Sony DCR-SR68 hand-held camcorder

Sony DCR-SR68 hand-held camcorder

DCR-SR68, 2000x, 60x, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar, 1/8" CCD, 6.858 cm (2.7 ") LCD, 230K, 16:9, 720x480(4:3), 80GB, JPEG, Silver

Manufacturer
Sony
SKU
DCR-SR68
19-06-2010
Model Highlights: 80GB hard disk drive, 60x optical / 2000x digital zoom, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, Face Detection, 2.7" touch panel display, Hybrid Recording, Direct Copy, LED video light

Capture Natural Looking Faces
It's never been easier to capture faces thanks to integrated Face Detection technology. Face Detection recognizes faces and optimizes camera settings for both video and still images, so faces are captured more clearly and skin tones look more natural.

Easily Compose and View Your Shots
Boasting a 2.7" (16:9) touch panel display with excellent viewing clarity and improved resolution (230K pixels), it a breeze to frame your shots. The display rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles, as well as provides sharp, detailed images for monitoring or playback. The convenient touch panel also allows easy access to menus.

Store and Share Your Memories
Now there's an easy way to transfer and store videos directly from your camcorder to an external hard disk drive (sold separately), without a computer. You can even use handy playback features of this camcorder to access the videos stored on your external drive and share your memories on a compatible HDTV or monitor.

Get Closer to Your Subjects
Ideal for sporting events, wildlife, or distance shooting, a Carl Zeiss 60X optical zoom brings you closer to the action, so you can capture extremely tight shots, even from far away. In addition, Digital Zoom Interpolation means that extreme digital zooming (up to 2000X) is clearer, with less distortion.

Edit and Share Your Footage
Use the supplied Sony Picture Motion Browser (PMB) software to easily transfer, sort and view your videos and still images on your compatible PC. There are also multiple output options which let you burn your memories to DVD (sold separately), as well as take advantage of one click upload to a number of popular sharing sites.

Low Light, No Problem
Thanks to an integrated LED video light, you can shed some light on your subject and record clear, colorful videos and pictures even in low light situations.

80GB hard disk drive
A built-in 80GB hard disk drive can record and store up to 61 hours of video footage in SD LP mode. In addition, “HDD Smart Protection” gives you peace of mind by preventing any recorded video and images from being lost if the camcorder is accidentally dropped.

60X Optical / 2000X Digital Zoom
60X optical zoom help you capture close-up action while keeping your distance. In addition, Digital Zoom Interpolation means that extreme digital zooming (up to 2000X) is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zooms.

Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with SteadyShot
The DCR-SR68 features a professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens designed specifically for compact camcorders. Precision ground optics help maintain the sharpness and contrast of larger lenses, and SteadyShot image stabilization helps reduce blur caused by camera shake.

2.7” Clear Photo LCD3 (230 K) display
The 2.7” Clear Photo LCD3 (230 K) display provides exceptional viewing clarity with 123K pixels resolution. The display rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles, as well as provides sharp, detailed images for monitoring or playback. The convenient touch panel allows easy access to menus and additional functionality such as spot focus and spot metering.

Direct Copy to external HDD w/o PC
Store your memories in a whole new way with the ability to copy videos from your camcorder directly to an external hard disk drive (sold separately), all without a computer. Your camcorder can also access videos stored on the external hard drive for playback on your HDTV, allowing you to utilize the camcorder’s handy playback features.

Film Roll / Face Index
With Film Roll Index, the camcorder previews the beginning of scenes and creates scene indexes set at specified display intervals (3, 6, or 12 seconds and 1 or 5 minutes). 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.

Media Card Slot
For convenient storage and sharing of your images and videos, the camera accepts Memory Stick Duo / Memory Stick PRO Duo / Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo media (sold separately) and SD/SDHC/SDXC media (Class 4).

Technical details

Camera shutter speed 
1/60 - 1/500s
Compatible memory cards 
MS PRO Duo, SD, SDHC, SDXC
Compatible operating systems 
Windows XP/Vista/7
Display 
LCD
Flash
LED Video Light
Internal memory 
80000 MB
Optical sensor size 
1/0.315 mm (1/8")
Optical zoom 
60x
Sensor type 
CCD
Display diagonal 
6.86 cm (2.7")

Lens system

Digital zoom 
2000x
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
39 - 2340 mm

Flash

Built-in flash 
Y

Picture quality

Image formats supported 
JPG

Other features

Lens system 
Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
Sports
Y
Spotlight
Y
Twilight
Y

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