Sony ILCE-9M3 Guida di riferimento

Help Guide

Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera

ILCE-9M3 α9III

Recommended pages in the Help Guide

Support information

Finding functions from MENU

You can check the list of the menu items. You can also move to the explanation page for each item from the menu

item on the list.

Memory cards that can be used

Information about memory cards that can be used with this camera.

Bluetooth Rmt Ctrl

You can operate the camera using a Bluetooth compatible remote commander (sold separately) or shooting grip

(sold separately).

Customization features of the camera

The camera has various customization features, such as custom keys and a function to register shooting settings.

Anti-dust Function

You can clean the image sensor. You can also set whether or not to close the shading curtain when you turn off the

camera.

Looking for valuable information, such as essential points on shooting

This website introduces convenient functions, ways of usage, and setting examples. Refer to the website when you

set up your camera.

Firmware, Questions & Answers and Compatibility

This website provides Firmware update, Question & Answers and Compatibility information

Basic Knowledge

Improve your shooting techniques by learning the basics of camera.

Shooting tips
Learn how to choose lenses and shooting techniques in various scenes.
How to use the “Help Guide”
Notes on using your camera
Precautions
Lending, transferring or discarding the camera and/or memory card to others (Notes on protecting private
information)
Notes on the battery pack and charging the battery
Notes on memory card
Cleaning the image sensor (Sensor Cleaning)
On cleaning
Checking the camera and the supplied items
Names of parts
Front side
Rear side
Top side
Sides
Bottom
Basic icons displayed on the monitor
Touch function icons
Basic operations
Touch panel
Touch function icons
Control wheel
Multi-selector
Still/Movie/S&Q dial and mode dial
MENU button
Main menu (shooting setting list)
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Fn (function) button
Focus mode dial
Drive mode dial
C (custom) buttons
DISP (Display Setting) button
Delete button
AEL button
AF-ON button
Front dial and rear dial (L/R)
Keyboard screen
In-Camera Guide
Functions for accessibility
Preparing the camera/Basic shooting operations
Charging the battery pack
Charging the battery pack using a charger
Inserting/removing the battery pack
Charging the battery with a commercially available AC adaptor or mobile battery
Using the battery charger abroad
Supplying power from a wall outlet (wall socket)
Memory cards that can be used
Inserting/removing a memory card
Attaching/removing a lens
Performing initial setup for the camera
Basic shooting operations
Confirmation before shooting
Shooting still images (Intelligent Auto)
Shooting movies (Intelligent Auto)
Finding functions from MENU
Using the shooting functions
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Contents of this chapter
Selecting a shooting mode
Intelligent Auto
Program Auto
Aperture Priority
Shutter Priority
Manual Exposure
Bulb shooting
BULB Timer Settings
Exposure Ctrl Type
Auto/Manual Swt. Set.
Shoot Mode (S&Q/time-lapse)
Convenient functions for shooting self-portrait videos and vlogs
Self-timer (movie)
Auto Framing Settings
Focusing
Selecting the focus method (Focus Mode)
Selecting the focus area (Focus Area)
Tracking subject (Tracking function)
Manual Focus
Direct manual focus (DMF)
Subject Recognition AF
Focusing using subject recognition functions
Subject Recog in AF (still image/movie)
Recognition Target (still image/movie)
Recog Trgt Select Set (still image/movie)
Right/Left Eye Select (still image/movie)
Sbj Recog Frm Disp. (still image)
Sbj Recog Frm Disp. (movie)
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Face Memory (still image/movie)
Regist. Face Priority (still image/movie)
Selecting a person to track (Select Face to Track)
Using focusing functions
Focus Standard
Adjusting the focus area settings to the camera’s orientation (horizontal/vertical) (Switch V/H AF Area)
Registering the current focus area (AF Area Registration)
Deleting a registered AF Area (Del. Regist. AF Area)
Focus Area Limit (still image/movie)
Circ. of Focus Point (still image/movie)
AF Frame Move Amt (still image/movie)
Focus Area Color (still image/movie)
AF Area Auto Clear
Area Disp. dur Tracking
AF-C Area Display
Phase Detect. Area
AF Lvl for Crossing
AF Trk for Spd Chng
AF Transition Speed
AF Subj. Shift Sensitivity
AF Assist
AF/MF Selector
Full Time DMF
AF w/ Shutter
AF On
Focus Hold
Pre-AF
Priority Set in AF-S
Priority Set in AF-C
AF Illuminator
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Aperture Drive in AF
Preset Focus/Zoom
AF in Focus Mag.
Auto Magnifier in MF
Focus Magnifier
Focus Magnif. Time (still image/movie)
Initial Focus Mag. (still image)
Initial Focus Mag. (movie)
Focus Map
Peaking Display
Adjusting the exposure/metering modes
Exposure Comp. (still image/movie)
Histogram display
Exposure step (still image/movie)
Exposure Std. Adjust (still image/movie)
D-Range Optimizer (still image/movie)
Metering Mode (still image/movie)
Face Priority in Multi Metering (still image/movie)
Spot Metering Point (still image/movie)
AE lock
AEL w/ Shutter
Auto Slow Shutter
Zebra Display
Selecting the ISO sensitivity
ISO (still image/movie)
ISO Range Limit (still image/movie)
ISO AUTO Min. SS
White balance
White Balance (still image/movie)
Capturing a standard white color to set the white balance (custom white balance)
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WB Capt. Frame Size (still image/movie)
Priority Set in AWB (still image/movie)
Shutter AWB Lock
Shockless WB
Log shooting settings
Log shooting
Log Shooting Setting
Select LUT
Manage User LUTs
Display LUT
Adding effects to images
Creative Look (still image/movie)
Picture Profile (still image/movie)
Soft Skin Effect (still image/movie)
Shooting with drive modes (continuous shooting/self-timer)
Drive Mode
Drive Mode Limit
Cont. Shooting
Cont. Shooting Speed
Cnt Shoot Speed Boost
Pre-Capture Settings
Selection/Memo Shot
Self-timer(Single)
Self-timer(Cont)
Self-timer Type
Cont. Bracket
Single Bracket
Indicator during bracket shooting
Focus Bracket
WB bracket
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DRO Bracket
Bracket Settings
Self-timer (movie)
Interval Shoot Func.
Shooting still images with a higher resolution
NR Shooting Settings
Setting the image quality and recording format
JPEG/HEIF Switch
Image Quality Settings: File Format (still image)
Image Quality Settings: RAW File Type
Image Quality Settings: JPEG Quality/HEIF Quality
Image Quality Settings: JPEG Image Size/HEIF Image Size
Aspect Ratio
HLG Still Image
Color Space
File Format (movie)
Movie Settings (movie)
S&Q Settings
Time-lapse Settings
Proxy Settings
APS-C S35 (Super 35mm) Shooting (still image/movie)
Angle of view
Using touch functions
Touch Operation
Touch Sensitivity
Touch Panel/Pad
Touch Panel Settings
Touch Pad Settings
Focusing using touch operations (Touch Focus)
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Starting tracking with touch operations (Touch Tracking)
Shooting with touch operations (Touch Shutter)
Adjusting the exposure with touch operations (Touch AE)
Shutter settings
Silent Mode Settings (still image/movie)
Release Lag/Start Disp.
Shoot. Timing Display (still image)
Release w/o Lens (still image/movie)
Release w/o Card
Anti-flicker Set.
Differences between the [Anti-flicker Shoot.] and [Var. Shutter] functions
Using the zoom
The zoom features available with this product
Clear Image Zoom/Digital Zoom (Zoom)
Zoom Range (still image/movie)
Custom Key Z. Speed (still image/movie)
Remote Zoom Speed (still image/movie)
About zoom scale
Zoom Ring Rotate
Using the flash
Using flash (sold separately)
Flash Mode
Flash Comp.
Exp.comp.set
Wireless Flash
Red Eye Reduction
FEL lock
External Flash Set.
Flash Timing Setting
Reg. Flash Shooting Set
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Using a flash with a sync terminal cord
Sync Terminal Settings
Reducing blur
SteadyShot (still image)
SteadyShot (movie)
SteadyShot Adjust. (still image/movie)
SteadyShot focal length (still image/movie)
Lens Compensation (still image/movie)
Noise reduction
Long Exposure NR
High ISO NR
Setting the monitor display during shooting
Shoot Mode Sel. Screen
Auto Review (still image)
Remain Shoot Display (still image)
Grid Line Display (still image/movie)
Grid Line Type (still image/movie)
Live View Display Set.
Aperture Preview
Shot. Result Preview
Bright Monitoring
Emphasized REC Display
Marker Display (still image)
Marker Display (movie)
Gamma Display Assist
Gamma Disp. Assist Typ.
Recording movie audio
Audio Recording
Audio Rec Level
Audio Out Timing
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