Crisp, clear sound with no distractions

Choose Handycam® with Zoom Microphone for action that always sounds as clear as it looks.

Zooming in with other camcorders can mean the sound of your subject gets swamped by nearby sounds, like birdsong or people chattering.

Zoom Microphone ensures clear, natural sounds in the foreground. It works by increasing foreground microphone sensitivity and directional characteristics.

This means that dialogue and other sounds right in front of you are picked up clearly at higher zoom settings.

It also fine-tunes frequency response to ensure that foreground dialogue is emphasised over other sounds.

Zoom Microphone features on all new High Definition and Standard Definition Handycam® models (excludes MiniDV).

It’s linked automatically to your camcorder’s zoom lens function, so there’s no need to worry about adjusting fiddly settings. Just zoom in while you’re shooting and enjoy clear, crisp audio in close-up.