Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product HDR-CX7 Sony
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by Brandon Pinard Th e H DR -C X7 i s th e fir st S on y c am c or d er t o re c or d A V CH D vi de o di - re ctl y t o So n y’ s Mem ory St ic k PR O Du o . T he C X7 is v ery sm all and fits in on e ha nd eas il y . Wi th a co llect ion of oth er f ea tur es , li ke its 1/2.
Fly-by The HDR -CX7 is a st ea lth y-l oo kin g Han dy cam that is no t muc h big - ger than a 12 -oz. so da can. It ha s a s ol id enoug h w ei ght to p r o vide for som e han dh eld shoo ti ng sta bi lit y , a nd it t ak es 4. 6- meg apix el s til l im- age s whi le si mult aneo usl y r ec or ding v ide o.
Format AVCHD(HD), MPEG2-PS (SD) Number of CCDs 1 Size of CCDs 1/2.9" ClearVid CMOS sensor Pixels on CCD 3200(k) Video Effective Pixels 2,280,000k Focus Full-range auto/manual (dial, touch panel) Shutter Speed Auto Maximum Shutter Speed 1/500 Minimum Shutter Speed 1/2 Lens f-stop f1.
Audio The C X7 co mes e quip ped w ith a buil t-in 5.1- chann el on boar d micr ophone . W e teste d th e CX7 ’ s onboa r d mic r ophon e in a v ariet y of sound sce nario s , fr om a quie t gol f co ur se t o a cr ow ded bab y sho w er pa rty . W e w er e pl eased with the o v er all perf or- mance of t his c amco r der’ s bu ilt-i n mic .
T apeless Revolution The HDR-CX7 is the fir st A VCHD camcorder to r ecord to a Memory Stick. The Memory Sticks we used w ere each 1GB and st ored 7 minutes of HD video. While the docking station mak es it relativ ely easy to tr ansfer and stor e video and images to a computer , changing tiny Memory Sticks becomes a bit cum- bersome .
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