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Relax and enjoy the movie-making experience.
Simple operation, small dimensions and extra-light weight make portable movie making, even for extended shots, a stress-free pleasure.
User-friendly interface
Every detail of the user interface is refined to simplify operation. Convenient navigation features, ergonomic controls, and accurate LCD colours all contribute to pleasurable, user-friendly performance.
icon Handy touch panel and buttons
Operation is simplified by a 2.7 type Wide LCD touch panel and hardware buttons on the left of LCD that make low-angle and self-portrait shooting a breeze. Like the top page of a Web site, the Home Menu is the starting point for all operations. First press the Home Menu icon on the top left of the touch panel or the Home Menu hardware button beside the LCD. Then select the desired category from the Home Menu. The Option Menu provides quick access to the settings you need. Whether you’re shooting or playing footage, just press the Option Menu icon on the touch panel to display available settings for the current mode of operation. Then adjust settings as desired. A Help Function is also provided for when you need help understanding a function displayed on the Home Menu. Just press the “?” button and then press the listed function itself to display an easy-to-understand explanation.
icon Quick and easy navigation to desired scenes
Helpful search functions accelerate and simplify navigation. Film Roll Index and Face Index functions, in addition to Visual Index and Date Index, make every search fast, easy and enjoyable.
Product shown is HDR-SR220E
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens
High-contrast Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lenses originally designed in Germany are world-renowned for delivering quality images. In the DCR-SR85E, this lens gives your movies an extra boost of emotional impact. By adding 25x Optical Zoom and 2000x Digital Zoom, Sony gives you the power to capture nearby and faraway subjects with stunning, richly textured results.
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Built-in zoom microphone

The zoom microphone can widen or narrow its pickup angle in accordance with the image zoom setting to focus on nearby or faraway sounds. When zooming in on birds perched in a distant tree, for example, the microphone automatically zooms in to capture their song.

Built-in zoom microphone    
Quick On — ready to shoot in 1 second
When the DCR-SR85E is in Sleep mode, simply press the Quick On button. Just one second later, you can shoot in standby mode. When you're finished shooting, press the Quick On button again to enter the Sleep mode. This handy feature ensures you'll never miss a photo opportunity. QUICK ON
Just press and you're ready to go in 1 second!
Scene Selection modes & Super NightShot mode
Scene Selection modes let you easily create beautiful images in almost any type of setting. Whether capturing a sunset with friends in the foreground and illuminated skyscrapers in the background, natural beauty at beach resorts, fireworks bursting at night, or festive white landscapes of snow, the results are as spectacular as the scene you shoot. The Portrait mode, for example, can produce sharp images of people or flowers on soft backgrounds. Super NightShot Plus mode is also provided for clearly capturing subjects in dark environments without using a flash.
Twilight Candle Sunrise & Sunset Fireworks Landscape
Twilight
Candle
Sunrise & Sunset
Fireworks
Landscape
For moody twilight and night scenes For scenes with a candlelit mood For vibrant, colorful sunrises and sunsets For capturing fireworks with spectacular results For broad landscapes with a distant focus
       
Portrait (Soft Portrait) Spotlight Beach Snow Sports
Portrait (Soft Portrait)
Spotlight
Beach
Snow
Sports
For personal close-ups with beautiful blurred background For naturally exposed faces under spotlights For vivid blue water at lakes and seasides For bright beautiful results in snowscapes For minimal blur when shooting fast moving subjects
Note: Super NightShot Plus is for movie recording only (not still images)
Convenient Easy button
Press the Easy Handycam button to enable carefree point-and-shoot operation with all settings automatically adjusted to match the shooting situation. This function is especially convenient for beginners who want operation to be as simple as possible.
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