- 1/6-inch CCD imager.
- MiniDV format offers up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution.
- 20x optical zoom with Super Steady picture-stabilization system.
- 2.5-inch high-resolution touch-panel SwivelScreen LCD display rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles.
- Super Night Plus Infrared System captures natural-looking video in low light.
From the Manufacturer
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The DCR-HC26 from Sony gives you a full-featured, compact MiniDV
camcorder at an affordable price. Highlights include the Advanced
HAD CCD imager, which captures stunning detail and clarity, and
20x optical zoom with Super Steady picture stabilization,
which focuses on distant subjects, providing clear close-up
images with less distortion. The Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens
offers less glare and increased contrast for vivid, more
life-like color and tones.
Make your personal videos complete with additional customization
features such as Picture and Fader effects for creative and
professional looking enhancements. Picture Package software helps
you easily organize and edit still images and video.
1/6-Inch Advanced HAD CCD Imager, 680K Pixels Gross
1/6-inch Advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD with 340K
(effective) pixels provides stunning detail and clarity with
exceptional video (up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution) and
still image performance.
MiniDV
Offers up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution, 3x the color
bandwidth and a significantly higher signal/noise ratio, to
provide spectacular video performance.
20x Optical/800x Digital Zoom
The optical zoom helps to bring the action close up from far
away. In addition the digital zoom i nterpolation means that
extreme digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than
previous types of digital zooms.
Professional Quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens
Carl Zeiss lenses have an advanced optical multi-layer coating
that offers less glare and flare with increased contrast. This
results in vivid image brilliance, true-to-life color saturation,
and perfect renditions of subtle tones.
Super Steady Picture Stabilization System
Picture stabilization system that uses motion sensors to detect
and compensate for camera "shake" without compromising picture
quality like some other digital stabilization systems.
2.5-Inch Touch Panel SwivelScreen LCD Display (123K Pixels)
Provides excellent viewing clarity with improved resolution. The
high resolution 123K pixel LCD screen rotates up to 270 degrees
for multiple viewing angles providing sharp, detailed images for
monitoring or playback.
USB Streaming
Stay connected to family and friends by broadcasting live video
with audio over the internet using the USB interface. You can
even playback your favorite recorded scene on the camcorder's
tape. It's like having your own video conferencing system.
i.LINK DV Interface
A digital high-speed bi-directional interface which provides
audio-video communication between two compatible devices. This
connection allows for pure digital transfer between devices
equipped with an IEEE1394 interface, such as camcorders, digital
VTRs, capture cards, and PCs.
InfoLithium Battery with AccuPower Meter System
Charge the battery at anytime because unlike NiCad (Nickel
Cadmium) batteries, Sony's rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries are
not subject to a life shortening "memory effect." Sony's
exclusive AccuPower meter displays the battery time remaining in
minutes, in either the viewfinder or on the LCD screen.
Night Plus Infrared System
With Sony's Night Infrared System you can capture natural
looking video, even when shooting in low light. Record subjects
up to 10 feet away using the built-in infrared system, but
without the overall monochrome color common with earlier
low-light systems.
On Screen Zoom and Record Controls
For additional control of the camcorder, the DCR-HC26 features
Zoom and Record buttons on the frame of the LCD screen. This
allows the user more flexibility when holding the camcorder,
especially in overhead or low angle s.
Stamina Battery Power Management System
Using the optional NP-FP90 InfoLithium Battery, the DCR-HC26 can
continuously record for up to 9 hours (viewfinder) or up to 8
hours (LCD) on a single full charge, providing extra long battery
life.
Program AE (Autoexposure) Modes
Program AE modes make easy even when filming in
challenging situations. Choose from Beach and Ski, Landscape,
Portrait, Sports Lesson, Spotlight, or Sunset and Moon modes.
Picture Effects
Get creative when or playing back your videos with
Sony's Picture Effect Modes. Effects available in Camera mode:
Mosaic and Pastel. Effects available in Playback mode: Monotone,
Negative Art, Sepia, and Solarize.
Fader Effects
Enhance your personal videos by adding professional looking
fader effects. Choose from Black, Mosaic, Monotone, and White.
Battery Information
At the touch of a button, battery information is displayed on
the LCD screen when charging and when the camcorder is turned
off. The display will show how much the battery is charged, in
10% increments and the recordable time left when using the LCD
screen or in the viewfinder.
Photo Mode
Using Sony's Adaptive Frame Interpolation for better image
quality, you can store hundreds of individual still images with
seven seconds of audio on the videotape (depends upon the a
of video recorded on the tape).
Additional Features
* Manual focus
* Easy Handycam button
* Picture Package software What's in the Box
Sony DCR-HC26 MiniDV Digital Handycam camcorder, power
adapter/in-camera charger (ACL25), InfoLithium rechargeable
battery (NPFP30), stereo AV cable, CD-ROM with USB driver
(Picture Package software version 1.5 for Sony), lens cap