Sony DCR-SR300

The Smooth Slow recording feature increases the record rate from 60 fields per second to 240 fps for three seconds, so you can capture fast movements like a golf swing. The three-second video is played back over 12 seconds for a better look at the action. Users can also record an audio track to narrate the content of the video.

Dual-record mode also allows high-quality still photos to be shot while recording motion video at the same time. Sony’s ClearVid™ CMOS Sensor makes both the Smooth Slow recording and the dual-record mode possible.

The DCR-SR300 model can capture four-megapixel still images when the camcorder is recording video and a six-megapixel image when the unit in the still image mode.

Both the DCR- SR300 and DCR-SR200 models feature high-quality audio with Dolby® Digital 5.1 channel surround sound recording and an active interface shoe that can support an optional ECM-HW1 Bluetooth® microphone for enhanced center channel sound.

They each have 40GB hard drives, offering about 28 hours of video recording in long-play mode, more than 14 hours in standard mode and about nine hours of footage in high-quality mode.

Hard Drive, Easy to Like

Sony’s new HDD camcorders are capable of low-light video recording with the auto slow shutter functionality, providing a range of two-to-five-lux performance to guarantee brighter video in dim environments. Each model has a Memory Stick® Duo media slot to facilitate still image capture.

There is also a full line of camcorder accessories available, including lights, lenses, microphones, InfoLithium® batteries, chargers and cables.

Record and Protect

To protect hours of recorded video on the hard disk drive, Sony makes its hard drive camcorders with the HDD Smart Protection System to reduce the likelihood of data loss in the event the camera is dropped or mishandled.

The 3G sensor detects a sudden acceleration, caused by a fall, and instantly lifts the writer heads from the hard drive, preventing damage from impact. If there is a drop or fall while the camcorder is recording, the camcorder is designed to buffer the video stream until the drive is stable and operational again before writing the stored data to disk. Sony’s HDD Handycam models also include physical shock absorbers to protect the hard disk drive.

Sharing Kept Simple

All of the new HDD camcorders include a Handycam® Station that can connect the camcorder to a personal computer, television set or a DVDirect® DVD recorder with the supplied USB and AV cables.

The Handycam Station features a One Touch Disc Burn button to automatically burn video to a DVD disc via a PC or without a PC when attached to a DVDirect recorder. In either case, the recorder can automatically detect the camcorder’s newest content and seamlessly burn the footage to a blank DVD, eliminating the need to cue the new recordings.

The new camcorders are also packaged with DVD authoring software to edit video once downloaded to a PC.

All of them will be available online at sonystyle.com, as well as at Sony Style® retail stores and authorized dealers nationwide beginning in March.

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