| Features: |
| * MiniDV | * Digital Still Memory Mode | * Professional Quality Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar® T* Lens | * Easy Handycam Button | * Super NightShot Plus Infrared System | * Battery Information | * i.LINK® Interface | * MPEG Movie EX Mode | * 2.0 Megapixel (Gross) Advanced HAD™ CCD Imager - 1/3.6" Advanced HAD™ (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD Imager with 1080K (effective) video pixels provides excellent detail and clarity, for exceptional digital video performance. Realize unprecedented digital still images with 1920K (effective) pixels. The Megapixel technology enhances your digital videos (530 lines of horizontal resolution) and digital photography performance. | * 10X Optical/120X Digital Zoom - The optical zoom helps to bring the action up close from far away. In addition, the digital zoom interpolation means that extreme digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zooms. | * 3.5" Hybrid SwivelScreen™ LCD Display (123K Pixels) - Provides excellent viewing clarity with improved resolution. The 123K pixel LCD display makes images sharp and detailed during playback or when monitoring recording. The Hybrid Reflective-Transmissive LCD Screen provides accurate viewing in sunlight or bright light, virtually eliminating the “wash-out” common with traditional LCD Screens. | * Digital Still Memory Mode with Memory Stick Duo™ Media - Capture digital still images at 1600 x 1200 or 640 x 480 resolution, directly onto Memory Stick Duo™ media for easy transfer to PC’s for emailing, printing, or sharing with other compatible Memory Stick™ devices. | * Progressive Shutter - Mechanical shutter system that provides Progressive Scan performance while utilizing an interlace scanning system. Digital still images will be sharp and clear with excellent definition. | * Analog To Digital Conversion with Pass-Through - Convert and/or record any analog NTSC video source to digital video via the analog inputs. Analog NTSC video can also be passed through the digital Handycam camcorder directly into a PC via the i.LINK® interface in real-time for easy PC editing of your analog footage. | * InfoLithium® Battery with AccuPower™ Meter System - Charge the battery at any time because unlike NiCad (Nickel Cadmium) batteries, Sony’s rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries are not subjected to a life shortening “memory effect”. Sony’s exclusive AccuPower™ meter displays the battery time remaining in minutes in the viewfinder or the LCD screen. | * Super SteadyShot Image Stabilization System - An advanced version of Sony’s SteadyShot® system that controls an even higher range of shake and vibration frequencies, to achieve an even higher level of smoothness without degradation of video like some other image stabilization systems. | * Program AE (Auto Exposure) Modes - Program AE modes make recording easy even when filming in challenging situations. Choose from Portrait, Beach & Ski, Sports Lesson, Landscape, Spotlight or Sunset & Moon modes. | | Specifications: | | * Imaging Device: 1/3.6" 2110K Pixel Advanced HAD™ CCD | * Video Actual: 1080K Pixels | * Still Actual: 1920K Pixels | * F: 1.8-2.1 | * Focal Distance: 4.5- 45mm | * 35mm Conversion: 52 – 520mm (Camera Mode); 39 – 390mm (Memory Mode) | * Filter Diameter: 37mm | * Optical Zoom: 10X | * Digital Zoom: 120X | * Focusing: Full Range Auto/Manual (Ring) | * Minimum Illumination: 7 Lux | * NightShot Infrared System: Super NightShot Plus | * Shutter Speed: 1/4 – 1/4,000 (AE Mode) | * Viewfinder: Color, 123K Pixels | * LCD: 3.5" (123K) Hybrid Color | * Accessory Shoe: Intelligent | * Video Input/Output: Yes/Yes (Special and S-Video A/V) | * Audio Input/Output: Yes/Yes (Stereo, Special) | * i.LINK®* DV Interface (IEEE1394): Yes | * USB: Yes | * Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Media Compatibility: Tested to support up to 512MB media capacity; does not support high speed transfer function; does not support Access Control security function | * USB Streaming: Yes | * Headphone Jack: Yes | * Mic. Input: Yes (Stereo) | * White Balance: Auto/Outdoor/Indoor/One Push | * Exposure: Manual, Dial (24 Steps) | * Power Consumption (VF/LCD/VF+LCD): 3.3W/4.4W/4.6W | * Software OS Compatibility: Microsoft® Windows® 98SE, Me, 2000 Professional, XP Home and Pro; Macintosh® OS X (10.1.5 or later)** |