FDR-AX40 4K Handycam® with Exmor R® CMOS sensor
Friendly features for fascinating movies
The top-flight 4K Handycam® makes movies more magical. Balanced Optical SteadyShot™ and Fast Intelligent AF are reassuringly responsive. Surround sound recording enhances natural dimension. High-speed recording, Time-lapse Capture and other effects make movies more expressive. So many of the camcorder’s sophisticated functions are all so user-friendly.
Super-sampled Full HD Playback on non-4K TV or device
4K movies automatically down-convert to Full HD to play on an HD TV.
Trimming Playback trims movie frame on TV at a touch
Trace a finger on the LCD to trim frame of 4K movie playing on TV in Full HD.
Extra-steady shooting on the move
The short movie below shows the camera shake compensation effects of Balanced Optical SteadyShot™ (right) and optical image stabilisation (left), respectively.
Less image shake within a broad zoom range
For extra-stable movie shooting from wide to telephoto. In HD shooting mode, 5-axis Intelligent Active mode further compensates for camera shake, even when shooting while running.
Fast Intelligent AF speeds up smartly
A new AF algorithm optimises communication between lens and image processor for extra-fast AF, and a state-of-the-art AF range prediction system keeps the subject in sharp focus.
SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES
- 4K Ultra HD (3,840 x 2,160) recording
- Balanced Optical SteadyShot™ with 5-axis Intelligent Active mode 8
- 26.8 mm wide-angle ZEISS Vario-Sonnar® T* lens
- 20x optical zoom with 30x / 40x (4K / HD) Clear Image Zoom
- 4K Time-lapse Capture
SENSOR TYPE: 1 / 2.5 type (7.20 mm) back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS Sensor
EFFECTIVE PIXELS (VIDEO): approx. 8.29 Megapixels (16:9)
LENS TYPE: ZEISS Vario-Sonnar® T*
OPTICAL ZOOM: 20x
CLEAR IMAGE ZOOM: 4K: 30x HD: 40x
SCREEN TYPE: 7.5 cm (3.0 type) Clear Photo LCD display (460 800 dots) Wide (16:9)
