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CB-900
Car
Battery
Adapter
To charge lithium ion batteries or
power the camera from a car
cigarette lighter socket.
Lithium Ion
Battery Packs
A variety of one, two and
three-level battery packs are available.
VL-10Li
Battery
Video Light
Powerful 10 W
illumination. A lithium ion battery
attaches directly, so operation is
cable-free.
Power Sources
Creative Shooting Accessories
Canon Digital
Videocassettes
CH-910 Dual
Battery Charger/Holder
Holds two battery packs. Can charge them
consecutively and connect directly to GL1 to give
twice the playback time.
HC-4000
System
Case
Holds the GL1 with
the lens hood and a battery
pack attached. There is also enough room to
store additional battery packs and mini DV
cassettes, the WD-58 Wide-converter, etc.
Carrying Case
WD-58
Wide-converter
Gives wide-angle coverage at 0.7X.
Available: Winter 1999
DVM-CL Digital
Video Head
Cleaning Cassette
DVM-E60
Digital Video
Cassette
When you attach two battery packs to the CH-910
Dual Battery Charger/Holder, the maximum
recording time will be almost doubled.
BP-915 (supplied)
BP-914 (optional)
BP-930 (optional)
BP-930R (optional)
BP-941 (optional)
1 hr. 5 min.
1 hr.
2 hr. 15 min.
2 hr. 10 min.
3 hr. 5 min.
1 hr.
55 min.
2 hr. 10 min.
2 hr. 5 min.
2 hr. 55 min.
Battery pack
Maximum recording time
using
viewfinder
using LCD
screen
THE CANON GL1 KIT
GL1 Specifications
Power supply (rated):
7.2 V DC
Power consumption:
6.7 W (using
viewfinder), 7.4 W (using LCD screen)
Television system:
EIA standard (525
lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal
Video recording system:
2 rotary heads,
helical scanning system DV system
(Consumer digital VCR SD system)
Digital component recording
Audio recording system:
PCM digital
sound: 16 bit (48kHz/2ch), 12 bit
(32kHz/4ch)
Image sensor:
3CCD
1
/
4
" Pixel Shift
(charge coupled device) 270,000
pixels (250,000 effective pixels)
Tape format:
Videocassettes bearing the
(Mini DV) mark.
Tape speed:
SP:
3
/
4
ips (18.81 mm/s); LP:
1
/
2
ips (12.56 mm/s)
•GL1
•BP-915 Battery Pack
•CA-910 Compact Power Adapter
•DC-905 DC Coupler
•SS-650 Shoulder Strap
•WL-D73 Wireless Controller
•S-150 S-video Cable
•STV-250N Stereo Video Cable
•DVM-E30 DV Cassette
•Lens hood
Maximum recording time:
SP: 80
minutes (with a 80 min. cassette); LP:
120 minutes (with a 80 min. cassette)
Fast forward/rewind time:
2 mins 50
sec. (with a 60 min. cassette)
Lens:
F/1.6-2.8, 20x power zoom, 4.2-84
mm
Focusing system:
TTL autofocus,
manual focusing possible
Minimum focusing distance:
3 ft 3
3
/
8
in
(1 m),
3
/
8
inch (1 cm) on maximum
wide angle
Maximum shutter speed:
1
/
15,000
sec
Minimum illumination:
6 lx
Recommended illumination:
More than
100 lx
Filter diameter:
58 mm
Viewfinder:
0.55-inch, color LCD
(approx. 180,000 pixels)
LCD screen:
2.5 in measured diagonally
(6.4 cm), 122,000 pixels (approx.)
Microphone:
Stereo electret condenser
microphone
DV terminal:
Special 4 pin connector
(based on IEEE1394)
Output level:
Video terminal: 1 Vp-p/75
ohms unbalanced
S-video terminal:
1 Vp-p (Y signal),
0.286 Vp-p (C signal)
Audio terminal:
-10dBV, less than 3
kohms, unbalanced
Operating temperature range:
32 - 104
°
F (0 - 40
°
C)
Dimensions:
4
5
/
8
x 5
3
/
8
x 10
3
/
4
in (117 x
135 x 272 mm)
Weight:
2 lb 11
3
/
8
oz (1.23 kg)
220EX/380EX/380EX
Speedlite Flash
Attaches directly to GL1's accessory
shoe to give SLR-style flash
photography.
FR-100
Floppy Disk
Still Image Recorder
Connects to the GL1 or any
camcorder with an IEEE1394
DV terminal and records still
images onto a floppy disk in
one of three resolution choices.
Images from the disk can then
be transferred to a computer.
Available: Winter 1999
Floppy Disk
Adapter
