Quality & operating ease

Quality & operating ease

Take control of powerful video and audio performance

Uncompromising audio quality

High sound quality is assured by a built-in, high-performance Quad Capsule Spatial Array Stereo Microphone with four individual microphone capsules, optimally positioned to achieve a 100% improvement in directivity and a 6dB improvement in S/N ratio.* There's also an input terminal for external microphones, and a stereo headphone jack for precise audio monitoring.

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Compared to Sony HDR-CX550VE camcorder
Left channel polar diagram

Left channel polar diagram

Right channel polar diagram

Right channel polar diagram

Microphone capsule structure

Microphone capsule structure

Audio sample

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AVCHD Full-HD 24Mbps recording

AVCHD™ is rapidly becoming the de facto standard for high-end video production, and in FX mode, the NEX-VG10E supports it at the maximum bit-rate of 24Mbps. With superior image quality and compression efficiency, you can record approximately 3 hours*1 of 1920 x 1080 Full HD video*2 on a single 32GB card.

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In FX mode
*2
Captured at 25p, recorded in AVCHD 50i format
AVCHD

MPEG-2

MPEG-2

AVC/H.264

AVC/H.264

Compared to MPEG-2 compression, H.264 divides the image into smaller pixel blocks for higher picture quality

Grab handle

Designed for greater shooting ease

The body is designed for movie shooting in every detail, with a swiveling LCD monitor, a pivoting electronic viewfinder eyepiece, and jog dial controls with hotkey access to key shooting parameters. A top-mounted grab handle also provides enhanced comfort and stability on low-position shots.

Control interface

Control interface

3.0-type Xtra Fine LCD monitor, plus EVF

A 3.0-type/7.5cm*1 high-contrast Xtra Fine LCD monitor with TruBlack™ technology shows each scene in crisp, clear detail on its big, 921,600-dot widescreen display. In addition, a 1,152,000-dot*2 electronic viewfinder that pivots for chest-level or eye-level shooting enables easy scene composition in bright light.

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Measured diagonally
*2
Effective dots
TruBlack

Manual iris and gain control

Iris, gain, and shutter speed can be adjusted manually while shooting, giving you powerful creative control over how each scene looks. In video mode, gain is adjustable between 0 and + 27 dB, while shutter speed is adjustable between 1/4 and 1/4000 sec.

Gain control

High power and memory capacity

Extended shooting sessions are no problem with InfoLITHIUM™ battery power for up to 330 minutes* of continuous shooting, and a memory card slot that accepts a wide range of the latest high-capacity Memory Stick™ PRO Duo, Memory Stick™ PRO-HG Duo, and SD/SDHC/SDXC media.

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InfoLITHIUM Battery Pack NP-FV100 with a full charge at normal room temperature

Video recording (AC-3, Audio 2 ch) time on single media

(Memory Stick™ PRO Duo, in minutes, approx.)
Format Profile Mode Bit rate (Mbps) 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB
AVCHD HP FX 24 2 5 10 20 40 90 180
FH 17 3 6 10 25 55 115 235
HQ 9 6 10 25 55 115 235 470
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