About care and storage of the lens

•Wipe the surface of the lens clean with a soft cloth in the following instances:

–When there are fingerprints on the lens surface.

–In hot or humid locations

–When the lens is exposed to salty air such as at the seaside.

•Store in a well-ventilated location subject to little dirt or dust.

•To prevent mold, periodically clean the lens as described above. It is recommended that you operate your camcorder about once a month to keep it in optimum state for a long time.

On charging the pre-installed rechargeable battery

Your camcorder has a pre-installed rechargeable battery to retain the date, time, and other settings even when your camcorder turned off. The pre- installed rechargeable battery is always charged while your camcorder is connected to the wall outlet (wall socket) via the AC Adaptor or while the battery pack is attached. The rechargeable battery will be fully discharged in about 3 months if you do not use your camcorder at all. Use your camcorder after charging the pre- installed rechargeable battery.

However, even if the pre-installed rechargeable battery is not charged, the camcorder operation will not be affected as long as you are not recording the date.

xProcedures

Connect your camcorder to a wall outlet (wall socket) using the supplied AC Adaptor, and leave it with the power turned off for more than 24 hours.

Specifications

System

Video compression format: AVCHD (HD)/ MPEG2 (SD)/JPEG (Still images)

Audio compression format: Dolby Digital 2/5.1ch Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator

Video signal: PAL color, CCIR standards 1080/50i specification

Recording format: Movie (HD): AVCHD 1080/ 50i

Movie (SD): MPEG2-PS

Still image: Exif Ver.2.2*1

Image device: 3.6 mm (1/5 type) CMOS sensor Recording pixels (still image, 4:3):

Max. 4.0 mega (2 304 × 1 728) pixels*2 Gross: Approx. 2 360 000 pixels Effective (movie, 16:9): Approx. 1 430 000 pixels

Effective (still image, 16:9): Approx.

1 490 000 pixels

Effective (still image, 4:3): Approx. 1 990 000 pixels

Lens: Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar

10 × (Optical), 20 ×, 120 × (Digital) Focal length: F1.8 ~ 2.3

f=3.2 ~ 32.0 mm (5/32 ~ 1 5/16 in.) When converted to a 35 mm still camera For movies*3: 43 ~ 507 mm (1 3/4 ~ 20 in.) (16:9)

For still images: 38 ~ 380 mm (1 1/2 ~ 15 in.) (4:3)

Color temperature: [AUTO], [ONE PUSH], [INDOOR] (3 200 K), [OUTDOOR] (5 800 K)

Minimum illumination: 5 lx (lux) ([AUTO SLW SHUTTR] [ON], Shutter speed 1/25 sec)

*1 “Exif” is a file format for still images, established by the JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association). Files in this format can have additional information such as your camcorder’s setting information at the time of recording.

*2 The unique pixel array of Sony’s ClearVid CMOS sensor and image processing system (BIONZ) allows still image resolution equivalent to the sizes described.

*3 The focal length figures are actual figures resulting from wide angle pixel readout.

Information Additional

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