The AG-AC30 is a handheld camcorder with superb low-light characteristics & many professional features & tools enabling the user to capture beautiful zoom shots & large groups thanks to its wide focal range zoom 20x & 29. 5 mm wide angle. Its LED video light with 2 light filters included allows reliable shooting even in night-time scenes & dark places as the color conversion filter adapts color temperature whereas the diffusion filter softens the light source. The outstanding low-light characteristics of the camcorder is a result of the built-in newly-designed 13. 1-type BSI sensor which achieves a high image quality of 6. 03M effective pixels. This enables bright beautiful shots even in dark places. Besides the Focus Assist Functions Expand Peaking Area Mode Function & the sophisticated Professional Assist Functions the camcorder has many more features to offer 20x Zoom The powerful 20x super-high-resolution zoom can be utilized for shooting scenes that you cannot get close to. Intelligent Resolution technology allows for shooting at high zoom rates while preserving the image resolution. The 29. 5mm wide-angle 35mm equivalent fits more people & more of the background into the frame which is especially handy when wanting to take a group photo in a small room. To correct horizontal tilt & h&-shake blur the HYBRID O. I.S. uses five-axis correction to thoroughly suppress blurring all the way from wide-angle to powerful zoom shots. It also achieves great effects when shooting while walking or in other motion. The included Level Shot function automatically detects & corrects the tilting of captured images. The 3 manual rings of the camcorder Focus Zoom & Iris add flexibility provide control & adjust the light to get beautiful pictures regardless of the surrounding brightness