Excellent Lightweight HD Camcorder
For a top-notch lightweight HD camcorder with loads of practical features, look no further than the Sony HDR-CX405 Handycam. The HDR-CX405 boasts a high-quality 1.05-inch ZEISS Lens with 30x optical zoom. Optical SteadyShot ensures shake-free, blur-free footage, and you can record in the high-bitrate XAVC S format. Cutting-edge amenities, such as an Exmor R CMOS sensor and advanced BIONZ X image processing, elevate the quality of your videos. What's more, the HDR-CX405 has dual recording modes, face detection, intelligent image optimization, and built-in effects. Finally, the HDR-CX405 Handycam includes a 2.7-inch LCD screen and stores your content conveniently on a Memory Stick Micro or Micro SD/SDHC card.
Premium-quality ZEISS lens with 30x optical zoom
The HDR-CX405 Handycam is equipped with a premium-quality ZEISS lens. This wide-angle lens — up to 10.5 inches — captures all of the action, even when you don't have enough room to step back. This HD camcorder also features 30x optical zoom. At Sweetwater, we've found the HDR-CX405's optical zoom to be top notch — it doesn't degrade your image quality in the slightest. This Handycam also includes 60x clear image zoom, which employs processing to compare patterns found in adjacent pixels and create new pixels to match selected patterns. The result? Realistic, high-quality images that rival optical zoom.
Makes capturing high-quality HD video a piece of cake
Capturing high-quality video is easy with the Sony HDR-CX405 Handycam. You'll benefit from shake-free, blur-free footage, thanks to advanced Optical SteadyShot image stabilization. This camcorder supports high-bitrate XAVC S (HD 50 Mbps) recording for maximum quality, in addition to AVCHD and MP4 recording. Progressive recording captures video in Full HD at 60p/50p, ensuring that stills extracted from the video will look clear and sharp. A cutting-edge Exmor R CMOS sensor enhances image clarity, reduces noise in dark environments, and enables soft background defocusing. An advanced BIONZ X image processing engine achieves vivid, lifelike image quality and faster processing.
Includes a wide range of productivity-enhancing features
The Sony HDR-CX405 Handycam includes a host of productivity-enhancing features. Intelligent Auto automatically optimizes settings for the type of scene being shot. Face detection automatically optimizes focus, exposure, and color for best results, while Smile Shutter automatically captures snapshots of smiling faces, even while recording video. Want to get hands on? No problem. The HDR-CX405 includes manual iris and shutter settings. A built-in USB cable in the hand strap for fast charging and easy connection to your computer. Dual Record mode shoots HD video and high-resolution still images simultaneously; Dual Video recording records maximum-quality XAVC S or AVCHD and web-friendly MP4 concurrently. You also get seven creative effects that you can deploy without a computer.
Sony HDR-CX405 Handycam Features:
- Wide-angle 1.05-inch ZEISS Lens with 30x optical zoom and 60x clear image zoom
- Optical SteadyShot advanced image stabilization ensures shake-free, blur-free footage
- Supports the high-bitrate XAVC S format for exceptional image quality
- Also supports AVCHD and web-friendly MP4 recording
- Cutting-edge Exmor R CMOS sensor enhances image clarity, reduces noise in dark environments, and enables soft background defocusing
- Advanced BIONZ X image processing engine achieves vivid, lifelike image quality and faster processing
- Intelligent Auto automatically optimizes settings for the type of scene being shot
- Face detection automatically optimizes focus, exposure, and color for best results
- Smile Shutter automatically captures snapshots of smiling faces, even while recording video
- Manual settings for iris and shutter speed are ideal for backlit and underexposed conditions
- Built-in USB cable in the hand strap for fast charging and easy connection to your computer
- Dual Record mode shoots HD video and high-resolution still images simultaneously
- Dual Video recording records XAVC S or AVCHD and MP4 simultaneously
- Picture Effect supplies up to 7 creative effects: Partial Color, Retro Photo, Soft High-key, High Contrast Mono, Toy Camera, Pop Color, and Posterization
- Motion Shot Video plays a sequence of superimposed images that trace recorded action in split-second intervals for detailed analysis on the LCD screen
- 9.2 MP still image capture is ideal for moments when you don't need — or want — a video
- Progressive recording captures video in Full HD at 60p/50p — stills extracted from the video will look clear and sharp
- Categorizes GUI group videos and still images as separate events for easy browsing and playback
- Convenient storage via Memory Stick Micro or Micro SD/SDHC card
- Employs extra-light, extra-compact X-type batteries
