Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
a99 II
Sony
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 42 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Full frame (35.9 x 24 mm)
- Sensor type
- BSI-CMOS
- Max resolution
- 7952 x 5304
- ISO
- Auto, 100-25600 (expandable to 50-102400)
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 50
- Boosted ISO (maximum)
- 102400
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Sony/Minolta Alpha
- Number of focus points
- 399
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
- Image stabilization notes
- 5-axis for stills and video
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 12.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedHighlight-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- No
- External flash
- Yes (via hot shoe or flash sync port)
Video and audio
- Format
- MPEG-4, AVCHD, XAVC S
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Microphone port
- Yes
- Headphone port
- Yes
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.78×
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 1,228,800
- Articulated LCD
- Tilting
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- Dual SD/SDHC/SDXC[UHS I]/MS Duo slots
- Battery description
- NP-FM500H lithium-ion battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 490
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 849 g (1.87 lb / 29.95 oz)
- Dimensions
- 143 x 104 x 76 mm (5.63 x 4.09 x 2.99″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (micro-HDMI)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (wired, wireless, or smartphone)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
Hands-on / preview
Cameralabs · Sony Alpha A99 Mark II preview ↗
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →