Balanced Optical SteadyShot

SONY's Balanced Optical SteadShot 

keeps a 

13-fold better steady view of the ball

Topping Sony’s industry-leading high definition lineupare the video enthusiast-level consumer camcorders, HDR-PJ760V and HDR-CX760V, which capture full HD 24p and 60p recording with 24.1-megapixel still images. A new standout feature is the world’s first* Balanced Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization which controls the entire optical path, including the image sensor, as one floating unit to improve image stabilization by up to 13 times more stable than its predecessor (when both models are in the standard mode). Balanced Optical SteadyShot stabilization advantages apply to the full zoom range from wide to telephoto, making it much easier to shoot crisp blur-free images in a range of challenging situations. Other new features include Wide Angle (26.0mm) Carl Zeiss® Lens, tilting Electronic View Finder, and 17x extended digital zoom.

The highest-end new models are the Sony Handycam HDR-PJ760V ($1600), Handycam HDR-CX760V ($1500), and Handycam HDR-PJ710V ($1300), each of which feature the floating-lens stabilization system.

Handycam HDR-PJ710V: This is the bottom of the top of the prosumer line, and at $1,299 it's got everything the others do, just with less memory: 32B vs. 96GB, for which you'd pay an extra $300 just to get it baked in. It's got GPS, BOS, 10x wide-angle zoom, EVF...all the bells and whistles Sony offers.