Take Sony's New Action Cam Deep Underwater

LAS VEGAS—GoPro rules the activity cam space, but Sony is working hard to compete. Its line of action cams have several differentiating features, including bundled remote controls and underwater operation without a case. The newest addition, the HDR-AS50, is an entry-level model that tops out at 1080p, but looks like a fine choice if you lot're willing to skip 4K.

CES 2022 Bug Art The camera is waterproof, fifty-fifty without a case, and includes an external housing that allows yous to take it very deep—all the mode down to 200 feet (threescore meters). It features a broad-angle Zeiss lens and can shoot 1080p at up to 120fps or still images at 11 megapixels. Digital stabilization is available to steady footage. Manual white balance and exposure shift controls are available, and the internal microphone picks up stereo audio.

At that place's also a new digital zoom part, with up to a 3x crop available. It works like a camcorder zoom, slowing moving in or out. If you adopt to shoot without zoom you lot tin set the AS50 to capture a full wide-angle field of view, or a 1.4x crop for slightly tighter footage.

A remote command is included. The LVR3 is about 30 pct smaller than the current LVR2 remote. It has an LCD display that shows y'all what the camcorder is recording, and includes physical controls to get-go and end recording and conform camera settings.

Sony hasn't gear up an on-sale appointment for the HDR-AS50, but information technology does take a price: $349.

The company is besides a few new camcorders. The FDR-AX53 is a 4K model with Sony'southward Balanced Optical Steady Shot stabilization system, a ane/2.5-inch prototype sensor with a native 8.3-megapixel resolution and xvi:9 aspect ratio, and a 20x optical zoom. It's going to go on sale in March for $999.

A pair of 1080p models, the HDR-CX675 ($549) and HDR-CX455 ($400) are also coming in 2022.

And Sony is getting ready to sell the Alpha 68 SLR, announced in late 2022 for sale in the European marketplace, in the U.S. and Canada. It will send in April for $599 as a body only or $699 with an eighteen-55mm lens in united states of america. Canadians volition have to pay a bit more—$799 for a torso only and $949 for the kit with the xviii-55mm lens.