DCR-VX2200E

Camera Features
IRIS / EXPOSURE mode IRIS ring Three ND Filters Minus Gain Camera Control System LCD / EVF

IRIS / EXPOSURE mode

The following two exposure adjusting mode can be controlled by the IRIS ring. IRIS mode
The brightness of the picture is controlled optically by using iris only. IRIS ring

EXPOSURE mode

In addition to iris, gain and shutter speed become under control by the ring, which enables to adjust picture brightness continuously and seamlessly in a wide range. Either gain or shutter speed, or both can be selected. Also, both can be un-selected, which functions exactly as same as IRIS mode. IRIS mode
EXPOSURE mode. +6dB +3dB GAIN 0dB 1/60 1/100. SHUTTER SPEED

Reversible IRIS Ring

Rotate direction can be reversed.
close In general, rotate direction to close the iris is same among the industry. It is possible to reverses the rotate direction.
It is useful when changing the camcorder angle between high-angle and low-angle, while the ring operate direction can be kept as same.
Minus Gain of DCR-VX2200E
Electrical noise caused by gain control.
*All pictures are simulated.
Advantages of Minus Gain implemented in DCR-VX2200E
S/N is improved. Less noise picture can be captured. Dynamic range will not be influenced. Brighter part of the picture will not lose gradation because of applying this minus gain.
In general, minus gain will effect dynamic range of captured picture, which the VX2200E does not have (as mentioned above). [-3dB] and [-6dB] can be used at manual gain switch.

AGC range configuration

Current High-end CAM models can set the upper limit of AGC. The DCR-VX2200E / HDR-FX1000E can, in addition, set the lower limit of AGC which enables to use minus gain zone.

AGC Limit

Limits the maximum gain from [21dB] to [0dB] by each 3dB segment.

Minus AGC : ON (default)

The gain parameter moves approx -3dB at the lowest. It is possible to set OFF. The minimum gain is set to zero dB.

Built-in 3 ND Filters

0 Light Condition Very dark 4 lux ND clear

Open (+Gain)

100k (lux) Very bright ex.) Clear sunny

day in Hawaii

FX7E iris

ND1(1/4)

ND2 (1/16)

(Almost) Close

(Almost) Open Close
Low light performance is determined by the sensitivity of imager.

Improper ND

Proper ND Applied
illuminance out of rage 1.5 lux VX2200E clear FX1000E

ND3 (1/64)

The built-in 1/64 ND filter covers wide range of brightness : approx 20k - over 100k lux.

Camera Control System

AUTO - MANUAL switch
The concept of camera control will be simple that is only switchable for AUTO or MANUAL, not have a HOLD position. The AUTO mode controls iris, gain, shutter speed and white balance. Unlike FX1/FX7, when customers select manual mode, default setting of each iris, gain, shutter speed and white balance is manual to achieve the position which they want to adjust manually.
A : AUTO M : MANUAL IRIS GAIN S/S A A A
Auto-Manual SW MANUAL (default)

0 action

One of the most cases to use MANUAL mode 1 action
A A M A M A A M M M A A M A M

White Balance

ATW / AWB button
Three modes can be switched :
ATW (Auto Tracing White balance) AWB (Auto White Balance) PRESET mode ATW (Auto Tracing White balance)
One push WB button A/B/Preset SW
ATW corrects the color balance automatically and dynamically with any changes in captured image of color temperature. It is useful when a shooting scene moves from indoors to outdoors, for example.

AWB (Auto White Balance)

AWB adjusts the color temperature automatically when the button is pushed. It can be achieved by framing the camera on a white object, typically a piece of white paper, and records the captured color temperature at bank A or B.

PRESET mode

Two presets color temperature is registered, INDOOR and OUTDOOR.

Shot Transition

VX2200E / FX1000E Transition Time 3.5 to 15.0sec (per 0.5 sec), 20, 30, 45, 60, 90sec LINAR SOFT STOP SOFT TRANS FX7/FX7E 3.5 to 15.0sec (per 0.5 sec) LINAR SOFT STOP SOFT TRANS FX1/FX1E 3.5 to 15.0sec (per 0.5 sec) LINAR SOFT STOP SOFT TRANS

Trans Curve

Transition Time
20, 30, 45, 60, and 90 are added. It is very difficult or almost impossible to control focus/zoom/iris manually to transit from one status to another smoothly by taking 60 or 90 seconds.

LCD/EVF panel

XtraFineTM LCD/EVF
The DCR-VX2200E adopts a high quality digital panel called XtraFine LCD/EVF. Thanks to these new panel/EVF, sever manual focusing will be realized.

XtraFineTM LCD

3.2 inch, 16:9, VGA panel 921K dots (1920x480) High contrast Wide view angle approx. 100% display area approx. 6500K color temperature

XtraFineTM EVF

0.45 inch, 16:9, WVGA panel 122.6K dots (8523[RGB]480) approx. 100% display area approx. 6500K color temperature
approx. 6500K color temperature
Color temperature of FX1/FX7s is higher than a standard display monitor. That of VX2200E / FX1000E is approximately 6500K which is equal to default setting of a normal monitor and a professional external panel.

Comparison of LCD panel

VX2200E / FX1000E Size 3.2wide 921K (1920x480) Stripe Normally Black (VA) NTSC 65% 250:1 80/80/80/80 300cd/m2 LED6 HDR-FX7E 3.5wide 211K (960x220) Delta Normally White (ECB) NTSC 65% 200:1 70/55/65/55 250cd/m2 LED9 approx. 90% HDR-FX1E 3.5wide 250K (1120x224) Delta Normally White (ECB) NTSC 35% 100:1 70/70/70/70 250cd/m2 LED10 approx. 90%
Type Color reproduction Contrast Wide view angle (U/D/L/R) Back Light/LED Display area

approx. 100%

Comparison of EVF panel
VX2200E / FX1000E Size Dots Pixel layout LCD type Brightness [cd/m2] LED Display area 0.45wide 1,226K (852xRGBx480) Stripe FLC+LCOS 200/color LED 100% HDR-FX7E 0.54wide 252K (1120x225) Delta High temp polysilicon TFT 200/white Approx. 90% HDR-FX1E 0.54wide 252K (1120x225) Delta High temp polysilicon TFT 200/white Approx. 90%

Progressive Scan

The 25p scan signal is recorded on tape as a 50i signal by dividing each frame into two fields. This allows your 25p scan footage to be played back or fed to an editing suite using the thousands of existing Sony DV/DVCAM equipment already in use throughout the world.

Shooting

Recording p/i conv.
25p scanning 50i recording

General Information

Spec Sheet Supplied Accessories Feature Comparison chart

Supplied Accessories

Lens hood with flipflop lens cover
Wireless remote commander RMT-831

AC adaptor AC-L100

Power cable
RCA x3 male Composite cable
A/V R Composite connecting cable
Operating guide (booklet)
FX1000E vs. VX2200E vs. VX2100E
Shooting / Recording Features
Optics have significantly improved from the VX2100E. Main features are succeeded from the FX1000E except HD related functions.
HDR-FX1000E Focus Length (35mm equivalent) Optical Zoom ND Filters Lens ring Imager Progressive scan REC format Smooth Slow Rec x.v.Color Down Conversion Dual Rec Still Image Recording 29.5 - 590mm (16:9) 36.1 - 722mm (4:3) 20x Three (1/4, 1/16, 1/64) Three (focus/zoom/iris) 1/3 3CMOS Yes HDV / DV (SP) / DV(LP) 6 sec Yes (HDV) Yes Yes 0.9M (1080 x 810) 1.2M (1440 x 810) DCR-VX2200E 29.5 - 590mm (16:9) 36.1 - 722mm (4:3) 20x Three (1/4, 1/16, 1/64) Three (focus/zoom/iris) 1/3 3CMOS Yes DV (SP) / DV(LP) 6 sec No No Yes 0.9M (1080 x 810) 1.2M (1440 x 810) DCR-VX2100E 46.3mm - 556.1 (16:9) 43.2 - 518.4 mm (4:3) 12x Two (1/4, 1/32) Two(focus/zoom) 1/3 3CCD Yes (only still image) DV (SP) / DV(LP) No No No No VGA (640 x 480) 17

There are few differences of audio features, but the quality of builtin stereo microphone is further improved from the VX2100E. EVF / LCD are HD ready devices. Shooting supporting features are succeeded from the FX1000E, which are mostly not implemented in the VX2100E.
HDR-FX1000E Input jack Audio Built-in Stereo MIC Wind noise reduction Audio level meter LCD EVF Zebra Display Histogram Peaking Marker CAM DATA display 3.5mm mini jack Yes Yes (ON/OFF switchable) Yes 3.2 16:9 921k XtraFine 0.45 16:9 1227k XtraFine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DCR-VX2200E 3.5mm mini jack Yes Yes (ON/OFF switchable) Yes 3.2 16:9 921k XtraFine 0.45 16:9 1227k XtraFine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DCR-VX2100E 3.5mm mini jack Yes Yes (ON/OFF auto) Yes 2.5 4:3 211k 0.44 4:3 180k Yes No No No No 18
HD related features (HDMI, COMPONENT, Down-conversion, i.LINK settings, etc.) are dedicated features for the FX1000E. Analogue Input to DV Stream function is dropped from the VX2100E, which was a useful function when transferring analogue content to DV editing environment.
HDR-FX1000E HDMI OUT COMPONENT OUT Audio / Video jack Mechanical Design, Interface S Video Shoe DC input / Battery charge Flash Memory slot TV type Output Configuration Analogue Input to DV stream Yes Yes A/V R multi jack Yes (thru A/V R) Cold shoe Yes MemoryStick Duo Yes No No No A/V R multi jack Yes (thru A/V R) Cold shoe Yes MemoryStick Duo Yes No DCR-VX2200E No No RCA pin (x3) Yes (4pin DIN) Intelligent Accy shoe Yes MemoryStick No Yes 19 DCR-VX2100E
Rechargeable battery NP-F570 is not supplied which is not useful for high-end users. Long duration operation is required for those users, and many cases, larger capacity battery (e.g. NPF970) is purchased additionally.
HDR-FX1000E AC adapter Rechargeable Battery COMPOSITE cable COMPOSITE connecting cable Yes (AC-L100) Yes (NP-F570) Yes (A/V R) No Yes Yes (RMT-831) Yes Yes No No DCR-VX2200E Yes (AC-L100) No Yes (RCA pin x3) Yes No Yes (RMT-831) Yes No No No DCR-VX2100E Yes (AC-L15) Yes (NP-F570) Yes (RCA pin x3) No No Yes (RMT-811) Yes No Yes (16MB) Yes

Supplied Items

COMPONENT cable IR remote commander Lens hood Large type eye cup Memory Stick Shoulder Strap

High-end DV

G Lens (filter diameter 72mm) G Lens (filter diameter 72mm)
Wide-end 29.5mm (16:9 mode, 35mm equivalent) Wide-end 29.5mm (16:9 mode, 35mm equivalent) Wide-end 36.1mm (( 4:3 mode, 35mm equivalent) Wide-end 36.1mm 4:3 mode, 35mm equivalent) Optical 20x zoom (Digital Extender approx 1.5x) Optical 20x zoom (Digital Extender approx 1.5x)

DCR-VX2200E DCR-VX2200E

Shipment: Oct/B, 2009 Shipment: Oct/B, 2009
1/3" 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor (Technology of "Exmor) 1/3" 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor (Technology of "Exmor) Minimum Illumination :: 1.5lux Minimum Illumination 1.5lux Optical SteadyShot (no Active Mode) Optical SteadyShot (no Active Mode) DV SP // DV LP recording DV SP DV LP recording Smooth Slow Rec (6sec) Smooth Slow Rec (6sec) 3.2" Wide 921k dots XtraFine LCD 3.2" Wide 921k dots XtraFine LCD 0.45" Wide 1227k dots XtraFine Color View Finder 0.45" Wide 1227k dots XtraFine Color View Finder 2nd Handle Zoom(variable) & Rec Start/Stop Button 2nd Handle Zoom(variable) & Rec Start/Stop Button InfoLITHIUM Battery, type L InfoLITHIUM Battery, type L Dual Rec 1.2M Still Image Dual Rec 1.2M Still Image Memory Stick Duo slot for still image recording Memory Stick Duo slot for still image recording
< Terminals > < Terminals > -- A/V R jack (S Video, Composite, L/R audio, and Remote) A/V R jack (S Video, Composite, L/R audio, and Remote) -- DC-IN -- Headphone jack DC-IN Headphone jack -- 3.5mm MIC jack 3.5mm MIC jack -- LANC -- i.LINK (4pin) LANC i.LINK (4pin) -- No HDMI -- No USB -- No Analog input No HDMI No USB No Analog input -- No mini-D Component jack No mini-D Component jack

ERP: Rub

< Supplied Accy > < Supplied Accy > -- AC Adaptor AC-L100 -- Remote RMT-831 AC Adaptor AC-L100 Remote RMT-831 -- A/V R Composite connecting cable A/V R Composite connecting cable -- RCAx3 male Composite cable -- Lens hood with lens cover RCAx3 male Composite cable Lens hood with lens cover -- No battery -- No Large eyecup No battery No Large eyecup