Sony HDR-CX100 AVCHD HD Camcorder w/Smile Shutter & 10x Optical Zoom (Black)

Sony HDR-CX100 Shoot HD-quality video.This compact and lightweight Memory Stick Duo media camcorder offers 1920×1080 Full HD video recording and up to 4.0-megapixel still image capture. Packed with a healthy feature set including a 1/5-inch ClearVid CMOS image sensor, BIONZ image processor, Face Detection, Smile Shutter technology and 8 GB of embedded flash memory, its most differentiating characteristic is its ultra-compact design.

Face Detection technology for Video Footage and Digital Still Photos
Made possible by the BIONZ image processing engine, Face Detection technology recognizes up to 8 faces anywhere in the frame and by selecting the most prominent, automatically controls focus, exposure, and color to help capture smiling faces brightly and clearly. Face Detection technology also helps make skin tones look natural without affecting other colors in the image. On AVCHD models, the camcorder allocates encoding bits on detected face areas prior to encoding other parts of the picture, making them sharper and clearer. In still picture mode, Face Detection technology sets the flash level to optimize picture clarity.

Smile Shutter technology for still and dual capture
Smile Shutter technology lets the camcorder automatically take still photos when your subject smiles, even while shooting high definition video. You can also set the sensitivity and choose child, adult, or auto priority.

2.7-inch wide touch panel
2.7-inch wide (16:9) touch panel Clear Photo LCD Plus display provides excellent viewing clarity with improved resolution (211K pixels). The display rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles, as well as provides sharp, detailed images for monitoring or playback. The convenient touch panel allows easy access to menus and additional functionality such as spot focus and spot metering.

Built-in zoom microphone
The built-in zoom microphone focuses audio recording on your subjects with the camera’s zoom lens, helping memories ring true with clear dialogue and crisp, discrete sounds.

Smooth Slow Record
The Smooth Slow Record mode increases the record rate from 60 frames per second (fps) to 240 fps, allowing you to capture 3 seconds of fast motion and play the video back in 12 seconds. This is a great tool for analyzing a golf swing or a viewing a bird in flight. In addition, you record an audio track to narrate the video footage.

Capture 1920 x 1080 HD video to built-in flash memory

10x optical zoom, 120x digital zoom; Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with SteadyShot image stabilization

2.7-inch wide touch-panel Clear Photo LCD Plus display

4-megapixel still image capture; Face Detection

8 GB built-in memory; compatible with Memory Stick PRO Duo Media (not included)

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