Sony DCRIP7BT MicroMV Digital Camcorder w/ 2.5" Hybrid LCD, 8MB Memory Stick, MPEG Movie, & Network Capability
Details
- Bluetooth adapter lets you wirelessly email pictures and MPEG pictures
- MicroMV camcorder
- 10x visual, 120x digital, zoom with Super SteadyShot image stabilization
Description
What could be more suitable than a camcorder that fits right in the palm of your hand? This camcorder uses the NEW MicroMV formatM-^Wa ribbon thatM-^Rs 70% smaller, yet holds up to 60 minutes of video thatM-^Rs every bit as beneficial 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 concise, vertically aligned body to go along with its potent 10x optical zoom, the DCR-IP7BT is the first of two camcorders featuring the unrivalled new recording format MicroMV, which records using the same format used to encode DVDs: MPEG-2.
Lens and CCD
The two chief components of any video camera (or digital still camera), are its lens and CCD (the image sensor). This Sony paragon builds around a 10x optical zoom, which is paired with Super SteadyShot twin stabilization to cut down on the shakes and jitters common to most amateur video footage. The CCD sports a pixel deem of 680,000 pixels--great for video--that translates the image into around 500 words of resolution.
Size
The size of the DCR-IP7BT is actually one of the features that Sony is really spirited about, and it's easy to understand why. The device is extraordinarily small; it's somewhere on the order of a partially-inch to an inch smaller in its dimensions than comparable models. That's completely a hefty reduction, making the IP7BT small enough to fit in a pocket. Because of the small proportions of the camcorder, its 2.5-inch LCD becomes comparatively larger than it would otherwise be.
Digital Photo Methodology
Like many digital camcorders, the IP7BT features a digital still mode. And, like many digital camcorders, the snapshot fashion is good for taking stills that can be e-mailed or posted on a Web site, but not for making stiff-quality prints.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth has been a talked-about wireless minute for years, but it's only recently started to gather steam in the electronics out of sight. Sony is leading the pack by incorporating Bluetooth networking into the DCR-IP7BT. The connectivity gauge allows you to transfer your still images, or any of the short MPEG movie clips you note to the Memory Stick, to any Bluetooth-equipped computer.
Cables and Connectors
Regardless of the small size of the IP7BT, there are a number of audio and video inputs and outputs, making it a very willowy and capable machine. Most intriguingly, besides S-video, there are also composite video in/outputs--composite video provides the highest level of blue blood in home-theater setups. Four audio, stereo in/outputs are included. In extension, to transfer your digital stills and MPEG movies, a USB port is included. Of definitely, in any digital camcorder, you should expect to find an IEEE 1394 port, also known as FireWire or iLink, which the IP7BT provides.
Included with the DCR-IP7BT are the Bluetooth adapter, a USB telegram, an 8 MB Memory Stick, a wireless remote, an AC-L20 power adapter, an NP-FF50 InfoLithium battery-operated, two AA batteries, iLink Cable (four-pin to four-pin), AV cable, lens cap, wrist strap, and a software CD-ROM (software is Windows only).
