SONY Handycam CX240 HDR-CX240/L Blue 1/5.8" CMOS 2.7" 230K LCD 27X Optical Zoom Full HD HDD/Flash Memory Camcorder

The Makings of a Masterpiece
Precious moments become even more special the second time around when recorded in exquisitely rich 1920 x1080/60p Full HD video. And now thanks to Sony’s back-illuminated Exmor R® CMOS sensor, you can capture every minute of birthday parties, campfire sing-alongs, or any other situation where lighting is less than perfect in vivid clarity and lifelike detail. Notice the perfect photo op while recording? You can shoot 9.2MP still images and video at the same time so you won't miss an ounce of the action.

Shake-Free Footage
Optical SteadyShot™ Image Stabilization with Intelligent Active Mode is an advanced optical image stabilization technology that corrects camera shake to capture scenes with phenomenal smoothness and stability. Intelligent Active Mode analyzes video frames and provides compensation with assistance from the new BIONZ® X image processing engine. Whether recording movies while strolling on vacation, shooting while chasing a child, or zooming in to capture faraway subjects, Optical SteadyShot smoothly reproduces the scene with a higher level of stability.

Incredible 27x Optical Zoom
Get amazingly close with 27x optical zoom plus 54x Clear Image digital zoom. Most digital zooms use electronic cropping to get closer to the subject, resulting in blurry images. With Clear Image Zoom the powerful processor compares patterns found in adjacent pixels and creates new pixels to match selected patterns, resulting in more realistic, higher-quality images. Clear Image Zoom doubles optical zoom for closer photos and video.

Wide-Angle Shooting
Fit more fun into every shot thanks to the pinnacle of Sony lens technology: the professional-quality G lens. Engineered for superior optical performance, G lenses deliver brilliant, accurate color reproduction and sharp, amazingly detailed images. In addition, the 26.8mm focal length in Photo and Video Modes offers a broader perspective for enhanced wide-angle shooting.

Sharp Screen for Perfect Shots
The 2.7" (16:9) Clear Photo™ LCD (230K) screen displays sharp, bright, vivid images, letting you compose a shot more easily – even outdoors, while giving you the ability to change settings to best capture the scene.

Face Detection with Voice Enhancement
Capture every smile, every laugh and every memory in perfect clarity via Sony's Face Detection technology with voice enhancement and noise reduction. It automatically distinguishes between children and adults, and also detects up to eight individual faces to adjust flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.