Sony ILCE-6400 Reference guide

Help Guide

Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera

ILCE-6400 α6400

Use this manual if you encounter any problems, or have any questions about your product.

Interval shooting

You can automatically shoot a series of still images with the shooting interval and number of shots

that you set in advance.

Looking for valuable information, such as essential points on shooting (Tutorials)

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

website when you set up your camera. (Another window will open.)

ILCE-6400 Lens compatibility information

This website provides the lens compatibility information. (Another window will open.)

Names of parts/Icons and indicators

Identifying parts

Basic operations

Using the control wheel
Using MENU items
Assigning frequently used functions to buttons (Custom Key)
Using Fn (Function) button (Function menu)
How to use the Quick Navi screen
Using the AF/MF/AEL switch lever
How to use the keyboard
Icons and indicators
List of icons on the monitor
Switching the screen display (while shooting/during playback)
DISP Button (Monitor/Finder)
Preparing the camera
Checking the camera and the supplied items
E PZ 16–50mm F3.5–5.6 OSS (Power zoom)
E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Charging the battery pack
Inserting/removing the battery pack
Charging the battery pack while it is inserted in the camera
Charging by connecting to a computer
Battery life and number of recordable images
Supplying power from a wall outlet (wall socket)
Notes on the battery pack
Notes on charging the battery pack
Inserting a memory card (sold separately)
Inserting/removing a memory card
Memory cards that can be used
Notes on memory card
Attaching a lens
Attaching/removing a lens
Attaching the lens hood
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Attaching accessories
Mount Adaptor
LA-EA1/LA-EA3 Mount Adaptor
LA-EA2/LA-EA4 Mount Adaptor
Setting language, date and time
In-Camera Guide
Shooting
Shooting still images
Focusing
Focus Mode
Auto focus
Focus Area
Focus Area Limit
Phase detection AF
Focus Standard
Adjusting the focus area settings to the camera’s orientation (horizontal/vertical) (Switch V/H AF Area)
AF/MF control
AF w/ shutter (still image)
AF On
Face/Eye AF Set.
AF in Focus Mag. (still image)
Tracking subject (Tracking function)
Focus Hold
Registering the current focus area (AF Area Registration) (still image)
Deleting a registered AF Area (Del. Regist. AF Area)
Pre-AF (still image)
Eye-Start AF (still image)
Priority Set in AF-S
Priority Set in AF-C
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AF Illuminator (still image)
AF Area Auto Clear
Disp. cont. AF area
Circ. of Focus Point
AF Micro Adj.
Manual focus
Manual Focus
Direct manual focus (DMF)
Focus Magnifier
MF Assist (still image)
Focus Magnif. Time
Initial Focus Mag. (still image)
Peaking Setting
Selecting a drive mode (Continuous shooting/Self-timer)
Drive Mode
Cont. Shooting
Self-timer
Self-timer(Cont)
Cont. Bracket
Single Bracket
Indicator during bracket shooting
WB bracket
DRO Bracket
Bracket Settings
Taking pictures of yourself by monitoring the screen
Self-portrait/ -timer 
Interval shooting
Interval Shoot Func.
Using touch functions
Touch Operation
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Touch Panel/Pad
Func. of Touch Operation: Touch Shutter
Func. of Touch Operation: Touch Focus
Func. of Touch Operation: Touch Tracking
Touch Pad Settings
Selecting still image size/image quality
File Format (still image)
JPEG Quality (still image)
JPEG Image Size (still image)
Aspect Ratio (still image)
Panorama: Size
Panorama: Direction
Selecting a shooting mode
List of mode dial function
Intelligent Auto
Superior Auto
Superior Auto Img. Extract.
Switching the auto mode (Auto Mode)
About Scene Recognition
Program Auto
Aperture Priority
Shutter Priority
Manual Exposure
Bulb shooting
Sweep Panorama
Scene Selection
Recall (Camera Settings1/Camera Settings2)
Movie: Exposure Mode
S&Q Motion: Exposure Mode
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Controlling the exposure/metering modes
Exposure Comp.
Dial/Wheel Ev Comp
Exposure Set. Guide
Exposure step
Metering Mode
Face Priority in Multi Metering
Spot Metering Point
AE lock
AEL w/ shutter (still image)
Exposure Std. Adjust
Exp.comp.set
Zebra Setting
Correcting brightness and contrast automatically
D-Range Optimizer (DRO)
Auto HDR
Selecting the ISO sensitivity
ISO Setting: ISO
ISO Setting: ISO Range Limit
ISO Setting: ISO AUTO Min. SS
Using the zoom
The zoom features available with this product
Clear Image Zoom/Digital Zoom (Zoom)
Zoom Setting
About zoom scale
Zoom Ring Rotate
White balance
White Balance
Priority Set in AWB
Capturing a standard white color to set the white balance (custom white balance)
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Shutter AWB Lock (still image)
Setting how to process images
Creative Style
Picture Effect
Soft Skin Effect (still image)
Auto Object Framing (still image)
Color Space (still image)
Shutter settings
Release w/o Lens
Release w/o Card
Silent Shooting (still image)
e-Front Curtain Shutter
Reducing blur
SteadyShot
Lens compensation
Lens Comp.
Noise reduction
Long Exposure NR (still image)
High ISO NR (still image)
Face detection
Regist. Faces Priority
Smile Shutter
Face Registration (New Registration)
Face Registration (Order Exchanging)
Face Registration (Delete)
Using the flash
Using flash
Red Eye Reduction
Flash Mode
Flash Comp.
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FEL lock
Wireless Flash
Recording movies
Shooting movies
Movie w/ shutter
Movie recording formats
File Format (movie)
Record Setting (movie)
S&Q Settings
Proxy Recording
Audio Recording
Audio Level Display
Audio Rec Level
Wind Noise Reduct.
Picture Profile
Gamma Disp. Assist
Auto Slow Shutter (movie)
Initial Focus Mag. (movie)
AF drive speed (movie)
AF Tracking Sens. (movie)
TC/UB Settings
TC/UB Disp. Switch
MOVIE Button
Marker Display (movie)
Marker Settings (movie)
4K Output Select (movie)
Viewing
Viewing images
Playing back still images
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Enlarging an image being played back (Enlarge Image)
Rotating recorded images automatically (Display Rotation)
Rotating an image (Rotate)
Playing back panoramic images
Enlarge Initial Mag.
Enlarge Initial Position
Playing back movies
Volume Settings
Photo Capture
Playing back images on the image index screen (Image Index)
Setting the method for jumping between images (Image Jump Setting)
Switching between still images and movies (View Mode)
Display as Group
Cont. PB for Interval
PB Speed for Interval
Playing back images using slideshow (Slide Show)
Protecting data
Protecting images (Protect)
Setting Rating function
Rating
Rating Set(Custom Key)
Designating images for printing (DPOF)
Specifying images to be printed (Specify Printing)
Deleting images
Deleting a displayed image
Deleting multiple selected images (Delete)
Delete confirm.
Viewing images on a TV
Viewing images on a TV using an HDMI cable
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Customizing the camera
Registering frequently used functions
Memory (Camera Settings1/Camera Settings2)
Registering shooting settings to a custom key (Reg. Custom Shoot Set)
Customizing the functions of the ring/dial
Changing the function of the dial temporarily (My Dial Settings)
Dial/Wheel Setup
Av/Tv Rotate
Dial / Wheel Lock
Customizing MENU (My Menu)
Add Item
Sort Item
Delete Item
Delete Page
Delete All
Checking images before/after recording
Auto Review
Aperture Preview
Shot. Result Preview
Live View Display
Monitor/viewfinder settings
Grid Line
FINDER/MONITOR
Monitor Brightness
Viewfinder Bright.
Finder Color Temp.
Finder Frame Rate (still image)
Display Quality
Bright Monitoring
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