Zoom in incredibly close for awesome sports, travel, and wildlife photos. The HX300 boasts 50x optical zoom plus 100x Clear Image Digital Zoom technology to bring you near enough to capture elated smiles on the sports field. A powerful processor reduces graininess for crisper, higher-quality close-ups.

Optical SteadyShot® image stabilization reduces shake and blur by countering camera movements in both horizontal and vertical directions.³ Active 3-Way stabilization adds digital rolling control that counters clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation, resulting in more stable videos even at long focal lengths.

With a 20.4-megapixel Exmor® R CMOS sensor, capture high-resolution images that take full advantage of the camera’s high quality Carl Zeiss® lens. Advanced processing technology reduces noise and graininess for incredibly crisp, clear images – even in challenging low-light conditions.

Record crystal-clear movies at the highest resolution available with Full HD 1080/60p video capture1. Stunning, fast motion video with reduced distortion looks great when played back on your HDTV2. Notice a perfect photo opp while shooting video? With dual record of stills and movies, you can shoot both at the same time.

The tiltable 3″ LCD makes it easy to reach above a crowd to take great shots with an interesting overhead perspective. Since you can angle the LCD so it’s facing towards you, you’ll be able to frame the shot exactly as you want. It’s also convenient for shooting subjects situated at a low angle – snapping photos of children at their eye level.

Capture full 20.4 megapixel resolution images at up to 10 frames per second, helping to ensure that the decisive moment is captured such as the soccer ball flying into the goal. In addition, a mechanical shutter helps reduce distortion when continuously shooting moving subjects.