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Major Specifications
CCD
1/6-inch interlaced
Total number of pixels
approx. 800,000
Number of effective pixels
Movie: approx. 410,000
Still:
approx. 410,000
Lens
F1.8 – 3.2
f = 2.2 – 55 mm
Filter diameter: 34 mm
Thread pitch: 0.5 mm
Focus
Auto/Manual
Zoom
Optical 25×
100× – 1200× with digital zoom added, 100× for still
Required minimum illumination
0.3 lx in Low Light mode
Viewfinder
0.2-inch colour TFT (equivalent to approx. 200,000 pixels)
LCD monitor
2.7-inch colour TFT (approx. 120,000 pixels)
Electronic image stabiliser
Electronic type
Shutter speed
1/4 – 1/4000 seconds (movie)
Self-timer recording
Still recording only
Recording mode
Movie (with sound)
Still (with DVD-RAM disc, SD memory card)
Maximum
recordable
time
(per side)
DVD-RAM/DVD-RW/
DVD-R/+RW
Approx. 18 minutes (XTRA)
Approx. 30 minutes (FINE)
Approx. 60 minutes (STD)
Maximum
number of
recordable
stills
DVD-RAM
(per side)
Approx. 999
If movies and stills are mixed on one disc, the recordable number will
decrease.
SD memory card
(when using 32 MB
card)
Approx. 180 (in FINE mode)
Varies depending on the recording quality and the type of card
(p. 123).
Recording
format
DVD-RAM/DVD-RW
(VR-mode)
Movie:
Conforming to DVD video recording (DVD-VR) format (Dolby
Digital)
Still (DVD-RAM only):
Simultaneous recording, conforming to DVD video recording (DVD-
VR) standard (720 × 576 pixels) and JPEG (640 × 480 pixels)
DVD-RW (VF-mode)/
DVD-R
Movie:
Conforming to DVD video format (Dolby Digital)
+RW
Movie: DVD+RW video format (Dolby Digital)
Card
Still:
Conforming to JPEG (640 × 480 pixels) standard
Audio playback format
MPEG Audio layer 2, linear PCM, Dolby Digital
