Sony HDR-SR12E HD Hard Disc Drive Handycam - 10MP

1920x1080 Recording

Record stunning, incredibly detailed video footage in the clarity of 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution.

Recording Time

Up to 48 hours HD recording on 120GB hard drive plus HYBRID recording on optional Memory Stick for easy sharing.

ClearVid CMOS Sensor (with Exmor Technology) and BIONZ Image Processor

Sony-developed ClearVid CMOS Sensor.
Unlike conventional sensors, it uses an innovative ‘tilted’ pixel layout. This boosts resolution and sensitivity so your pictures always look great, even if you’re shooting indoors or in low light. It’s teamed with Sony Exmor technology that reduces picture noise when signals are converted into digital form. You’ll really notice the difference, whether you’re shooting video or stills.

BIONZ Image Processor

The advanced Sony BIONZ Image Processor uses hardware-based Large Scale Integrated (LSI) circuitry that improves camera response time, screens out noise before RAW data conversion, handles Dynamic Range Optimization processing, and prolongs battery life.

Professional Quality Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar® T* Lens

Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar® T* lenses use highly advanced optics to deliver vivid image brilliance, true-to-life colour saturation, and perfect renditions of subtle tones. The additional T* coating further reduces unwanted glare and flare for increased contrast and colour.

12X Optical / 150X Digital Zoom

The optical zoom helps to bring the action close up from far away. In addition, Digital Zoom Interpolation means that extreme digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zoom.

Super SteadyShot Image Stabilisation System

The Super SteadyShot Optical Image Stabilisation System from Sony reduces blur caused by camera shake and vibration, so your images stay crisp and clear. This optical stabilisation system achieves an even higher level of smoothness without the image degradation that can occur with some digital stabilisation systems.

x.v. Colour Technology

x.v.Color technology can capture or display nearly twice as many (1.8x) viewable colours than possible with the traditional RGB colour standard. This provides a more accurate and vivid colour range, for a more natural, lifelike overall experience.

Face Detection 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 automatically controls focus, exposure, and colour to help capture smiling faces brightly and clearly. Face Detection also helps make skin tones look natural without affecting other colours in the image.

Dynamic Range Optimizer

Powered by the exclusive Sony’s BIONZ high-speed processing engine, D-Range Optimization preserves image data in bright highlights, such as suppressing "whiteout" in skies. When shooting in backlit settings, D-Range Optimization reveals more detail in shadows, preventing "blackout." As a result, the captured image appears as natural as the original scene.

Hybrid Recording to Hard Disk Drive or Memory Stick Media

Hybrid recording technology delivers a new level of flexibility for transferring your video footage and digital photos from the camcorder to compatible viewing devices. Record to the camcorder’s internal hard disk drive, or choose instead to record to removable Memory Stick Duo media or Memory Stick PRO Duo media. You can even select from various dubbing functions to easily copy video or still images from the hard disk drive to Memory Stick media -- without using a PC. Images recorded or transferred to Memory Stick media can then be played directly on a PS3 or PC to share your memories with friends and family.

3.2" Wide (16:9) Touch Panel XtraFine LCD Display (921K pixels)

The 3.2" Wide (16:9) XtraFine LCD screen displays sharp, bright, photo-quality images, letting you compose and share video and still images more easily -- even outdoors. With nearly 1 megapixel (921K pixels) resolution and a wide viewing angle, the XtraFine LCD screen is like having a high-resolution video and photo viewer built into your camcorder.

Face Index

Face Index makes it easier than ever to find and play back the right video scene. Using Face Detection technology, Face Index indexes your video footage according to the faces detected in each scene. When it’s time to play back video, simply search for what you want by selecting from among the detected faces displayed in the index.

Film Roll Index

Like chapters in a book, Film Roll Index helps you easily find desired scenes in video footage. When using this feature, the camcorder previews the beginning of scenes and can create scene indexes set at specified display intervals (3, 6, or 12 seconds and 1 or 5 minutes).

HDMI Connection with BRAVIA Sync Technology

HDMI connectivity provides a simple, high-quality video and audio connection, with the ability to transmit HD video and 5.1 channel audio directly from the camcorder to compatible HDTV’s via a single cable. With BRAVIA Sync technology, the HDMI connection also delivers the ability to control both the camcorder and HDTV using a single BRAVIA TV remote.