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MiniDV Handycam Camcorder

The DCR-PC109 MiniDV Handycam is the perfect camcorder if you demand quality and convenience. It features an innovative Handycam Station, which provides quick and easy connection between the camcorder and your TV, VCR, or computer.

A Home For Your Handycam

One thing that sets the DCRPC109 apart from the competition is its innovative Handycam Station, which provides a quick and easy connection between the camcorder and your TV, VCR, or computer. Just place the DCRPC109 on the supplied Handycam Station for a quick connection to your TV/VCR for easy viewing. The station also provides hookup to a USB or i.LINK supported computer for video and still image editing. No more fumbling around with multiple cords! The Handycam Station also supplies power to the camcorder for charging the battery, so while you're viewing or editing your footage, you're also getting your new camcorder charged up for your next adventure.

Talkin' About a Resolution

The DCRPC109 is small in size, but it delivers big with its 1 Megapixel (gross) Advanced HAD CCD imager. The 1/5" Advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD with 690K (effective) pixels provides excellent detail and clarity, with exceptional video performance. You'll also realize great looking digital still images with 1000K (effective) pixels. The Megapixel technology enhances your digital videos (520 lines of horizontal resolution) and digital still photography performance. It's all about helping capture your memories in exceptional detail.

MiniDV, Many Advantages

Mini may be a bit misleading if we're talking about the capabilities of this format. The MiniDV format offers more precise image detail and color accuracy than previously possible with analog camcorders. The superior quality of digital video results from a few things. First, there's higher resolution of up to 520 lines of horizontal resolution for sharper picture detail. Then, there's Component Color Sampling, which preserves three times more color information than analog VHS and S-VHS video, for brighter and truer colors. Time Base Correction stabilizes the picture, eliminating video jitters. And finally, Error Correction fills in missing video data, providing seamless, professional-looking video. So check out the DCRPC109 and experience its many, mini advantages.

Watch Where You're Going

The DCRPC109 makes it easy to see what you're recording. The 2.5" Hybrid SwivelScreen LCD Display delivers excellent viewing clarity with improved resolution. The 123K pixel LCD display makes images sharp and detailed, whether you're playing video back or monitoring recording. The Hybrid Reflective-Transmissive LCD Screen provides accurate viewing in sunlight or bright light, virtually eliminating the wash-out common with traditional LCD screens. So watch where your video is going with this bright, sharp screen.

Life Through a Lens

So who is this Carl Zeiss guy anyway? We've never had the pleasure of meeting him, but we know he can design an amazing lens. Carl Zeiss lenses have an advanced optical multi-layer coating offering less glare and flare with increased contrast. This results in vivid image brilliance, true-to-life color saturation and perfect renditions of subtle tones. 10X optical zoom capability in the DCRPC109 is great if you can't get closer to the action, like at a sporting event, or if you simply don't feel like getting up and moving. The 120X digital zoom really lets you zero in, and the DCRPC109 features interpolation that makes extreme digital zooming clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zooms.

Memory on a Stick

The DCRPC109 is compatible with Memory Stick PRO Duo Media. This means you can accomplish even more with your MiniDV camcorder. For instance, you can capture still images at 1152 x 1864 or 640 x 480 resolution, directly onto Memory Stick DUO Media for easy transfer to PCs for emailing, printing, or sharing with other compatible Memory Stick devices. Digital still images will be sharp and clear with excellent definition thanks to the progressive shutter system. This mechanical shutter system provides Progressive Scan performance while utilizing an interlace scanning system. You can also record MPEG EX movies onto Memory Stick. Unlike earlier MPEG1 movies, MPEG EX movie mode will allow you to record uninterrupted to the capacity of the Memory Stick Duo media. These movies are perfect for emailing to friends and family.

Making Good Things Even Better

Let's face it. Rarely are home movies viewed without someone saying "Oh, this part is kinda boring. I'll fast forward to the good stuff." It happens to the best of videographers (guaranteed Spielberg has placed more film in the trash than in the theater). Well, you don't have to be a victim of boring video burnout. Improve your memories with digital video editing on a PC or digital VCR. Sony's i.LINK interface gives you true digital-to-digital editing, without the "generation loss" of analog editing. And the i.LINK interface is compatible with a range of Sony digital VCRs, Sony edit controllers, and Sony PCs with editing software. So instead of a drawn out mini series, you can go straight to the highlight reel. The DCRPC109 also features USB Streaming, helping you stay connected with family and friends by broadcasting live video with audio, via the Internet with the USB interface. You can even play back your favorite recorded scene stored on tape. It's like having our own web camera or video conferencing system. And who wouldn't want that?

Extra, Extra! (Read All About It)

There are even more exciting picture-improving features to the DCRPC109. Sony Super SteadyShot picture stabilization is an advanced version of the SteadyShot system that controls an even higher range of shake and vibration frequencies, to achieve an even higher level of smoothness without degradation of video like some other image stabilizations sytems. So you can capture the truly moving experiences, and eliminate the shaky ones. With Sony's Super NightShot Plus Infrared system allows you to record natural color images in low-light conditions, but without the blurring common with other low-light recording systems. Another great feature on the DCRPC109, especially for those who just want to shoot video, and not spend hours studying the informative owner's manual, is the Easy Handycam button. With the press of this button, most of the advanced functions of the camcorder are locked out, leaving only the buttons essential for recording operational.

Included With Purchase

AC-L25 power adaptor/in-camera charger, NP-FF51 InfoLithium rechargeable battery, Wireless Remote Commander remote control, USB cable, Handycam Station, MSG-M8A Memory Stick Duo Media, Memory Stick Duo adapter, CR2025 battery, Multi A/V cable, LCD cleaning cloth, CD-ROM USB driver (Picture Package Software v.1.0 for Sony).

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