| General | Camera type | | Interchangeable lens digital camera | | | |
| Lens mount | Lens Mount | E-mount | | | |
| Image sensor | Type | Type | 35mm full frame (35.9 x 24.0mm), Exmor RS CMOS sensor | | | |
| Number of pixels (effective) | Number Of Pixels (Effective) | Approx. 50.1 megapixels | | | |
| Number of pixels (total) | Number of Pixels (total) | Approx. 50.5 megapixels | | | |
| Image sensor aspect ratio | Aspect Ratio | 3:02 | | | |
| Color filter | | R, G, B primary color | | | |
| Anti-Dust function | Anti-Dust System | Yes (Charge protection coating on Optical Filter and ultrasonic vibration mechanism) | | | |
| Recording system (still image) | Recording format | Recording Format | JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif | | | |
| | | Ver. 2.32, MPF Baseline compliant), | | | |
| | | HEIF (MPEG-A MIAF compliant), | | | |
| | | RAW (Sony ARW 4.0 format | | | |
| | | compliant) | | | |
| Image size (pixels) [3:2] | Image Size (pixels) [3:2] | 35mm full frame L: 8640 x 5760 (49.7M), M: 5616 x 3744 (21M), S: 4320 x 2880 (12.4M), | | | |
| | | APS-C M: 5616 x 3744 (21M), S: 4320 x 2880 (12.4M) | | | |
| Image size (pixels) [4:3] | | 35mm full frame L: 7680 x 5760 (44.2M), M: 4992 x 3744 (18.6M), S: 3840 x 2880 (11M), | | | |
| | | APS-C M: 4992 x 3744 (18.6M), S: 3840 x 2880 (11M) | | | |
| Image size (pixels) [16:9] | Image Size (pixels) [16:9] | 35mm full frame L: 8760 x 4864 (42M), M: 5616 x 3160 (17.7M), S: 4320 x 2432 (10.5M), | | | |
| | | APS-C M: 5616 x 3160 (17.7M), S: 4320 x 2432 (10.5M), | | | |
| Image size (pixels) [1:1] | | 35mm full frame L: 5760 x 5760 (33M), M: 3744 x 3744 (14M), S: 2880 x 2880 (8.2M), | | | |
| | | APS-C M: 3744 x 3744 (14M), S: 2880 x 2880 (8.2M) | | | |
| Image size (pixels) [Sweep Panorama] | Image Size (pixels) [Sweep Panorama] | - | | | |
| Image quality modes | Image Quality Modes | RAW (Compressed / Lossless Compressed / Uncompressed) | | | |
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