| System |
| Recording System | Movies | AVCHD
Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264;
Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch; Dolby Digital 5.1ch*
MP4
Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Audio compression: MPEG-2 AAC-LC (2ch)
* Only when using the optional SM-V1 Surround Microphone. |
| 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*
MP4: 720P
* Recordings made with the [PF25] frame rate are converted and recorded on the memory as 50i. |
| Recording Media | -  Built-in memory: 8 GB
- SD, SDHC (SD High Capacity) or SDXC (SD eXtended Capacity) memory card (not included) |
Maximum Recording Time  |
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 | 1/3-inch CMOS, 2,370,000 pixels
Effective pixels: 2,070,000 pixels (1920 x 1080) |
| LCD Touch Screen | 7.51 cm (3 inch), wide, TFT color, 230,000 dots , 100% coverage, touch operation |
| Microphone | Stereo electret condenser microphone with multiple directionality settings |
| Lens | f=6.1-61 mm, F/1.8-3.0, 10x optical zoom, iris aperture
35 mm equivalent: 43.6 – 436 mm |
| Lens Configuration | 11 elements in 9 groups (2 double-sided aspheric elements) |
| AF System | Autofocus (TTL + external distance sensor when set to [Instant AF]) or Manual focus |
| Filter Diameter | 43 mm |
| Minimum Focusing Distance | 1 m ; 40 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, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H |
| Minimum Illumination | 0.1 lx ([SCN: Low Light] recording program, Shutter speed at 1/2)
1.0 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 |
| When the recording program is set to [Underwater] or [Surface] |
| The following functions are not available | Face detection (available only for [Surface]), Instant AF, auto slow shutter, manual audio recording level adjustment, microphone attenuator, zoom speed adjustment (zoom speed is faster than [Speed 3] when [Zoom Speed] is set to [Variable]) |
| The following settings are adjusted | White balance, image effects, tele macro |
| Minimum focusing distance from the waterproof case lens window | In the water | Approx. 75 cm at full telephoto; approx. 5 cm at full wide angle
35 cm with tele macro on at full telephoto |
| In the air | Approx. 1 m at full telephoto; approx. 5 cm at full wide angle
40 cm with tele macro on at full telephoto |
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