Product Description

Create high definition 1920 x 1080 60p videos and high quality 8.9MP still images. Experience stunning low-light sensitivity with improved image clarity and drastically reduced grain with Sony's back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor. Designed for compact cameras and camcorders, the ExmorR CMOS sensor relocates the photo diodes above the support circuitry, maximizing the light gathering area per pixel so you can shoot with better results in lower lighting conditions.

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Make every moment count.

Harness the magic of the moment with beautiful, Full HD 60p quality.

8GB of built-in memory and a 50x Extended Zoom that brings everything closer. Shoot clearly and shake free with Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization and even view low-angle shots while standing up with a 2.7” tilting touchscreen— perfect for crawling babies and family pets.
1920x1080 Full HD 60p w/8.9MP Exmor R® CMOS Sensor
SteadyShot™ image stabilization w/ Active Mode

50x Extended Zoom to get even closer to the action

Create high definition 1920 x 1080 60p videos and high quality 8.9MP still images. sults in lower lighting conditions.
SteadyShot™ image stabilization with Active Mode compensates for greater degrees of camera shake to deliver stunningly smooth video from wide angle to full telephoto shooting.

Extended Zoom works in conjunction with 27x optical zoom to get even closer to the action while maintaining HD image quality.
Technology

Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens The professional-quality 29.8mm Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens is designed specifically for compact camcorders. Precision ground optics help maintain the sharpness and contrast of larger lenses, and SteadyShot® image stabilization helps reduce blur caused by camera shake.

Shoot high quality AVCHD or web optimized MP4 video Select between HD video in the AVCHD or MP4 format for highest quality or easy transfer and sharing. AVCHD provides premium video that can be enjoyed on large screen HDTVs, and MP4 is great for those moments that you want to quickly share on your social networks or store on the cloud.

2.7” wide Clear Photo™ LCD (230k) The 2.7” (16:9) Clear Photo™ LCD (230K) displays sharp, bright, vivid images, letting you compose a shot more easily -- even outdoors, while enabling you to change settings to best represent the scene.

Product description and full feature list

1920x1080 Full HD 60p w/8.9MP Exmor R® CMOS Sensor

Create high definition 1920 x 1080 60p videos and high quality 8.9MP still images. Experience stunning low-light sensitivity with improved image clarity and drastically reduced grain with Sony’s back-illuminated Exmor® R CMOS sensor. Designed for compact cameras and camcorders, the Exmor®R CMOS sensor relocates the photo diodes above the support circuitry, maximizing the light gathering area per pixel so you can shoot with better results in lower lighting conditions.

Up to 3hr 10min recording with 8GB embedded Flash Memory¹

The built-in 8GB¹ embedded Flash memory can record and store up to 3 hours 10 minutes of high definition video footage (HD LP mode).

50x Extended Zoom to get even closer to the action

Extended Zoom works in conjunction with 27x optical zoom to get even closer to the action while maintaining HD image quality.

Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization w/ Active Mode

Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization with Active Mode compensates for greater degrees of camera shake to deliver stunningly smooth video from wide angle to full telephoto shooting. In addition, innovative 3-Way Shake-Canceling adds electronic roll stability for even smoother video capture.

2.7” wide Clear Photo™ LCD (230k)

The 2.7” (16:9) Clear Photo™ LCD (230K) displays sharp, bright, vivid images, letting you compose a shot more easily -- even outdoors, while enabling you to change settings to best represent the scene.

Shoot high quality AVCHD or web optimized MP4 video

Select between HD video in the AVCHD or MP4 format for highest quality or easy transfer and sharing.

AVCHD provides premium video that can be enjoyed on large screen HDTVs, and is ideal for capturing precious memories at special occasions, family vacations and other moments you want to treasure for a lifetime.

MP4 is great for those moments that you want to quickly share on your social networks or store on the cloud.

29.8mm Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens

The professional-quality 29.8mm Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens is designed specifically for compact camcorders. Precision ground optics help maintain the sharpness and contrast of larger lenses, and SteadyShot® image stabilization helps reduce blur caused by camera shake.

Highlight Playback creates movies with transitions for you

Why spend hours editing your movies when you can let your camcorder do it for you? Highlight Playback identifies and compiles key scenes into a short, entertaining movie complete with music and transitions. You can even pinpoint the exact scene you want to include in the highlight reel.

Direct Copy to external HDD without PC¹³

Store your memories in a whole new way with the ability to copy videos from your camcorder directly to an external hard disk drive¹³ (sold separately), all without a computer. Your camcorder can also access videos stored on the external hard drive for playback on your HDTV⁴, allowing you to utilize the camcorder’s handy playback features.

Built-in USB cable for easy file transfer/charge

The high-speed, built-in USB 2.0 cable allows for easy connection to your computer for charging or file transfer without having to remember separate cables. It also fits conveniently into the hand strap so it’s out of the way until you need it. Charging your camcorder is faster than ever now through the USB; for every two minutes of charge time you get one minute of recording time.

Intelligent Auto (90 different scene combinations possible)

Intelligent Auto mode goes a step beyond traditional auto modes by analyzing your shot and then automatically selecting the appropriate settings from ten distinct scene modes and wind noise reduction. There are 90 different combinations possible: Portrait, Baby, Walk, Tripod, Backlight, Landscape, Spotlight, Twilight, Macro, Low light.

FOOTNOTES:

1. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes, a portion of which is used for data management functions.

4. Requires HDTV and HDMI cable sold sep.

9. For PC: Requires Microsoft® Windows® XP SP3/ Windows Vista® SP2/Windows 7. For Mac: Requires Mac OSX (v10.5-10.7)

13. Requires via VMC-UAM1 cable (sold separately), AC power for camcorder, and hard drive formatted in FAT-32. USB-hub not supported. External HHD/USB media should be less than 2TB(Terabytes).

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