The DCR HC96 from Sony offers you a full featured, compact MiniDV camcorder at a reasonable cost. Highlights add Advanced HAD CCD imager, which captures stunning detail and clarity, and 10x optical zoom with Super SteadyShot picture stabilization, which targets on distant subjects, providing clear close up images with less distortion. The Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar lens offers less glare and increased contrast for vivid, more life like color and tones. A 3.3 megapixel sensor lets you take still images which has been printed at photo quality about 10 x 14 inches. Make your videos complete with additional customization features similar to Picture and Fader effects for creative and professional looking enhancements. Picture Package software makes it possible easily organize and edit still images and video.

3.3 Megapixel (Gross) Advanced HAD CCD Imager
1/3 inch Advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD with 2050K (effective) pixels provides stunning detail and clarity with exceptional video (as much 530 lines of horizontal resolution) nonetheless image performance. The Megapixel technology enhances your digital videos and digital still photography performance.

MiniDV Recording
Offers approximately 530 lines of horizontal resolution, 3x furnishings bandwidth and a significantly higher signal/noise ratio, to give spectacular video performance.

10x Optical/120x Digital Zoom
The optical zoom enables the bring the action up close from a distance. Aside from that the digital zoom interpolation suggests that extreme digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than previous categories of digital zooms.

Professional Quality Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T* Lens
Carl Zeiss lenses receive an advanced optical multi layer coating that less glare and flare with an increase of contrast. This ends up in vivid image brilliance, true to life color saturation and perfect renditions of subtle tones. An added T* coating around the lens further reduces unwanted glare and flare.

2.7 Inch Wide Touch Panel SwivelScreen LCD Display (123K Pixels)
The 2.7 inch wide (16:9) LCD screen provides excellent viewing clarity with improved resolution. The a much higher resolution 123K pixel LCD screen rotates around 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles providing sharp, detailed images for monitoring or playback, plus the widescreen format makes shooting in 16:9 mode and composing shots less difficult.

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 with the digital Handycam Camcorder towards your personal computer via the i.LINK interface in real time for simple PC editing of this analog footage.

Digital Still Memory Mode with Memory Stick Duo Media
Capture still images at 2016 x 1512 (3.0 megapixel) resolution, directly onto Memory Stick Duo Media for convenient transfer to PCs for e mailing, printing or sharing with compatible Memory Stick devices.

Progressive Shutter System
A mechanical shutter system to provide progressive scan performance while utilizing an interlaced scanning system. Digital still images are going to be sharp and clear with excellent definition.

Super SteadyShot Picture Stabilization System
Picture stabilization system makes use of motion sensors to detect and catch up on camera "shake" without compromising image quality like another digital stabilization systems.

Handycam Station
The supplied Handycam Station cradle provides some connections to your TV for viewing or even to a PC for editing and sharing video. Just placing the camcorder relating to the Handycam Station instantly makes all the connections. Have to to do a search for cables or wires when charging or playing back.

i.LINK DV Interface
A digital high speed bi directional interface presents audio video communication between two compatible devices. This connection enables pure digital transfer between devices prepared by an IEEE1394 interface, for instance camcorders, digital VTRs, capture cards, and PCs.

One Touch Wide Angle Shooting
Easily switch between 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios for shooting with merely the touch of a mouse button.

Manual Focus
Allows anyone to manually adjust the target of the camcorder while using touch panel. Manual focusing also allows the owner to stop the focus in difficult situations where either the environment or go with the subject would not permit the camcorder's auto focus to carry out optimally, along the lines of when shooting by using a window or perhaps a crowded environment.

Super NightShot Infrared System
With Sony's NightShot Infrared System you could capture real looking video, whether shooting in low light. Record subjects approximately 20 feet away using the built in infrared system.

Additional Features

• Tele Macro function
• Active interface shoe
• USB streaming
• On screen zoom and record controls
• Program AE (autoexposure) modes
• Picture effects
• Digital effects
• Battery information
• Easy Handycam button
• Picture Package software
• InfoLithium battery with AccuPower meter system

What's in the Box
Sony DCR HC96 MiniDV camcorder, power adapter/in camera charger (ACL25), InfoLithium rechargeable battery (NPFP50), Handycam Station (DCRA C152), Remote Commander remote (RMT 831), stereo AV cable, USB cable, CD ROM with USB driver (PicturePackage Software ver. 1.5 for Sony)