Specifications

System

Video compression format

AVCHD (HD)/MPEG2 (SD)/JPEG (Still images)

Audio compression format

Dolby Digital 2/5.1chDolby Digital 5.1 Creator

Video signal

NTSC color, EIA standards 1080/60i specification

Internal memory (HDR-UX20)

8 GB

When measuring media capacity, 1 GB equals 1 billion bytes, a portion of which is used for data management.

Usable discs

8cm DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-R/DVD+R DL

Movie recording format

HD:AVCHD 1080/60i SD:Internal memory, “Memory Stick PRO Duo”:MPEG2-PS Disc:DVD-RW: DVD-VIDEO (VIDEO mode), DVD-Video Recording (VR mode)DVD+RW: DVD+RW VideoDVD-R/DVD+R DL: DVD-VIDEO

Still image recording format

Exif Ver.2.2*

Viewfinder

Electric viewfinder (color)

Image device

3.6mm (1/5 type) CMOS Sensor Recording pixels (still, 4:3):

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

1 490 000 pixels

Effective (still, 16:9): 1 490 000 pixels Effective (still, 4:3): 1 990 000 pixels

Lens

Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T 15 × (Optical)30 ×, 180 × (Digital)Filter diameter: 30 mm (1 3/16 in.)

Focal length

F1.8 - 2.6f=3.1 - 46.5 mm (1/8 - 1 7/8 in.) When converted to a 35 mm still camera

For movies: 40 - 600 mm (1 5/8 - 23 5/8 in.) (16:9) For still images: 37 - 555 mm (1 1/2 - 21 7/8 in.) (4:3)

Color temperature

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

Minimum illumination

5 1x (lux) ([AUTO SLW SHUTTR] to [ON], Shutter speed 1/30 sec.)0 lx (lux) (during NightShot function)

*“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.

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

Information Additional

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