Sony A 65 Manual

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Trouble shooting/Others (Advanced operations)
To use your 
camera abroad — 
Power sources
You can use your camera and the 
battery charger and the AC-
PW10AM AC Adaptor (sold 
separately) in any country or region 
where the power supply is within 100 
V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz.
Note
 Do not use an electronic transformer (travel converter), as 
this may cause a malfunction.
When you view images on a TV 
screen, the camera and TV must use 
the same TV color system.
NTSC system (1080 60i)
Bahama Islands,...

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AVCHD format 
The AVCHD format is a high 
definition digital video camera format 
used to record a high definition (HD) 
signal of either the 1080i 
specification*
1 or the 720p 
specification*2 using efficient data 
compression coding technology. The 
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format is 
adopted to compress video data, and 
the Dolby Digital or Linear PCM 
system is used to compress audio 
data.
The MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format is 
capable of compressing images at 
higher efficiency than that of the 
conventional...

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Trouble shooting/Others (Advanced operations)
GPS (SLT-A65V 
only)
This system allows you to pinpoint 
your exact location on the earth. The 
GPS satellites are located in 6 orbits, 
20,000 km above the earth. The GPS 
system consists of 24 or more GPS 
satellites. A GPS receiver receives 
radio signals from the satellites, and 
calculates the current location of the 
receiver based on the orbital 
information (almanac data) and travel 
time of the signals, etc.
Determining a location is called...

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GPS (SLT-A65V only)
Department of Defense, and the 
degree of accuracy may be changed 
intentionally.
 Error during the triangulating  process
The camera acquires location 
information every about 15 seconds 
during triangulating. There is a 
slight time difference between 
when the location information is 
acquired and when the location 
information is recorded on an 
image, therefore, the actual 
recording location may not match 
exactly the location on the map 
based on the GPS information.
On the...

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Trouble shooting/Others (Advanced operations)
3D-shootings
Notes on recording
 [3D Sweep Panorama] is not suitable when shooting:
– Subjects are moving.
– Subjects are too close to the camera.
– Subjects with a repeating pattern  such as tiles, and subjects with 
little contrast such as sky, sandy 
beach, or lawn.
 [3D Sweep Panorama] recording  may be discontinued in the 
following situations:
– You pan or tilt the camera too fast or too slow.
– There is too much camera shake.
 If you cannot pan or...

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Memory card
 Do not strike, bend or drop the memory card.
 Do not use or store the memory  card under the following 
conditions:
– High temperature locations such as the hot interior of a car parked 
in direct sunlight.
– Locations exposed to direct  sunlight.
– Humid locations or locations with  corrosive substances present.
 The memory card may be hot just  after it has been used for a long 
time. Be careful when you handle 
it.
 When the access lamp is lit, do not  remove the memory card or the...

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Memory card
Trouble shooting/Others (Advanced operations)
“Memory Stick PRO Duo” 
media*1*2*3
“Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo” 
media*1*2
Available with your camera
“Memory Stick Duo” media
Unavailable with your camera
“Memory Stick” media and “Memory 
Stick PRO” media
Unavailable with your camera
*1 This is equipped with MagicGate 
function. MagicGate is copyright 
protection technology that uses 
encryption technology. Data 
recording/playback that requires 
MagicGate functions cannot be 
performed with...

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Battery pack/
Battery charger
 The charging time differs depending on the remaining 
capacity of the battery back or 
charging conditions.
 We recommend charging the  battery pack in an ambient 
temperature of between 10 to 30°C 
(50 to 86°F). You may not be able 
to efficiently charge the battery 
pack outside of this temperature 
range.
 Connect the battery charger to the  nearest wall outlet (wall socket).
 Do not try to charge the battery  pack again right after it has been 
charged, or when it...

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Battery pack/Battery charger
Trouble shooting/Others (Advanced operations)
frequently, use continuous shooting 
often, turn the camera on and off 
frequently, or set the LCD monitor 
brighter.
Battery life
 The battery life is limited. Battery capacity decreases little by little as 
you use it more and more, and as 
time passes. If the battery operating 
time seems shortened considerably, 
a probable cause is that the battery 
pack has reached the end of its life. 
Buy a new battery pack.
 The...

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The License
Notes on the License
“C Library”, “zlib”, and “libjpeg” 
software are provided in the camera. 
We provide this software based on 
license agreements with their owners 
of copyright. Based on requests by 
the owners of copyright of these 
software applications, we have an 
obligation to inform you of the 
following. Please read the following 
sections.
Read “license3.pdf” in the “License” 
folder on the CD-ROM. You will find 
licenses (in English) of “C Library”, 
“zlib”, and “libjpeg”...