Sony GW66VE Waterproof Full HD camcorder
Movies that make a splash
Take the plunge: The GW66VE is waterproof to 10m, you can make more than a splash, you can dive deep down.
Shoot any time, any place: The GW66VE shrugs off everything from snow to sand with a design that’s waterproof, dustproof, shockproof and freezeproof to -10°C.
Say goodbye to camcorder shake: Capture smooth, clear footage when shooting handheld and forget about juddering scenes with Optical SteadyShot Active Mode.
Low-light shooting with an Exmor R™ CMOS sensor: You can capture summer BBQ evenings in crisp, clear detail with reduced image noise.
Broaden your view with a G Lens from Sony: With a wide angle at 29.8mm, the G Lens from Sony lets you fit more into your frame, leaving nothing and nobody out of shot.
Capture smooth and natural fast action: Perfect for fun days at the beach, 1920x1080/50p progressive mode records at a very high frame rate of 50 Full HD frames a second.
Get closer to your subject: 10x optical zoom and 17x extended zoom pulls you closer so you can capture every emotion.
Lifelike stills with 20.4 megapixel detail: Take clear, smooth photos that are packed with life, you can relive every shot exactly as you remember it.
Don’t be left out of friend or family shots: Take the shot and still get in the group picture, a self-record button lets you get in on the action.
It’s easy to shoot and share: Record in either MP4 or AVCHD format. Choose MP4 if you want to put your videos on YouTube™ or AVCHD for maximum image quality.
Compose every shot with ease: Check what’s in the frame then review your shot with a 7.6cm (3.0 inch) LCD display.
Just point and shoot, without adjusting settings: iAuto automatically adjusts settings for the best results, recognising different faces, lighting and scenes such as landscapes.
Watch your HD recordings on the big screen: With a Micro HDMI connection, it’s easy to plug your Handycam® into a HD ready TV and play back your memories for an audience.
Take the plunge: The GW66VE is waterproof to 10m, you can make more than a splash, you can dive deep down.
Shoot any time, any place: The GW66VE shrugs off everything from snow to sand with a design that’s waterproof, dustproof, shockproof and freezeproof to -10°C.
Say goodbye to camcorder shake: Capture smooth, clear footage when shooting handheld and forget about juddering scenes with Optical SteadyShot Active Mode.
Low-light shooting with an Exmor R™ CMOS sensor: You can capture summer BBQ evenings in crisp, clear detail with reduced image noise.
Broaden your view with a G Lens from Sony: With a wide angle at 29.8mm, the G Lens from Sony lets you fit more into your frame, leaving nothing and nobody out of shot.
Capture smooth and natural fast action: Perfect for fun days at the beach, 1920x1080/50p progressive mode records at a very high frame rate of 50 Full HD frames a second.
Get closer to your subject: 10x optical zoom and 17x extended zoom pulls you closer so you can capture every emotion.
Lifelike stills with 20.4 megapixel detail: Take clear, smooth photos that are packed with life, you can relive every shot exactly as you remember it.
Don’t be left out of friend or family shots: Take the shot and still get in the group picture, a self-record button lets you get in on the action.
It’s easy to shoot and share: Record in either MP4 or AVCHD format. Choose MP4 if you want to put your videos on YouTube™ or AVCHD for maximum image quality.
Compose every shot with ease: Check what’s in the frame then review your shot with a 7.6cm (3.0 inch) LCD display.
Just point and shoot, without adjusting settings: iAuto automatically adjusts settings for the best results, recognising different faces, lighting and scenes such as landscapes.
Watch your HD recordings on the big screen: With a Micro HDMI connection, it’s easy to plug your Handycam® into a HD ready TV and play back your memories for an audience.
Video
- Video formats supported
- AVCHD format ver.2.0 compatible:MPEG4-AVC/H.264 - MPEG2-PS:MPEG-2 (Video) - MP4: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Technical details
- Colour of product
- Black
- Built-in speaker(s)
- Monoral Speaker
- Weight
- 188g
- Aperture range (F-F)
- 1.8 - 3.4
- Focal length range (f-f)
- 3.2 - 32 mm
- Audio system
- Dolby Digital 2ch Stereo, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator
- Bundled software
- N
- Compatible memory cards
- Memory Stick Micro™ (Mark 2) / Micro SD/SDXC Memory Card(Class 4 or Higher)
- Display
- Clear Photo LCD Plus
- Effective sensor resolution
- Approx.5020000 pixels
- Face detection
- Y
- Flash
- Built-in Flash
- Optical zoom
- 10x
- Power cord included
- Y
- Remote control type
- N
- Scene modes
- Auto / Night Scene / Night Portrait(Photo Mode only)/Sunrise & Sunset / Fireworks / Landscape / Portrait / Spotlight / Beach / Snow / Underwater
- White balance
- Auto / Onepush / Outdoor / Indoor
- Image quality
- 20.4 megapixels (16:9 6016x3384), 15.3 megapixels (4:3 4512x3384)
- Other features
- Y
- Tracking focus
- Y
Ports & interfaces
- S-Video out
- N
- Built-in microphone
- Built-in Zoom Microphone
- Composite video out
- N
- Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- N
- Headphone outputs
- N
- S-Video in
- N
- USB port
- Y<br />N
Power
- Battery type
- NP-BX1
- Power consumption (typical)
- HD: 2.2, STD: 2, MP4: 1.8W
Performance
- Manual focus
- Y
Display
- Display resolution (numeric)
- 460000 pixels
- Touch screen
- Y
Technical details
- Display diagonal
- 7.62 cm (3")
Audio
- Microphone connectivity
- N
Lens system
- Extra/Smart zoom
- 17x
- Digital zoom
- 120x
- Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
- 29.8 - 298 mm
- Image stabilizer
- Optical SteadyShot™ w/ Active mode (Wide to Tele)
- Wide angle lens system
- Y
Camera
- Minimum illumination
- 6 lx
Focusing
- Smile detection
- Y
Flash
- Shoe mounting point
- N
Packaging content
- Wrist strap included
- Y
Features
- Backlight
- Y
Picture quality
- Image formats supported
- Y
Weight & dimensions
- Width
- 3.25 cm
- Depth
- 7 cm
- Height
- 10.85 cm
Other features
- Adapter type
- Y
- Composite video in
- N
- Electrical viewfinder
- N
- HDMI out
- YES
- Integrated USB cable
- N
- Lens system
- G Lens
- Main camera sensor
- 1/3.91 type(4.6mm) back-illuminated Exmor R™ CMOS Sensor
- Night mode
- N
- Shutter speed (photo)
- 1/8 - 1/10.000s
- USB cable
- YES (micro)
- Auto slow shutter
- N
- Automatic geotagging by GPS
- Y
- AV cable
- N
- Component cable
- N
- Direct copy
- N
- DVDirect
- N
- Event browse
- Y
- Golf shot
- Y
- HDMI cable
- YES(Micro)
- Highlight playback
- Y
- Intelligent mode
- Y
- Movie quality
- HD:1920x1080/50p(PS), 50i(FX,FH), 1440x1080/50i(HQ,LP) - STD:720x480/50i - MP4: 1280x720 30p
- Movie recording rate (average bit rate/VBR)
- HD PS:Approx.28Mbps/FX:Approx.24Mbps/FH:Approx.17Mbps/HQ:Approx.9Mbps/LP:Approx.5Mbps - STD HQ:9Mbps - MP4: Approx.6Mbps
- Pixels
- Approx.5430K
- Playlist editing
- N
- Quick ON button
- Y
- Still image recording
- Y
- Still recording during Movie
- Y
