The 'DEMO' Sony DCR-HC28 gives you a full-featured, compact Mini DV camcorder at an entry-level price. Highlights includes an advanced HAD CCD imager, which captures stunning detail and clarity, and the digital zoom, which focuses on distant subjects to provide clear close-up images with less distortion. The Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar lens reduces glare and increases contrast for vivid, more life like color and tones.
Make your personal videos complete with additional customization features such as Picture and Fader effects for creative and professional looking enhancements.
Advanced HAD CCD
An advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) sensor provides great video detail and clarity, with up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution performance.
Mini DV Recording
Mini DV recording is the preferred format for personal and broadcast quality video, highly regarded for its high audio and image quality. With up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution.
Professional Quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens
Uses an advanced optical multi-layer coating that reduces glare and flare and increases contrast. This results in vivid image brilliance, true-to-life color saturation and perfect rendition of subtle tones.
Easy Handycam Button
Using a camcorder can be intimidating for some people. With a press of the Easy Handycam button, most of the advanced functions of the camcorder are locked out leaving operational only the buttons essential for recording.
NightShot Plus Infrared System
With Sony's NightShot Infrared System, you can capture natural looking video, even when shooting in low light. Record subjects up to 20 feet away using the built-in infrared system.
Super SteadyShot
This is an image stabilization system that uses motion sensors to detect and compensate for camera shake, without compromising picture quality like some other digital stabilization systems.
Zoom
The 20x optical zoom helps to bring the action close up from far away. In addition, the digital zoom interpolation means that extreme digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zooms.
Photo Mode
Using Sony's unique Adaptive Frame Interpolation for better image quality, you can store hundreds of still images with 7 seconds of audio on the videotape.
Program AE (Auto Exposure) Modes
Program AE modes make recording easy even when filming in challenging situations. Choose from Portrait, Beach & Ski, Sports Lesson, Landscape, Spotlight, Sunset & Moon modes.
Picture Effects
Get creative when recording or playing back your videos with Picture Effect Modes. Effects available in Camera mode: Negative Art, Sepia, Monotone, Solarize, Pastel and Mosaic. Effects available in Playback mode: Negative Art, Sepia, Monotone and Solarize.
PicturePackage Software
Easily organize still images and video, and turn them into stunning music videos using the supplied software.
Battery Information
Both when charging and when the camcorder is turned off the display will show the level of the battery charge - in 10 percent increments - and the recording time left both on the LCD screen and the viewfinder.