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Sony HDR-SR12 10.2MP 120GB High Definition Hard Drive Handycam Camcorder with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

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Features

  • Record 1920 x 1080 Full HD video to 120 GB hard drive
  • 10.2-megapixel still image capture
  • Face Detection technology for video and still images
  • ClearVid CMOS sensor with Exmor technology
  • 3.2-inch widescreen touch-panel Xtra Fine LCD screen

Description

The HDR-SR12 delivers everything you need to shoot stunning Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution video and 10.2 megapixel still images. With Hybrid recording technology, you can record to either an internal 120GB hard disk drive or removable Memory Stick Duo or Memory Stick PRO Duo media. A professional- quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens and ClearVid CMOS sensor (with Exmor technology) and BIONZ image processor let you capture every detail in video and still images. Additionally, Face Detection technology helps everyone put their best face forward, while the Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization system helps ensure images remain sharp and true.

Brand: Sony


Photo Sensor Technology: CMOS


Video Capture Resolution: 1080p


Maximum Focal Length: 58.8 Millimeters


Maximum Aperture: 3.5 f


Flash Memory Type: Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO DUO


Video Capture Format: AVCHD, MPEG-2, mpeg-4


Supported Audio Format: AAC


Screen Size: 2.7 Inches


Connectivity Technology: USB


Sensor Type: CMOS


Connectivity Technology: USB


Color: Black


Features: Removable


Water Resistance Level: Not Water Resistant


Has Image Stabilization: Yes


Image stabilization: optical,optical image stabilization


Form Factor: Handheld


Item Weight: 8.32 ounces


Style Name: handheld


Number of Batteries: 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)


Operating System: Proprietary (Sony)


Maximum Focal Length: 58.8 Millimeters


Maximum Aperture: 3.5 f


Minimum Focal Length: 4.9 Millimeters


Lens Type: Zoom


Focus Type: manual-and-auto-focus


Screen Size: 2.7 Inches


Display Resolution Maximum: FHD


Flash Memory Type: Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO DUO


Flash Memory Installed Size: 120 GB


Flash Memory Speed Class: 10


Flash Memory Video Speed Class: C10


Flash Memory Bus Interface Type: PCI-Express


Supported Audio Format: AAC


Number of Speakers: 1


Compatible Devices: Personal Computer


Brand: Sony


Model Number: HDR-SR12


Camcorder Type: Action Camera


Model Name: HDR-SR12


Built-In Media: USB Cable


Antenna Location: High-definition video and image capture


Are Batteries Included: Yes


Manufacturer: Sony


UPC: 027242727755


Global Trade Identification Number: 55, 94


Warranty Description: 1 Year Parts / 90 Days Labor


Unit Count: 1.0 Count


Video Resolution: 1080p


Video Capture Format: AVCHD, MPEG-2, mpeg-4


Effective Still Resolution: 10.2 MP


Shooting Modes: Face Detection


Image Aspect Ratio: 169


Supported Image Format: JPEG


White Balance Settings: Auto


File Format: mpeg-4, AVCHD, MPEG-2


Exposure Control Type: Automatic, Program


Effective Video Resolution: 1920 Pixels


Optical Zoom: 12


Digital Zoom: 150 x


Zoom: Optical, Digital


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    • A REAL BEAUTY
I PURCHASED THIS CAMCORDER FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF SHOOTING A TRIP TO THE EAST COAST(WE LIVE ON THE WEST COAST)AT CHRISTMAS TIME. I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH IT, ITS SMALL, LIGHT AND EASY TO USE(COCKPIT PROBLEMS). SONY, SHOULD AT SOME POINT, WRITE A MANUAL IN A LANGUAGE THAT NOVICES CAN UNDERSTAND THAT EXPLAINS HOW TO SET UP & USE EACH OPTION INSTEAD OF SAYING "YOU CAN" I SHOT OVER 10GB OF THE TRIP AND RELATIVES AND STILL HAVE OVER 100GB TO USE(HAVEN'T DELETED ANYTHING AS OF NOW). CONTROLS ARE EASY TO USE ONCE YOU GET USE TO WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO(AGAIN COCKPIT PROBLEMS). I PUT THE OVER 10GB TRIP ON THREE DISCS(EASY TO DO) BUT THEY CAN NOT BE VIEWED THRU A REGULAR DVD PLAYER, MUST BE PLAYED ON A BLU-RAY PLAYER. THE PROGRAMS YOU HAVE SHOT CAN BE VIEWED THROUGH THE CAMCORDER ON A DESKTOP OR LAPTOP(USB PORT). I COPIED THE TRIP TO AN EXTERNAL HD, BUT CANNOT PLAY THEM UNTIL I FIND A PROGRAM THAT WILL PLAY THE FORMAT AVCHD. THE NIGHT SHOTS WERE A SURPRISE, SLIGHTLY GREEN, MAYBE THERE IS AN OPTION TO CORRECT THAT, SONY DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE MANUAL, AS I SAID BEFORE, LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED. THE MEMORY CARD IS A PLUS BUT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE, AS YOU ARE SHOOTING, WHERE YOU WANT THE STILLS TO GO, HD OR CARD. AS I'M SHOOTING I DON'T, USUALLY, WANT THE STILLS TO GO ON THE HD. YOU CAN USE UP TO AN 8GB MEMORY CARD. I HAVE SEVERAL AND HAVE YET TO FILL ONE AND THEY ARE HI DEF, HOWEVER THEY AUTOMATICALLY GO TO A 4/3 FORMAT, NOT 16/9. THE BATTERIES CAN BE CHARGED IN THE CAMCORDER OR ON THE EXTERNAL CHARGER, AND SEVERAL SIZES ARE AVAILABLE, COMES WITH A SMALL ONE(TIME WISE). I HAVE YET TO USE THE PLATFORM, SO I CAN'T COMMENT ON IT.I WOULD DEFINETLY SUGGEST IT TO ANY ONE WHO WANTS A HIGH END CAMCORDER. THE PRICE, AS USUSAL HAS COME DOWN SINCE I BOUGHT IT, BUT ITS WORTH WHAT I PAID FOR IT. THANKS SONY FOR A GREAT PRODUCT, BUT PLEASE, DO BETTER WITH YOUR MANUALS. 1-28-09 I HAVE, SINCE I ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS REVIEW, DISCOVERED THAT I CAN PLAY FROM THE HD WHAT I SHOT ON OUR TRIP WITH THE PROGRAM THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE CAMERA. ITS CALLED AVCHD AND LOOKS AS GOOD AS FROM THE CAMERA. I WILL PROBABLY DISCOVER OTHER THINGS THAT, AS OF NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. I SURE WISH SONY WOULD INCLUDE A COMPRENSIVE AND UNDERSTANDABLE MANUAL OR AT LEAST HAVE A WEB SITE WHERE I COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS LITTLE JEWEL. I STILL THINK ITS GREAT!!!2-14-09 I now have a Blu-Ray(Panasonic BD55) dvd player(purchased through Amazon) and it plays great. My HD tv has only 1 HD input so I bought a hub that has 5 and have both my HD players pluged into it, still have to get an HDMI cord to be able to plug in the camera, but the dvds look every bit as good as if comming through the camera to the computer. I just can't say enough good things about this little jewel. I am still learning things(options) about it. I see the price has gone up considerably since I bought it (in October), for once I did it right. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2009 by R. Cloud
    • Great camera but need lots of CPU power to edit video
I moved from a Sony Hi-8 camera that we had for 5 years prior to this, and the first word out of my mouth was "Wow!" The tape-based camera was great for an NTSC camera. The video and audio quality were great for home movies and the occasional training videos that I used it for at work. Aside from the fact that it was a standard def picture, the biggest complaint was for the need for tapes. Needless to say, that old camera is now gathering dust. No tapes, no memory cards means that you can take hours and hours of video without having to worry about missing anything (except when your battery runs out, so keep a spare). The 1080i video from this camera is great. For those who are looking for professional quality video, I doubt that any consumer model is going to do it, but this camera comes very close. People choose point-and-shoot cameras for convenience, and DSLRs for quality. To expect otherwise is to fool yourself. However, I have not been disappointed by this camera for shooting video. The size and weight are great. It's not too small or too light to give you shaky videos, and it's small enough to fit into a small camera bag. The low light shots are still good, but a little grainy - as expected. You can use night shot mode, but then you get that eery effect. The daytime shots are better than anything that I've seen on my satellite HD channels. AVCHD still looks better than that super-compressed MPEG4 video that they're transmitting on satellite. The colors are vibrant, and the video is quite realistic. We recently used this to record a cooking demonstration at work, and the closeups, even on a cheap 720p 32" television were clear and detailed so that people 20' away could easily see what was going on. The camera's LCD display even had better picture quality than the television itself! I like the touch screen display to keep the camera's looks clean, without cluttering it with tons of buttons. Although I prefer to use a DSLR to take still photos, the HDR-SR12 takes really nice pictures. The flash is quite bright, and the photos come out very crisp and vibrant. The Sony software utilities even allow you to take hi-res still shots out of the video, which is quite nice. Sometimes, during video, you see a shot that would make a great still shot, and you can easily extract it. The Sony utilities are a nice way to download the videos and stills from the camera. It's a nice way to browse your collection, and supports converting files to other formats. It's a little slow, but fortunately, the latest version of Adobe Premier Elements handles AVCHD natively. However, you will need at least a dual-core processor to handle video editing at HD. Even then, it's very processor intensive, and you'll notice skips in audio and video as you try to work with the clips. Of course, converting to MPEG2 resolves those problems completely, but who wants low-res video except for on the Internet? The standard battery that comes with it is good for about 1.5 hours of recording. I bought a second one that gets me almost 2.5 hours of recording. With just 2 batteries, you can handle most tasks. I did have a problem with static using a Sony wireless mic, but I think that it's the mic's fault, and not the camera's. A feature that at first seemed gimmicky to me was the face recognition. It recognizes faces, and indexes them so that you can quickly view clips that have that person in them. It's nice to be able to go through lots of video on the camera, find a family member, and play a specific clip of them. Although this is a great camera, I do have a few reservations that keep me from giving it 5 stars: 1) I had to get a separate battery charger to avoid carrying around a huge AC adapter. 2) What happens when the hard drive fails? We all know that it will some time, but if you don't back up, you'll lose everything. It doesn't seem like a user-serviceable part either. 3) I had to buy the mini HDMI cable separately. 4) My computer's hardware is barely able to work with AVCHD video. That means that I'd have to consider going to a quad-core one to get better performance (assuming that the software can handle the extra processors). This isn't necessarily the camera's fault, but hi-def video is just cpu-intensive. 5) No easy way to make hi-def videos for friends and families who don't have a computer, Blu-ray players or memory card readers for their TVs. 6) Trying to the videos on a Mac (or an older PC) was a nightmare because you have to convert to MPEG2 before doing anything... There may be affordable software for the Mac that can support AVCHD by now. Overall, this is the camera that I wanted, and still would buy again if I had the choice. I've had it for 7 months, and have not regretted it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2008 by vlim
    • I feel cheated out of $280!
Received camera with battery installed, but camera was in the “on” position and therefore battery is dead. Charger was supposed to be included, but nothing else was in the box, so I do not know if the battery is good or not. A small piece of cardboard was taped to the lens with blue painters tape as there was no lens cap. I feel like I have been ripped off as I paid $280 for this and I can’t even tell if it works. Buyer beware. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2025 by Shane Keef

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