| System |
| Recording System | Movies | AVCHD | Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch |
| MP4 | Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Audio compression: MPEG-2 AAC-LC (2ch) |
| Photos | DCF (Design rule for Camera File system), compatible with Exif* Ver. 2.3
Image compression: JPEG |
| * This camcorder supports Exif 2.3 (also called "Exif Print"). Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between camcorders and printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant printer, the camcorder's image data at the time of shooting is used and optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints. |
| Video Signal Configuration | AVCHD | 1080/50i *
* Recordings made with the [PF25] frame rate are converted and recorded on the memory as 50i. |
| MP4 | 720P |
| Recording Media | - Built-in memory |  32 GB,  /  8 GB |
| - SD, SDHC (SD High Capacity) or SDXC (SD eXtended Capacity) memory card (not included) |
Maximum Recording Time |
32 GB built-in memory | AVCHD movies | MXP mode: 2 hr. 55 min. FXP mode: 4 hr. 10 min. XP+ mode: 5 hr. 45 min. SP mode: 9 hr. 35 min. LP mode: 12 hr. 15 min.
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| MP4 movies | 9 Mbps: 7 hr. 40 min. 4 Mbps: 16 hr. 55 min. |
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8 GB built-in memory | AVCHD movies | MXP mode: 40 min. FXP mode: 1 hr. XP+ mode: 1 hr. 25 min. SP mode: 2 hr. 20 min. LP mode: 3 hr. |
| MP4 movies | 9 Mbps: 1 hr. 55 min. 4 Mbps: 4 hr. 10 min. |
| Commercially available 16 GB memory card | AVCHD movies | MXP mode: 1 hr. 25 min. FXP mode: 2 hr. 5 min. XP+ mode: 2 hr. 50 min. SP mode: 4 hr. 45 min. LP mode: 6 hr. 5 min. |
| MP4 movies | 9 Mbps: 3 hr. 50 min. 4 Mbps: 8 hr. 25 min. |
| Image Sensor | 1/4.85-inch CMOS, 3,280,000 pixels
Effective pixels: 2,070,000 pixels (1920 x 1080)
When advanced zoom is on: 2176 x 1224 (full wide angle), 1920 x 1080 (midway between full wide angle and full telephoto), 1360 x 765 (full telephoto) |
| LCD Touch Screen | 7.51 cm (3 inch), wide, TFT color, 230,000 dots, 100% coverage, touch operation |
| Microphone | Stereo electret condenser microphone |
| Lens | f=2.8-89.6 mm, F/1.8-4.5, 32x optical zoom, 51x advanced zoom |
| 35 mm equivalent | 38.5 – 1,232 mm
33.9 – 1,729 mm (when advanced zoom is on) |
| Lens Configuration | 10 elements in 7 groups (1 aspheric element) |
| AF System | Autofocus (TTL) or Manual focus |
| Minimum Focusing Distance | 1 m; 50 cm with tele macro on at full telephoto; 1 cm at full wide angle |
| White Balance | Auto white balance, Custom white balance or Preset white balance settings: Daylight, Tungsten |
| Minimum Illumination | 0.4lx ([SCN: Low Light] recording program, Shutter speed at 1/2) |
| 4 lx ([Programmed AE] recording program, Auto slow shutter [On], Shutter speed at 1/25) |
| Recommended Illumination | More than 100 lx |
| Image Stabilization | Optical-Shift Image Stabilizer |
| Size of Video Recordings | AVCHD movies | MXP, FXP mode: 1920 x 1080 pixels; XP+, SP, LP mode: 1440 x 1080 pixels |
| MP4 movies | 1280 x 720 pixels |
| Size of Photos | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
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