Sony DCR-HC21 Manual

DCR-HC21 2-584-905-11(1)

Attaching the 

Shoulder Strap 

 

You can attach the Shoulder Strap to the 
hook for the Shoulder Strap.

Specifications

Video recording 

system

2 rotary heads, Helical 

scanning system

Audio recording 

system

Rotary heads, PCM system 

Quantization: 12 bits (Fs 32 

kHz, stereo 1, stereo 2), 16 bits 

(Fs 48 kHz, stereo)

Video signal

NTSC color, EIA standards

Usable cassette

Mini DV cassette with the 

 mark printed

Tape speed

SP: Approx. 18.81 mm/s 

LP: Approx. 12.56 mm/s

Recording/

playback time

SP: 60 min

LP: 90 min 

(using a DVM60 cassette)

Fast forward/

rewind time

Approx. 2 min 40 s

(using a DVM60 cassette)

Viewfinder

Electric viewfinder (black and 

white)

Image device

3.0 mm (1/6 type) CCD 

(Charge Coupled Device) 

Gross: Approx. 680 000 pixels 

Effective (movie): Approx. 

340 000 pixels

Lens

Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 

Combined power zoom lens

Filter diameter: 25 mm (1 in.)

20 × (Optical), 800 × (Digital)

F=1.8 - 3.1

f=2.3 - 46 mm (3/32 - 1 13/16 

in.)

When converted to a 35 mm 

still camera

In CAMERA:

44 - 880 mm (1 3/4 - 34 1/32 

in.)

Color temperature [AUTO], [ONE PUSH], 

[INDOOR] (3 200 K), 

[OUTDOOR] (5 800 K)

Minimum 

illumination

5 lx (lux) (F 1.8) 0 lx (lux) 

(during NightShot plus 

function)

*1

 

*1  

Objects unable to be seen due to the dark can 

be shot with infrared lighting.

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