Product Description
For beginners, a Easy Handycam button on the camcorders now provides a one-step solution to confusing menus. This new and unique Sony function simplifies the choice of menu features, displaying a limited set of commands on the LCD screen in large, easy to read characters. With almost all settings on automatic, the user is presented with only the commands necessary for basic camera operation, making learning to shoot video even easier. Users can return to the normal function Regular Mode by simply pressing a single button, making these cameras perfect for both beginners and more advanced users. In a further move to simplify camera use, the menu system can now be set to display in any of nine European languages. An i.LINK connection allows users to transfer the video footage at high speed to a compatible PC for editing and each model in the range comes bundled with Picture Package - a new and extremely easy way of creating movies on Video CD. Targeted at the beginner, this solution-oriented package does away with the need for complex video editing software on the computer. The simple process starts with the user choosing a music track, then the video from the camera. Confirming the selection starts the software quickly burning a movie to VideoCD using the computer’s CD recorder. The result is a professional looking video that has been automatically edited to match the music and which benefits from the automatic addition of special effects between the scenes. Output directly to VideoCD for widespread distribution, it can be played in most PCs or domestic DVD players. USB Web streaming is also an option as the camcorders can use USB to provide high speed transfer of e-movies and digital pictures to a PC, allowing the camcorder to be used as a Webcam, or to be burnt to a CD.
Storage is also a key factor but in keeping with the compact design, Sony has made its new DV camcorders compatible with Memory Stick DUO™ for digital image capture and high-speed data transfer (DCR-HC30 and above). Half the size of a normal Memory Stick, the Sony Memory Stick DUO™ is available in up to 128 MB capacity and comes with an adaptor so it can be used in devices that use the larger Memory Stick format. As well as i.LINK and USB cables, each camcorder comes bundled with an AV cable to connect to the TV. Manual focus, exposure control and IR remote control are incorporated as standard.
