Sony unveils feature-stacked CX520VE camcorder

The new Sony CX520VE is cleverer than you. No really, it is. It’s Sony’s latest flagship Handycam, and not only comes with a super-sensitive light sensor, but smart new shake reduction, GPS, and a massive 64GB of built in storage for 25 hours of Full HD recording. That’s on top of surround sound recording, and space for even more memory via Memory Stick. Intimidated? You should be.

The CX520VE handycam is the first camcorder to reduce camera shake in three directions simultaneously. Sony has included new Optical SteadyShot tech inside, to cancel out twitches and shakes. Sony claims the CX520VE offers a ten-fold improvement over previous generations of SteadyShot, so you get super-smooth filming each time.

There’s also a brand new Exmor R CMOS sensor inside the CX520VE Handycam. It’s twice as sensitive as its predecessor, meaning the camera can shoot footage in dim conditions without an artificial light. It’ll even take 12 megapixel still shots, even in low light.

The software inside has been given a boost too. New features, such as the disturbingly-titled “Face Touch” let you tap on your subjects fizzog to keep them in focus as a priority for the camera, and it’s even been given the Apple seal of approval, with a special badge certifying it’ll work perfectly with iMovie.

The CX520VE even has GPS inside, automatically geotagging your footage, and showing you where in the world you shot it, either on the camera or on a PC or Mac at home.

And if you don’t have a PC to hand? No problem. the CX520VE is the first flash memory camcorder from Sony that’ll work with an external DVD writer. Hook it up to Sony’s VRD-P1 DVDirect Express with a USB cable, and it’ll burn footage to disc in a jiffy.

(Via Electricpig)

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