Capture precious moments with the Sony HDRCX405 Handycam Full HD Camcorder. This handycam is jam-packed with an incredible lens and various advanced technology such as Optical SteadyShot and high-bitrate XAVC S, making your photo and video shooting experience more fun. Furthermore, you can make movies on the spot and free your imagination, thanks to its Movie Maker and creative effects.
Key Features
- Shake-Free Footages: Its Optical SteadyShot with Intelligent Active Mode enables you to minimise blurriness in shots even when recoding with your hands.
- Exceptional Quality: Furnished with 9.2-megapixel image quality, this camcorder lets you capture stunning photos, when put in still image mode.
- Distant Shots: Incorporated with a Carl Zeiss Lens and a 26.8mm wide-angle lens, the Sony HDRCX405 HD Camcorder lets you take broader shots of landscapes and sceneries.
- Highlight Movie Maker: This Sony camcorder comes with a versatile tool for enhancing your videos. You can highlight precious footage and the camcorder automatically syncs your clips to your chosen music.
- Charge and Sync: The built-in USB cable offers a quicker way to charge the Sony HDRCX405 camcorder or transfer digital files to your computer. This cable is designed to fit into the hand strap and provide you with a compact handycam.
- Image Quality: The Sony HDRCX405 combines an Exmor R CMOS Sensor with a BIONZ image processor to create natural, lifelike images with smooth backgrounds.
- Dual Recording: This mode lets you capture HD video and high-resolution still images simultaneously to ensure the best shot are captured both ways.
- Two Memory Cards: It is built with two memory card slots for Memory Stick Micro and Micro SD/SDHC/SDXC. It allows you to save recordings and shots in whichever format is most convenient for you.
Sony HDRCX405 Handycam Full HD Camcorder is rated
4.5 out of
5 by
117.
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Kel1203 from
Be cautious with the reviews!
I feel I have been cheated by the reviews - the sound is rubbish and some say it's brilliant! Such a lie. I used it to interview people and you have to max the TV/PC volume to hear it, the camcorder is generally ok and easy to use, but this is a massive let down. And you can't even attached a mic.
If you want it for anything closeup, then this is a winner.
I bought this because it can film for a longer period than my max of 30 minute canon camera, but if you 'pause' enough it will be fine - I wish I used my camera instead and certainly will do so in the future.
Date published: 2018-05-21
Rated 5 out of
5
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dansnanjohn from
small but powerful
Having had a high quality camcorder for some years I decided I wanted one that recorded to a memory card rather than mini tapes. I must admit that I thought it would be as simple as putting the card in a card reader as I do with my DSLR camera. I was a little disturbed at having to use a Sony site to download but after a short session of familiarisation I found it quite easy. The quality of the pictures and sound is very good and the handycam fits very easily into a pocket. With a little more time and practice I believe I will really enjoy my purchase.
Date published: 2015-04-22
Rated 4 out of
5
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Mavis66 from
Nice compact camera
Bought this for a recent holiday and it was very good. It is very light and compact and very easy to use. As soon as you open the side cover the camera starts up and closes down when you close it. Very simple to use and not as complicated as our previous one. The only downside is that you have to manually open and close the lense cover and it is easy to forget when you have finished filming and it would be easy to damage the lense. Also it would be handy to have some kind of strap on it and we had to buy a case for it too. However I suppose that would be normal for the price.
Date published: 2018-11-12
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Peter214 from
Slightly Disappointing
I bought the camera to film a Village stage play, The first attempt the battery ran out half way through the second act. On the second attempt the the charging lead was used and the whole play (two hours long) captured successfully . The picture quality is reasonable but slow to focus and the camera was slow to respond to changes in light levels.Changing the camera settings seems to require a lot of practise as the menus are small and difficult to interpret and the selection button very fiddly. Downloading to Play Memories Home (PMH) took a long time and editing the film was not easy using PMH. A cut and paste facility on PMH would be very helpful. Adding captions also took time to master. Saving the film after editing took nearly two hours. I am sure this camera would be great for taking short clips.
Date published: 2020-02-27
Rated 5 out of
5
by
DaveyB from
Easy to use
I chose this camera after researching various brands of similar priced ones. I have had Sony Handycams before over a good number of years and been satisfied. This camera has proved to be very good value, light in weight and easy to get used to. The simple functions and menus are intuitive so I took some minutes. The quality looks fine to me and transferring the video via the micro SD card to my PC proved so much more convenient with no wire connections to set up. I like this little camera a lot.
Date published: 2020-02-16
Rated 3 out of
5
by
willywinky from
SOFTWARE FAULT PLAY MEMORIES
NOT UP TO SONY STANDARDS NOT FIXING PLAYMEMORIES SOFTWARE PROBLEMS
Date published: 2017-02-08
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Bonce from
Impressive Performance
I spent a long time researching - I'm talking months - before deciding which handycam to buy. I was looking for a quality high definition performance within my tight budget. And I wanted the option of manual control over certain camera settings such as shutter, aperture, focus and white balance to give me the freedom to capture specific creative results outside the range of the auto point-and-shoot and in-built scene selection features.
I chose the Sony CX405 because its specification gives me everything I want, including the means of easily capturing the action in MP4 format for display on the Internet.
For me, image performance is paramount. A camera can have all the features in the world but if the final on-screen image is lacking in sharpness, definition, or realistic colour rendering it would be a complete non-starter.
At the time of writing this, I've completed my initial tests with the CX405 using a selection of the wide range of video resolution settings it offers and I have to say the Zeiss Tessar lens and Sony's Exmor R CMOS sensor deliver an image clarity which is, to say the least, outstandingly good.
The CX405 records primarily in the .m2ts format which isn't likely to be properly understood by any existing movie software you have, so I strongly recommend you download Sony's free Play Memories Home software which handles .m2ts video files with ease and allows you to use them in a variety of ways.
Although the CX405 will record in MP4 format if you wish using its dual-record facility, the Play Memories Home software also provides the means of easily converting the default high quality .m2ts format files into MP4 format - which is useful if you've chosen to shoot only in the .m2ts format and later decide you'd like the clip in MP4 format for use on the Internet.
It also means you can import the MP4 file into your existing movie software and manipulate it and its sound track in any way you wish.
In short, in my experience the CX405 produces great results with the fully auto point-and-shoot setting and provides the means of getting really creative using the optional manual controls.
Date published: 2015-06-08
Rated 4 out of
5
by
DaveG77 from
I like the video it takes but there is a fault
I like the image quality and the weight of this camcorder. but there is a fault that it sometimes does not record. I tried resetting it as suggested but I havnt had the time to test it since. I do hope the fault is corrected.
Date published: 2021-04-26
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