Sony DCRIP5 MicroMV Digital Camcorder w/ 2.5" Hybrid LCD
Details
- Features composite and S-Video outputs
- 10x visual, 120x digital, zoom with Super SteadyShot image stabilization
- MicroMV camcorder
Description
What could be more at one's fingertips than a camcorder that fits right in the palm of your hand? This camcorder uses the NEW MicroMV formatM-^Wa stripe thatM-^Rs 70% smaller, yet holds up to 60 minutes of video thatM-^Rs every bit as great as its bigger cousin, MiniDV! Get crystal-clear images through the Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lens, and see the results instantly on the 2.5" LCD Swivelscreen. Your audiences will understand the shake-free images youM-^Rll get with the Super SteadyShot« stabilizing system.Featuring a condensed, vertically aligned body to go along with its potent 10x optical zoom, the DCR-IP5 is the first of two camcorders featuring the one of a kind new recording format MicroMV, which records using the same format used to encode DVDs: MPEG-2.
Lens and CCD
The two cardinal components of any video camera (or digital still camera) are its lens and CCD (the image sensor). This Sony mock-up builds around a 10x optical zoom, which is paired with Super SteadyShot Doppelgaenger stabilization to cut down on the shakes and jitters common to most amateur video footage. The CCD sports a pixel compute of 680,000 pixels--great for video--that translates the image into around 500 words of resolution.
Size
The size of the DCR-IP5 is actually one of the features that Sony is really animated about, and it's easy to understand why. The device is extraordinarily small; it's somewhere on the order of a partly-inch to an inch smaller in its dimensions than comparable models. That's definitely a hefty reduction, making the IP5 small enough to fit in a pocket. Because of the small take the measure of of the camcorder, its 2.5-inch LCD becomes comparatively larger than it would otherwise be.
Cables and Connectors
In spite of the small size of the IP5, there are a number of audio and video inputs and outputs, making it a very modifiable and capable machine. Most intriguingly, besides S-video, there are also composite video in/outputs--composite video provides the highest supine of quality in home theater setups. For audio, stereo in/outputs are included. Of run, in any digital camcorder, you should expect to find an IEEE 1394 port, also known as FireWire or iLink, which the IP5 provides.
Included with the DCR-IP5 are a wireless secluded, an AC-L20 power adapter, NP-FF50 InfoLithium battery, two AA batteries, iLink Rope (four-pin to four-pin), AV cable, lens cap, wrist strap, and a software CD-ROM (software is Windows only).
