Quick facts
Full name: Sony Alpha NEX-3
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
Regional aliases
No verified regional aliases
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 2010 · Released about 16 years ago
- Sensor
- 23.4 × 15.6 mm CMOS
- Effective resolution
- 14.2 MP
- Lens
- —
- Zoom
- —
- Weight
- 297 g
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion NP-FW50 rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
- Storage
- SD/ SDHC/SDXC, Memory Stick Pro Duo/ Pro-HG Duo
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 28.12 mm
- Surface area
- 365 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 5.07 µm
- Pixel area
- 25.71 µm²
- Pixel density
- 3.89 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
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23.4 × 15.6 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 14.2 MP
- Total pixels
- 14.6 MP
- Sensor
- 23.4 × 15.6 mm CMOS
- Calculated resolution
- 4,615 × 3,077
- Maximum image
- 4,592 × 3,056
- Crop factor
- 1.54
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 200–12,800
- Viewfinder
- None
- Display
- 3 in / 920,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- SD/ SDHC/SDXC, Memory Stick Pro Duo/ Pro-HG Duo
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion NP-FW50 rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
Body
- Weight
- 297 g
- Dimensions
- 117 × 62 × 33 mm
- Release year
- 2010
Wikidata
- Aperture Priority
- Yes
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion NP-FW50 rechargeable battery
- Brand
- Sony
- Built In Flash
- —
- Crop Factor
- 1.54
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- No
- Dimensions
- 117 x 62 x 33 mm
- Effective Megapixels
- 14.20
- Exposure Compensation
- ±2 EV (in 1/3 EV steps)
- External Flash
- ✓
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- —
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- Auto, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800
- Macro Focus Range
- —
- Manual Focus
- ✓
- Max Aperture
- —
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- n/a
- Max Image Resolution
- 4592 x 3056
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Metering
- Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
- Min Shutter Speed
- 30 sec
- Model
- Alpha NEX-3
- Normal Focus Range
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 920,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 3"
- Sensor Resolution
- 4616 x 3077
- Sensor Size
- 23.4 x 15.6 mm
- Sensor Type
- CMOS
- Shutter Priority
- Yes
- Storage Types
- SD/ SDHC/SDXC, Memory Stick Pro Duo/ Pro-HG Duo
- Total Megapixels
- 14.60
- Usb
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- None
- Weight
- 297 g
- White Balance Presets
- 6
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 2010
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