Sony DCR-HC33E User Manual

DCR-HC32E/HC33E/HC39E/HC42E/HC43E 2-584-907-13(1)

Specifications

Video recording 

system

2 rotary heads, Helical 

scanning system

Still image 

recording system

Exif Ver. 2.2

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1

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

PAL color, CCIR 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  

DCR-HC32E/HC33E/HC39E: 

black and white
DCR-HC42E/HC43E: color

Image device

DCR-HC32E/HC33E: 

3 mm (1/6 type) CCD (Charge 

Coupled Device)

Gross: Approx. 800 000 pixels

Effective (still): Approx. 

400 000 pixels

Effective (movie): Approx. 

400 000 pixels
DCR-HC39E/HC42E/HC43E: 

3.27 mm (1/5.5 type) CCD 

(Charge Coupled Device)

Gross: Approx. 1 070 000 

pixels

Effective (still): Approx.  

1 000 000 pixels

Effective (movie): Approx. 

690 000 pixels

Lens

Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar

Combined power zoom lens

Filter diameter: 25 mm (1 in.)

DCR-HC32E/HC33E:

20 × (Optical), 800 × (Digital)

F=1.8 - 3.1
DCR-HC39E/HC42E/HC43E:

12 × (Optical), 480 × (Digital)

F=1.8 - 2.5

Focal length

DCR-HC32E/HC33E:

f=2.3 - 46 mm (3/32 - 1 13/16 

in.)

When converted to a 35 mm 

still camera

In CAMERA-TAPE:

44 ~ 880 mm (1 3/4 - 

34 1/32 in.)

In CAMERA-MEMORY:

44 ~ 880 mm (1 3/4 - 

34 1/32 in.)
DCR-HC39E/HC42E/HC43E:

f=3.0 - 36 mm (1/8 - 1 7/16 

in.)

When converted to a 35 mm 

still camera: 

In CAMERA-TAPE:

16:9 mode*

2

: 46 ~ 628.5 mm 

(1 13/16 - 24 3/4 in.)

4:3 mode: 40 ~ 480 mm  

(1 5/8 - 19 in.)

In CAMERA-MEMORY:

4:3 mode: 48 ~ 576 mm  

(1 15/16 - 22 3/4 in.)

16:9 mode: 43.6 ~ 523.2 mm 

(1 3/4 - 20 5/8 in.)

Color temperature [AUTO], [ONE PUSH], 

[INDOOR] (3 200 K), 

[OUTDOOR] (5 800 K)

Minimum 

illumination

DCR-HC32E/HC33E:

5 lx (lux) (F 1.8) 

0 lx (lux) (during NightShot 

plus function)*

3

DCR-HC39E/HC42E/HC43E:

7 lx (lux) (F 1.8) 

0 lx (lux) (during NightShot 

plus function)*

3

 

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1 

“Exif” is a file format for still images, 
established by the JEITA (Japan Electronics 
and Information Technology Industries 
Association). Files in this format can have 
additional information such as your camcorder’s 
setting information at the time of recording.

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2 

In 16:9 mode, the focal length figures are actual 
figures resulting from wide angle pixel read-
out.

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3  

Objects unable to be seen due to the dark can 

be shot with infrared lighting.

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