Shooting high quality video is easy with the Sony DCR-DVD650 Handycam camcorder. The powerful 60x optical zoom lens gets you close to the action, while SteadyShot image stabilization reduces blur. And with Hybrid recording technology, you can capture it all directly to a DVD, or to removable Memory Stick Duo or Memory Stick PRO Duo media.

• 1/8" advanced HAD CCD imager
  A 1/8" advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD imager with 410K (effective) pixel resolution delivers stunning detail and clarity for exceptional video and still image performance.
• 60x optical/2000x digital zoom
  Ideal for sporting events, wildlife, or distance shooting, 60x optical zoom brings you closer to the action, so you can capture extremely tight shots, even from far away. In addition, digital zoom interpolation means that extreme digital zooming (up to 2000x) is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zooms.
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with SteadyShot image stabilization
  The DCR-DVD650 features a professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens designed specifically for compact camcorders. Precision ground optics help maintain the sharpness and contrast of larger lenses, and SteadyShot image stabilization helps reduce blur caused by camera shake.
• Hybrid recording to DVD or Memory Stick PRO Duo media
  Hybrid recording technology delivers a new level of flexibility of capturing and transferring your video footage and digital photos from the camcorder to compatible viewing devices. Record to DVD media or choose instead to record to removable Memory Stick PRO Duo media (all sold separately). You can even select from various dubbing functions to easily copy video from the Memory Stick PRO Duo media to - without using a PC.
• 2.7" wide touch panel LCD display (123k pixels)
  The 2.7" wide touch panel LCD display provides exceptional viewing clarity with 123K pixels resolution. The display rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles, as well as provides sharp, detailed images for monitoring or playback. The convenient touch panel allows easy access to menus and additional functionality such as spot focus and spot metering.
• Built-in zoom microphone:
  The built-in zoom microphone focuses audio recording on your subjects with the camera's zoom lens, helping memories ring true with clear dialog and crisp, discrete sounds.
• Easy Handycam button
  Using a camcorder can be intimidating for some people. With a press of the easy Handycam button, most of the advanced features of the camcorder are "locked out," letting you focus only the buttons essential for recording.
• Film Roll Index
  Like chapters in a book, Film Roll Index helps you easily find desired scenes in video footage. When using this feature, the camcorder previews the beginning of scenes and can create scene indexes set at specified display intervals (3, 6, or 12 seconds and 1 or 5 minutes).
• Face Index function
  Face Index makes it easier than ever to find and play back the right video scene. Using Face Detection technology, Face Index indexes your video footage according to the faces detected in each scene. When it's time to play back video, simply search for what you want by selecting from among the detected faces displayed in the index.

Added on October 21, 2010