The Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG65 is a six megapixel camera with a 5x optical buzz lens, besides because with its CG6 sibling offers uninterpolated inanimate images to a uttermost of 2816 x 2112 pixels. Where the CG6's VGA movie outline uses the MPEG-4 succession format, the CG65 offers MPEG-4 AVC H.264 (.MP4) video - said to revenue row sizes 25% smaller than a simple MPEG-4 video.

Most contrasting Sanyo CG65 attributes seem collateral to the CG6: images are stored on SD cards, including the newer SDHC types, era a 2.5" flip-out LCD splash serves because the solitary formation of framing or reviewing images. The Sanyo Xacti CG65 further includes NTSC / PAL video output, USB 2.0 high-speed computer connectivity, again a built-in flash strobe. VPC-CG65 images are captured with a program mode or seven scene modes, with shutter speeds ranging from 4 - 1/2000 second, and ISO sensitivity from 50 to 1600.