Canon 4383B001, Instruction Manual

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7
Exciting Features and New Functions
High-Definition Video
Your camcorder’s high-definition image
sensor (HD CMO
S ) captures video at a
resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels
2
. Videos
are then recorded in the memory in high
definition, using AVCHD specifications
3
.
With your new HD camcorder, capturing
the special moments in your life with
amazing image quality and in lifeli k e vibrant colors is easy and fun!
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Memory
Pre-recording
( 59)
You can record in the built-in
memory or on commercially
available memory cards (
37).
When pre-recording is activated,
the camcorder starts recording
video continuously into a
temporary 3-second memory.
When you press the
button, the scene recorded will
have started 3 seconds before you
started shooting.
1
1,080
lines
START/STOP
1
“Full HD 1080” refer s to Canon camcorder s compliant with high-definition video
compo s ed of 1,080 vertical pixel s ( s canning line s ).
2
Video i s recorded at thi s re s olution only when the recording mode i s s et to FXP
mode. In other recording mode s , the picture i s recorded at 1,440 x 1,080 pixel s .
3
AVCHD i s a s tandard for recording high-definition video. With AVCHD s pecifica-
tion s , the video s ignal i s recorded u s ing MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compre ss ion and
the audio s ignal i s recorded in Dolby Digital.
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