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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.
x Procedures
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: NTSC color, EIA standards
1080/60i specification
Recording format: Movie (HD): AVCHD 1080/
60i
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 1/30 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.