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40x zoom

40x optical zoom

Handycam offers an incredible 40x optical zoom range. It’s perfect for pulling distant subjects up close with maximum clarity, and it’s also a great way to get frame-filling close-ups of nearer objects.

Since it’s a true optical zoom lens, you’re guaranteed superb image quality at all settings, with none of the grainy fuzziness caused by digital zooms at high magnifications.

Don’t miss out on the action. New Handycam with 40x optical zoom makes sure you’re always in the picture.

Superior Wide Angle Lens

Smile! Nobody gets left out of the action with new Handycam.

Anyone who’s picked up a camcorder knows it can be hard to squeeze everyone into the picture.

If you’re close to a group of people – indoors at a children’s party or at a nightclub – faces at the edge of the frame can get chopped off.

Handycam’s Superior Wide Angle Lens doesn’t miss a thing, giving you the widest field of view without having to stand back from the action.

And that means loads more smiles every time.

Catch the moment and see what you’ve been missing with new Handycam's Superior Wide Angle Lens.

How it works

Handycam gives you a 40x optical zoom range, guaranteeing crystal clear, full-resolution pictures at any magnification. From the widest wide angle right up to the most intimate close-ups, new Handycam captures the emotion of every moment.

But what's the difference between optical and digital zoom?

Digital zooms blow up the centre portion of an image, giving the illusion of being closer to the subject.

Throwing away pixels from the edge of the picture sacrifices resolution, so digital zooms can never match the superb results obtained with Handycam's true optical zoom lens especially at high magnifications.

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