SONY ADDS SLEEK WATERPROOF HANDYCAM® CAMCORDER TO ITS PORTFOLIO OF HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO CAPTURE DEVICES
Sony today revealed a first for its collection of Handycam® cams – a waterproof style that makes taking your special reminiscences in high-quality video or still digital photography easy and worry-free in almost any atmosphere.
The new HDR-GW77V camcorder can capture complete HD video and 20.4-megapixel images in dimensions, so that inside your home or out, this fashionable lightweight camcorder can keep up with any household's dynamic way of life. Water resistant down to 16 toes, the camcorder's 3.0" (16:9) Xtra Fine LCD™ touchscreen technology (921K) continues to be fully functional when engrossed and it also has an "Underwater Mode" which adapts the white balance for under the sea circumstances to create colours appear natural.
Sony's newest camcorder inclusion is not only practical to use in wet atmosphere, it is also shockproof and dustproof making it resilient enough to hold up against an random fall from up to roughly 5 toes and appropriate for just about any situation. From hills and jungles to regularly and seashores, now customers can papers their journeys without stress anywhere and whenever they want, even if they experience mud, snowfall, rainfall or dirt while taking.
"As we continue to change the classification, we're always looking for ways to create taking reminiscences hassle- and worry-free without compromising style," said Hidenori Toyoda, home of the camcorder business at Panasonic Gadgets. "This light and portable waterproof Handycam camcorder sports a modern design and allows customers to pay attention to the moment rather than worry over defending their device."
Slick, Durable and Feature-Packed
To help realize high-quality video and images, the waterproof camcorder was developed with innovative technology. Its back-illuminated Exmor® R CMOS indicator increases picture quality and greatly decreases feed to capture magnificently specific, low-noise video even in low-light circumstances. If needed, a built-in display will reveal your subject in eye shadows.
For once, Panasonic presents Amazing Brush Panorama™ function for still picture into the camcorder family. The popular function found in Panasonic Cyber-shot® cams gets to beyond the conventional large position zoom lens and lets you capture extensive, spectacular photos of scenery or cityscapes just by pushing the shutter option and panning the landscape with a capturing activity. Using Face and Action Recognition, even people and things that are moving will be duplicated normally without reasoning.
The Prolonged Zoom capability function electronically increases the camcorder's 10x visual zoom range to a highly effective 17x highest possible magnifier, allowing customers get even nearer to the action while keeping HD picture excellent. And with 16GB of included Flash storage, it can history and store up to 4 hours of high definition video articles (HD LP mode).
Another stand apart function is Optical SteadyShot™ picture leveling with Active Mode which reimburses for greater levels of trembling camera to provide amazingly sleek video from large position to complete telephoto taking. To further balance activity, 3-Way Shake-Canceling adds electronic throw balance for even better video capture.
Along with these features, the high-end camcorder provides the best of Panasonic image resolution with its professional-quality G Lens. Designed for excellent visual efficiency, Panasonic G contacts provide brilliant, precise color imitation and distinct, specific pictures. Moreover, the 29.8mm key duration in Photo Mode and Movie Ways provides a wider viewpoint for improved large position taking.
An ideal travel associate, the feature-rich HDR-GW77V camcorder also utilizes a built-in GPS device and NAVTEQ® charts. The device gives you the ability to viewpoint your current location on the LCD map display, instantly "geotag" your taking places, and viewpoint the geotagged articles using a Map Catalog function on the camcorder or once downloadable to a computer using the provided PlayMemories Home™ application.
The camcorder also contains the following technologies:
iAUTO – automated selection of highest possible camcorder configurations in different environments; up to 99 landscape blends possible
Tracking Concentrate – expansion of Face Recognition to choose an item by in contact with the LCD section and having the attention follow the chosen object
Self Symbol Minutter – establishing that guarantees properly mounted, clearly targeted arms-length images of you and your friends
Highlight Play-back – function to recognize and gather key moments into short, interesting films complete with music and transitions
Event Look through – quickly categories your pictures and video segments together for easier viewing; can be used with Emphasize Play-back to create and share a highlight fishing reel from your event
Storage and Post-Shooting Options
Sony's new camcorder can history video and still pictures straight to Memory Stick PRO Duo™ press, Protected Digital (SD), or SDHC press card (all sold separately) along with 16GB of included storage.
PlayMemories Online™ assistance, a Panasonic system assistance that just released this Springtime, allows customers to viewpoint their articles from various gadgets such as a mobile phone, product, PC, or linked TV whenever they want. Simply publish all pics and vids to PlayMemories Online reasoning assistance and enjoy watching them almost anywhere, whenever they want.
The camcorder is appropriate with both PC and Mac® computer systems. Mac customers can exchange AVCHD™ articles and modify films in HD excellent using iMovie® application. For PC customers, the PlayMemories Home™ application allows watching, modifying, planning and posting pictures to many major video and picture giving Web sites.
The HDR-GW77V Waterproof Handycam camcorder will be available later this month for about $700, at http://store.sony.com, Sony retail stores and other authorized retailers nationwide.