Product Description

SteadyShot™ Optical Stabilizer with Intelligent Active Mode

Advanced image stabilization also ensures blur-free footage, even in poor recording conditions or when the user has shaky hands.

Wide-angle lens up to 26.8 mm

Whether for videos or photos, the premium wide-angle lens allows you to capture more landscape and indoor scenes when you don't have enough space to step back. Even without a wide-angle lens, some camcorders offer a wide recording of 26.8 mm1 (16:9 aspect ratio) in video mode.

Exceptional image quality

The high-bitrate XAVC S format is designed for videographers looking to elevate their work. Offering incredible quality, the XAVC S format is built from the XAVC format used by filmmakers and professional broadcasting companies, and utilizes smart data compression to export files in a manageable size.

Highlight Movie Maker

A flexible tool to streamline video editing, Highlight Movie Maker offers several energy-saving functions. Add highlight markers to key moments during recording, then let the software automatically synchronize your transitions to your chosen soundtrack.

Motion Capture

Motion Shot Video launches a sequence of overlaid images that retrace an action recorded in ultra-detailed intervals for you to analyze thoroughly. During playback, you can adjust the interval to capture and share a still image.

Built-in USB Cable

The built-in USB cable stored inside the wrist strap is very convenient for charging the device and connecting it quickly to a PC. You no longer need to carry a bulky USB cable or power adapter. To charge without a PC, use a compact USB power adapter (available separately).

Exmor R™ CMOS Sensor

This large, advanced sensor enhances image clarity, reduces noise in dark environments, and allows for a blurred background effect.

BIONZ X™ Image Processor

The advanced BIONZ X™ image processing engine delivers more vibrant and natural image quality, as well as faster processing capabilities.

ZEISS Lens

Sharing a common commitment to achieving exceptional performance and design, Sony and Carl Zeiss® have co-developed lenses that combine the best possible optics with high-quality electronic circuit and sensor technology for Sony's Handycam® models.

9.2 Megapixel Photo Capture

Sometimes, you don't need or want video. Switch your camcorder to photo mode and take high-quality 9.2-megapixel shots as easily as with a camera.

Progressive Recording

Clear movies, which contain twice as much image data as interlaced recorded films, can be recorded in Full HD in 60p / 50p progressive recording mode. The result is as smooth as footage shot at 60/50 frames per second, and each frame is recorded as a complete image. Thus, a photo taken from a film recorded in progressive mode is ultra-sharp.

Dual Video Recording2

Record two films simultaneously, one in very high-quality XAVC S or AVCHD format, and the other in mp4 format. This way, you have a small file ready for immediate sharing, as well as a professional file ready for later editing.

Dual Recording Mode

The dual recording mode allows you to create HD videos and high-resolution photos at the same time, so you can capture the best moments in both ways.3

Face Detection4

This feature automatically optimizes focus, exposure, and color balance for better results. Select a person you want to prioritize simply by touching their face on the LCD screen, which is useful for selecting a key person when shooting at an event with a large crowd. Even if the subject leaves the frame, they will be remembered and prioritized as soon as they reappear in the scene.

Intelligent Auto Mode

This function automatically detects the type of scene being recorded and optimizes a set of parameters from three groups (face, scene, camera movements). It offers optimal results for a maximum of 180 scene types5, even at dusk and for backlit scenes. Some settings are displayed as icons on the LCD screen for easy use.

Automatic Smile Detection4

Because the best smiles are fleeting, this function ensures they are never lost. Automatically capture shots of smiling faces, even while recording videos.

Event Display

For easy navigation and playback, this Handycam® camcorder allows playback of videos from the graphical user interface group and photos that have been recorded as distinct events. You can choose from different display models (event or index) for optimized organization, searching, viewing, and better sharing of your personal content.

Special Effects

Unleash your imagination. The Special Effects function allows you to enjoy your photos and videos even more by letting you add up to seven creative effects (partial color, retro photo, clear image, high-contrast monochrome, vintage photo, pop color, posterization) without complicated computer editing.

Manual Settings for Iris and Shutter Speed

This camcorder gives you the freedom to choose manual settings for controlling the iris and shutter speed to create portraits in backlighting and underexposed conditions, as well as in other situations.

Dual Memory Card Compatibility

This Handycam® camcorder has slots for Memory Stick Micro™ and SD/SDHC cards, so you can record on any available media.

PlayMemories™ Home6

With the PlayMemories™ Home software installed on a computer7, it is easy to import videos from a Handycam® camcorder to view, edit, print, and share online, burn files to a disc, and even create a multi-display movie with split-screen playback of four selected clips.

X-Type Battery Operation

Use a very lightweight and ultra-compact X-type battery to minimize the weight and size of the Handycam® camcorder during operation.

Product Features

• Sony HDRCX405.
• Total megapixels: 9.2 MP, Sensor type: CMOS, Optical sensor size: 25.4 / 5.8 mm (1 / 5.8").
• Optical zoom: 30x, Digital zoom: 350x, Focal length: 1.9 - 57 mm.
• Camcorder media type: Memory card, Compatible memory cards: MicroSD (TransFlash), MicroSDHC, MicroSDXC.
• Focus: Auto/Manual.
• Exposure type: Auto, Scene modes: Fireworks, Landscape, Portrait, Spotlight, Beach, Snow

Documentation

pdf : OfficeXpress Technical Documentation

Technical specifications