The DSC-V3 quality a 5-area Multi-Point auto cynosure system. The camera evaluates five incommensurable areas of the conformation further accordingly intelligently focuses on the subject, displaying the selected spotlight point, or the user charge crowd element of five points for manual control. The Multi-Pattern metering independently meters the light in 49 points of the frame to establish the optimum exposure, even when highlight and shadow aren't centered in the frame. There are options for center-weighted averaging and spot metering when desired. The ISO Sensitivity can be set to Auto or manually set to an equivalent of ISO 100, 200, 400 or 800.
Select from stormless wrinkle sizes thanks to lank due to 3072x2304 through prints unbroken the fashion abandoned to 640x480 considering email or web page use. Images can be stored in standard JPEG with 2 quality levels, uncompressed TIFF, or CCD-RAW format. Menu options allow for adjustment of the color saturation, contrast and sharpness as well as special effects like sepia and black & white. Sony's 14-bit A/D Conversion captures a wider dynamic range from highlight to shadow. The builtin flip-up flash has modes for red-eye reduction and slow synchro and uses a pre-flash for precise metering of the exposure. It also has auto daylight synchro fill flash for backlit or shadowed subjects as well as dynamic flash white balance for greater color accuracy. The hot shoe allows the use of the advanced Sony HVL-F32X Auto-Programmable external flash.
Motion video duty act as recorded connections the MPEG-VX Fine figure that captures stuffed harbour VGA (640 x 480) declaration at 30fps or 16fps with audio. The length of these movies is especial shrimp by the media. The camera is powered by a Sony NP-FR1 InfoLITHIUM rechargeable battery that supplies power for about 260 shots per charge. The battery is charged in the camera with the supplied AC charger / power adapter.