGB, AdobeRGB

Still Image
Mode

JPEG (Standard,
Fine), RAW,
RAW+JPEG

Still Image Size

16:9

L: 4912 x 2760
(14M), M: 3568
x 2000 (7.1M), S:
2448 x 1376 (3.4M)

Still Image Size

3:2

L: 4912 x 3264
(16M), M: 3568
x 2368 (8.4M), S:
2448 x 1624 (4M)

Horizontal Wide:
12,416 x 1,856
(23M)
Horizontal Std.:
8,192 x 1,856 (15M)
Vertical Wide:
2,160 x 5,536 (12M)
Vertical Std.: 2,160
x 3,872 (8.4M)
3D Sweep
Panorama:
Horizontal Wide:
7152 X 1080 (7.7M)
Horizontal Std.:
4912 X 1080 (5.3M)
16:9: 1920 X 1080
(2.1M)

LCD Display
LCD Type

2.6 TFT Clear

Photo LCD
(230,400 pixels)

Angle
Adjustment

Tilt angle: Up
approx. 135
degrees, down 55
degrees

Brightness
Control

Auto/Manual (5
steps between
-2 and +2)/Sunny
Weather

Coverage

100%

Live View

Continuous Live
View (LCD/EVF
Auto, selectable)

Real-time
image
adjustment
display

Reflects: exposure
compensation,
white balance,
creative style

Histogram

Yes (On/off)

Peaking

Yes (Level: High/

Mid/Low/Off,
Color: White/Red/
Yellow)

Grid Display

Yes (On/off)

Customization

Grid, Histogram
display, Grid Line,
Magnified display
for playback

Video
Resolution

Focus System

TTL phase
detection AF
(CCD line sensors)

Video Signal

NTSC color, EIA

standards

Focus Points

15 points (3 points
cross type)

Audio Format

Dolby Digital
(AC-3) / MPEG-4
AAC-LC, 2ch

AF Modes

Microphone/
Speaker

Built-in Stereo
Microphone

Single-shot
AF(AF-S),
Continuous
AF(AF-C), Auto
selectable(AF-A)

Focus Area

Wide (auto, 15
points), Zone,
Spot, Local
(15 local areas
selectable)

Focus Sensitivity

-2 EV to +17 EV (at
ISO100 equivalent
with F1.4 lens
attached)

Focus Features

Tracking Focus,
Predictive control
(AF-A,AF-C), Focus
lock, Eye-start AF

Optics/Lens
Sony A-mount

Viewfinder
Type

0.46" SVGA
Xtra Fine EVF
(Electronic
viewfinder)
(1,440,000 pixels)

Diopter
Adjustment

-4.0 to +4.0m-1

Field of View

100%

Magnification

1.09x (with 50mm

lens at infinity,
-1m-1 )

Advanced 1200zone evaluative

metering

Metering
Modes

Multi-segment,
Center-weighted,
Spot

Metering
Sensitivity

-2EV to 17EV (at

ISO 100 equivalent
w/ f/1.4 lens)

Exposure
Compensation

2.0 EV (in 0.3 EV

steps)

Exposure
Settings

iAUTO, Flash Off,

Superior Auto,
Scene Selection,
Sweep Panorama,
3D Sweep
Panorama,
Tele-zoom
Continuous
Advance Priority
AE, Movie,
Programmed
AE (P), Aperture
priority (A),
Shutter-speed
priority (S), Manual
(M)

Scene Mode(s)

Portrait,
Landscape,
Macro, Sports
Action, Sunset,
Night Portrait,
Night View, Handheld Twilight

Picture Effect(s)

11 modes
(15 effects):
Posterization
(Color, B/W), Pop
Color, Retro Photo,
Partial Color
(R,G,B,Y),
High Contrast
Monochrome, Toy
Camera, Soft Highkey, Soft Focus,
HDR Painting,
Rich-tone
Monochrome,
Miniature

D-Range
Optimizer

Off, Dynamic
Range Optimizer
(Auto/Level), Auto
High Dynamic
Range (Off,
Auto Exposure
Difference,
Exposure
difference Level
(1-6EV, 1.0EV
step))

Auto Exposure
Lock

Available with AE
lock button. AE is
also locked when
focus is locked
in multi-segment
metering
mode.

Focus Control

1920x1080/60i
(59.94i, 29.97p
sensor output)

Lens Mount
Type

Metering

AF Illuminator

Built-in flash,
Range: approx. 3'
- 15' (1m-5m)

Exposure System

Color
Temperature

2500 - 9900 k
with 15-step
Magenta / Green
compensation

Creative Style

Standard,
Vivid, Portrait,
Landscape,
Sunset, B/W
(Contrast,
Saturation,
Sharpness
adjustable in +/-3
steps)

ISO

Noise
Reduction

White Balance
Mode

Auto: 100 - 3200;

Selectable: 100 16000; Multi Frame
NR (up to ISO
25600)
Long exp. NR:
(On/Off, available
of shutter speeds
longer than 1 sec.)
High ISO NR:
(High/Normal/
Low)
Multi Frame NR:
(Auto/ISO10025600)
Auto WB, Daylight,
Shade, Cloudy,
Incandescent,
Fluorescent (Warm
white/Cool white/
Day
white/Daylight),
Flash, C. Temp
2500 to 9900K, C
Filter G7 to M7,
15-step, Custom,
AWB micro
adjustment

Drive System

Burst Buffer

Continuous
Shooting Speed

Drive Mode

JPEG Standard (16

shots)
JPEG Fine (15
shots)
RAW (7 shots)
RAW+JPEG (6
shots)
Tele-zoom High
Speed Shooting
(Standard: 18
shots; Fine: 17
shots)
Continuous (Hi: up
to 5.5 fps, Lo: up to
2.5 fps)
Tele-zoom
Continuous
Advance Priority
AF High Speed
(7fps)
Single-shot,
Continuous
shooting (Hi/Lo
selectable), Selftimer (10/2 sec
delay selectable),
Remote
commander
(RM-L1AM Sold
Separately),
Bracketing

Flash Sync
Speed

1/160 seconds

Self-timer

2-sec. or 10-sec.
delay,

Shutter Speeds

1/4000 to 30
seconds, bulb

Shutter Type

Electronicallycontrolled,
vertical-traverse,
focal-plane shutter

Flash
Flash
Compensation

+/-2EV in 0.3EV
steps

Flash Coverage

18mm (focallength printed on

the lens body)

Recycling Time

Approx. 4 sec.

Flash
Bracketing

3 exposures in
0.3/0.7 EV steps

Flash Metering
System

ADI, Pre-flash TTL

Flash Modes

Auto, Fill-flash,
Slow Sync., Rear
Sync., Hi-speed
sync., Red-eye
reduction (on/
off selectable for
Autoflash and
fill-flash mode),
Wireless

Flash Type

Built-in, Pop-up
Auto

Guide Number

10 (in meters at
ISO100)

PhotoTV HD

Yes, with BRAVIA

Sync enabled
HDTV and HDMI
cable

USB Port(s)

USB2.0 Hi-speed
(mass-storage,
PTP)

Dimensions (Approx.)
Dimensions
(Approx.)

Weights and Measurements

Weight
(Approx.)

Advanced User
Interface

Anti Motion Blur

6-image layering

Auto High
Dynamic
Range

Yes, (Off/On,
Auto Exposure
Difference,
Exposure
difference Level
(1-6 EV at 1.0 EV
step)

Sweep
Panorama

Yes (2D/3D)

Face Detection

Off, Auto, Child

Priority, Adult
Priority (up to 8
faces detectable)

Smile Shutter
technology

Yes - Off, Slight,

Normal, Big

Image
Stabilization

SteadyShot
INSIDE in-body
image stabilization

Interface
Microphone
Input

Yes

Accessory Shoe

Yes (Alpha)

BRAVIA Sync

Yes, via HDMI

with compatible
BRAVIA HDTV

HD Output

HDMI (TypeC mini)

Memory Card
Slot

Dual memory card

slot: Memory Stick
PRO Duo/Pro-HG
Duo media - SD,
SDHC and SDXC
memory card

Approx. 1.12 lb
17.8 oz (506g) (w/
battery & media)
Approx. 1 lb/ 15.8
oz (448g) (excl
battery, lens &
media)

Power
Battery Type

InfoLITHIUM NPFW50 (7.2V)

Number of Still
Images

Approx. 450
images with
viewfinder, 500
images with LCD
monitor (CIPA
standard)

Advanced Features
Easy-tounderstand
Graphic Display
and on-screen
Help Guide Userfriendly function
menu

Approx. 4-7/8
x 3-5/8 x 3-1/3
(124.4 x 92 x
84.7mm) (W/H/D)
excl grip & lens
mount

Software
Supplied
Software

PlayMemories
Home, Image
Data Converter
SR 3.2 Image Data
Lightbox SR 2.2

Operating
System
Compatibility

Windows XP SP3
(64-bit and Starter
Editions are not

Service and Warranty

Information
Limited
Warranty Term

1 Year Parts &

Labor

Accessories

Supplied
Accessories

Battery Charger
(BC-VW1)
Rechargable
Battery (NP-FW50)
Shoulder Strap
Body Cap
USB Cable
CD-ROM

1.Records in 29 minute segments.

2.In meters at ISO100
3.Requires 3D HDTV, HDMI cable (at least 10.2 Gbps) and active 3D glasses sold sep.
4.Compatible with BRAVIA Sync or Theatre Sync HDTVs connected via HDMI.
5.Actual performance varies based on settings, environmental conditions, and usage. Battery capacity decreases over time and use.
6.Requires compatible BRAVIA HDTV and cable sold sep.
8.Files compatible with iMovie '09 or later on Mac. Software not compatible with Mac OS X.
9.Requires HDTV and HDMI cable sold sep.

2012 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Sony, BIONZ, BRAVIA, Exmor, InfoLITHIUM, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick
PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, the Memory Stick logo, PlayMemories Home Remote Commander, Smile Shutter, Stamina, SteadyShot INSIDE Theatre Sync, TruBlack, Sweep Panorama, Xtra Fine LCD and the Sony
make.believe logo are trademarks of Sony. AVCHD is a trademark of Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Mac OS and iMovie
are trademarks of Apple Computers, Inc. HDMI is a trademark of HDMI Licensing LLC. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Sony is not responsible for typographical and photographic errors.
Features and specifications are subject to change without notice.
Updated: May 14, 2012