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Additional Information

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
switch set to OFF for more than 24 hours.
Specifications

System

Video compression format: AVCHD (HD)/
MPEG2 (SD)/JPEG (Still images)
Audio compression format: Dolby Digital 2ch
Dolby Digital Stereo Creator
Video signal: PAL color, CCIR standards
1080/50i specification
Recording format: HD: AVCHD 1080/50i
SD: MPEG2-PS
Still image: Exif Ver.2.2*1
Image device: 3.6mm (1/5 type) CMOS sensor
Recording pixels (still image, 4:3):
Max. 4.0 mega (2304 × 1 728) pixels*2
Gross: Approx. 2360 000 pixels
Effective (movie, 16:9): Approx.
1430 000 pixels
Effective (still image, 16:9): Approx.
1490 000 pixels
Effective (still image, 4:3): Approx.
1990 000 pixels
Lens: Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
10× (Optical), 20 ×, 120 × (Digital)
Filter diameter: 30 mm (1 3/16 in.)
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] (3200 K),
[OUTDOOR] (5800 K)
Minimum illumination: 5lx (lux) ( [AUTO SLW
SHUTTR] [ON], Shutter speed 1/25 sec)

Input/Output connectors

A/V Remote Connector: Component/video and
audio output jack
HDMI OUT jack: HDMI Connector
USB jack: mini-B
*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.
*2The unique pixel array of Sony’s ClearVid
and the image processing system allow
still image resolution equivalent to the
sizes described.
*3The focal length figures are actual figures
resulting from wide angle pixel readout.