DCR-SR68
Hard Disk Drive Handycam® Camcorder
The DCR-SR68 features a built-in 80GB1 hard disk drive for extended
recording, an LED video light, as well as a professional-quality Carl
®
Zeiss
Vario-Tessar® lens, which delivers sharp, high-resolution images,
and a powerful 60x optical zoom that lets you capture extremely tight
shots, even from far away.
Zoom (60x Optical, 2000x Digital
Ideal for sporting events, wildlife, or distance
shooting, the 60X optical zoom brings you
closer to the action, so you can capture
extremely tight shots, even from far away.
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Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens
Features precision-ground optics to help
achieve the sharpness and contrast usually
found in larger lenses, plus SteadyShot
stabilization to help reduce blur caused by
camera shake
®
image
2.7” Clear Photo™ LCD (230 K)
display
Provides excellent viewing clarity with
improved resolution (230K pixels). The display
rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing
angles, as well as provides sharp, detailed
images for monitoring or playback. The
convenient touch panel allows easy access
to menus and additional functionality such as
spot focus and spot metering.
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Direct Copy to External HDD
Lets you copy videos from your camcorder
directly to an external hard disk drive (sold
separately
camcorder can also access videos stored on
the external hard drive for playback on your
HDTV
handy playback features.
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, all without a computer. Your
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, allowing you to utilize the camcorder’s
Face Detection Technology
Recognizes faces and optimizes camera
settings when shooting videos and still images.
Faces get captured more clearly with more
natural-looking skin tones.
1/8" Advanced HAD® CCD sensor
Offering a 680K (gross) pixel resolution,
delivers stunning detail and clarity
for exceptional video and still image
performance.
Film Roll / Face Index
Film Roll Index previews the beginning of
scenes and creates scene indexes set at
specifi ed display intervals. Face Index indexes
your video footage according to the faces
detected in each scene. When it’s time to play
back video, simply search for what you want
by selecting from among the detected faces
displayed in the index.
Direct Connection with DVDirect
Burner
Supports a direct connection to the VRD-P1
®
DVDirect
allowing you to burn DVDs directly from your
camcorder without a PC. And because the
VRD- P1 is powered by your camcorder, no
additional AC power cable is required.
DVD burner (sold separately),
Media Card Slot
For convenient storage and sharing of your
images and videos, this model accepts
Memory Stick Duo
/ Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo
SDHC media (sold separately).
™
/ Memory Stick PRO Duo™
™
media and SD/
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Additional Features:
• LED Video Light
• Power On by LCD
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• Dolby
Digital stereo recording with Built-in
Zoom Mic
®
• Sony
PMB (Picture Motion Browser) software
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Specifi cations
IMAGER
Imagi ng Device 1/8" Advanced HAD® CCD Imag er
Proces sor N/A
Image r Pixel Gross Si ze 680K
VIDEO
Video Act ual 16:9 410K pixels
Video Act ual 4:3 340K pi xels
Video Resolution (Movie Quality)SD: 720 x 480
Video S ignal System NTSC col or
Video Fo rmat(s) Suppo rted MPEG -2
STILL PI CTURE
Still Ac tual 16:9 250K
Still Ac tual 4:3 340K
Still Picture Resolution 340K
Dual Re cord Resolut ion -
AUDIO
Audio Re cording Form at Dolby® Digita l 2ch stereo
Microp hone Built- in Zoom Micropho ne
MEDIA T YPE
Record ing Media
Internal Memory HDD 80G B
RECOR DING CAPACITY
Rec. / Pla yback with Inte rnal
Memor y
OPTIC S AND LENS
Lens Type Carl Zei ss® Vario-Tes sar
35mm Eq uivalent 16:9 39 - 23 40mm
35mm Eq uivalent 4:3 44 - 2640m m
Apert ure F1.8 - 6.0
Exposure Control
Filter D iameter (mm
Focal Distance (mm
Focus S ystem Full Rang e Auto/Manual
Progre ssive Shutte r Mode N/A
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Shutt er Speed Auto, 1/4 - 1/40 00
Minimum Illuminat ion 3 l ux (1/30 Shutter Spe ed
Optica l Zoom 60x
Digita l Zoom 200 0x
DISPL AY
Displ ay 2.7" Clear Photo
View Find er No
HARDWAR E
Flash No
Memory Card Slot Yes (Memor y Stick PRO Duo me dia, SD/SDHC media
Manual / Auto Lens Cover Manual
S/S & Zoom Button on LCD Yes (Touch Pane l
INPUT S & OUTPUTS
Audio/Vid eo Remote Termin al Video / S Vi deo / Audio
Analog A udio/Video Output(s
Digita l Audio/Video Ou tput(s)No
)
USB Por t(s
HDMI™ Connection Output(s
Headp hone Jack No
Microp hone Input No
Active Int erface Shoe No
CONVEN IENCE
Face Det ection Yes
Smile S hutter
Quick O n Yes, Powe r On with LCD
BRAVIA
™
Mode N o
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Sync Control for HDMI (CEC)No
Memor y Stick PRO Duo™ Media (Sold Sep arately
SD/SDHC Med ia
HQ = up to 1220 min., SP = u p to 1750 m in. LP = up to 3660
min.
Yes (
N/A
1.8-6.0 mm
1
Touch Pane l
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)
™
wide touch screen LCD
)
) Includ ed (via A/V Remote Term inal)
)
Yes (mini B/Hi- Speed
No
)
DCR-SR68
Hard Disk Drive Handycam® Camcorder
CONVEN IENCE FEATUR ES
Dynamic Range Optim izer N/A
Image S tabilizati on Steady Shot
™
x.v.Color
White Ba lance Auto / Outdo or / Indoor / Onep ush (Touch Pane l
Fader Effects Yes
Scene S election Mod e(s
Face Ind ex Yes
Film Rol l Index Yes
Photo Cap ture from Movie Yes
Still I mage Mode(s
Slide S how Mode Yes
Easy Han dycam No
One Touch D isc Burn Yes
PhotoTV H D No
Multiple Language D isplay Yes
Smooth S low Record N o
POWER
Power Con sumption 2.0W
);
Suppl ied Batter y Type InfoLIT HIUM
Power Req uirements 7.2V (batte ry pack); 8.4V (AC Adaptor
DIMENSIONS
Dimen sions (Approx.
Weight (Approx.
SUPPL IED ACCESSOR IES
AC Adaptor AC- L200C/AC-L20 0D
Rechar geable Bat tery Pack InfoLIT HIUM
A/V Connecting Cable Yes
Clock Li thium (Instal led
USB Cab le Yes
Applic ation Soft ware (CD- ROM)PMB Ver.5.0
SUGGE STED ACCESSORIES
Rechar geable Info LITHIUM
Batte ries
Start er Kit ACC-F V70, ACC-FV50A
AC Adaptor/Charg er for
V series b atteries
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Lens
Tripod VCT-80AV, VCT-60AV, VCT-50 AV, VCT-R640
Video Li ght HVL-10NH
GPS Uni t GPS- CS3KA
FOOTNOTE S
1. 8 0GB equals 80 billio n bytes. A portion of the total sto rage is used for system manag ement and/or
applicat ion fi les. The capaci ty that a user can use is approx imately 79.3GB.
3. Viewable are a measured diagonal ly.
4. HDTV (sold separately) and supplied A/V Cable required for viewing on an HDTV.
9. Requires Microso ft Windows XP SP3/ Windows Vis ta SP2/ Windows 7. Not supported by Mac OS.
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10. Requires US B 2.0 connection via VMC -UAM1 cable (sold separa tely), AC power for camcord er, and hard
drive format ted in FAT-32. Connection via US B-hub not suppor ted. External HHD/USB me dia should be less
than 2TB(Terabytes).
12. O ne Touch Disc Burn feature requ ires DVDirect burner or com patible PC with suppl ied PMB software
(
sold separa tely).
20. When using movie mode Memory Stick PRO Duo with MARK2 (M2) logo, Memory Stick PRO-HG
media (Class 4 or higher) are recommended.
Also Available In:
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N/A
Auto, Twilight, C andle, Sunris e & Sunset, Fireworks, La ndscape, Po rtrait, Spotli ght, Sports, Be ach, Snow
(In Movie Po sition
)
)
JPEG
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(NP-F V30
2 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 4 1/4 inch (56 x 65 x 107mm
)
9oz (280g
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)
(NP-F V30
)
)
Yes
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NP-F V50/FV70/FV100
AC-VQV10/BC-TRV
VCL-HA07A, VCL-E07A, VCL-0 630X, VCL-HGE0 8B,
VCL-HGA07B
™
, SD/SDHC
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