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it may not have a folding oled screen or video goggles, but sony's new flagship handycam, the hdr xr520, is one of the most innovative products the company is showing this ces. the star of sony's lineup is the new 1/3.15-inch back-illuminated exmor-r cmos sensor, which sony is featuring in its top two models, the hdr-xr500 and hdr-xr520. the new sensor design moves the photodiode from beneath the circuitry wires to above; presumably less interference will mean improved sensitivity, particularly in low light conditions. camcorders with the new sensor will also be capable of capturing 12-megapixel still photos. the top consumer camcorders from sony will see several other improvements as well. the six-blade aperture g-lens from sony's prosumer line will make its way to the top consumer models, some of the high def camcorders will also benefit from other technological upgrades, like a new automatic backlight correction, improved optical stabilization, and new smile shutter and face detection. several of the new sony camcorders will also feature new highlight playback and power-on by lcd. parallel imported |