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Specifications
System
Video compression format
MPEG2/JPEG (Still images)
Audio compression format
DCR-DVD108/DVD608
Dolby Digital 2ch
Dolby Digital Stereo Creator
DCR-DVD308/DVD708
Dolby Digital 2/5.1ch
Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator
Video signal
NTSC color, EIA standards
Usable discs
8 cm DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-R/
DVD+R DL
Recording format
Movie
DVD-RW: DVD-VIDEO (VIDEO mode),
DVD-Video Recording
(VR mode)
DVD+RW: DVD+RW Video
DVD-R/DVD+R DL: DVD-VIDEO
Still image
Exif
*
Ver.2.2
Recording time
DVD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-R
HQ: Approx. 20 min
SP: Approx. 30 min
LP: Approx. 60 min
DVD+R DL
HQ: Approx. 35 min
SP: Approx. 55 min
LP: Approx. 110 min
Viewfinder
Electric viewfinder (color)
Image device
DCR-DVD108/DVD608
3 mm (1/6 type) CCD (Charge Coupled Device)
Gross:
Approx. 680 000 pixels
Effective (Movie):
Approx. 340 000 pixels
Effective (Still):
Approx. 340 000 pixels
DCR-DVD308/DVD708
3mm (1/6 type) CCD (Charge Coupled Device)
Gross:
Approx. 1 070 000 pixels
Effective (Movie,16:9)
Approx. 670 000 pixels
Effective (Movie,4:3)
Approx. 690 000 pixels
Effective (Still, 4:3)
Approx. 1 000 000 pixels
Effective (Still, 16:9)
Approx. 750 000 pixels
Lens
Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
DCR-DVD108/DVD608
Optical:40×, Digital:80×, 2 000×
DCR-DVD308/DVD708
Optical:25×, Digital:50×, 2 000×
Filter diameter: 30mm (1 3/16 in.)
Focal length
DCR-DVD108/DVD608
F=1.8-4.1
f=1.9 - 76.0mm (3/32 - 3 in.)
When converted to a 35 mm still camera
For movies:
36 - 1 440mm (1 7/16 - 56 3/4 in.)
For still images:
36 - 1 440mm (1 7/16 - 56 3/4 in.)
DCR-DVD308/DVD708
F=1.8-3.2
f=2.5 - 62.5mm (1/8 - 2 1/2 in.)
When converted to a 35 mm still camera
For movies:
41 - 1 189mm (1 5/8 - 46 7/8 in.) (16:9)
**
43 - 1 075mm (1 3/4 - 42 3/8 in.) (4:3)
For still images:
36 - 900mm (1 7/16 - 35 1/2 in.) (4:3)
39 - 975mm (1 9/16 - 38 1/2 in.) (16:9)
Color temperature
[AUTO], [ONE PUSH], [INDOOR] (3 200 K),
[OUTDOOR] (5 800 K)
Minimum illumination
DCR-DVD108/DVD608
3 lx (lux) (AUTO SLW SHUTTR ON, Shutter
speed 1/30 second)
0 lx (lux) (during NightShot plus function)
DCR-DVD308/DVD708
4 lx (lux) (AUTO SLW SHUTTR ON, Shutter
speed 1/30 second)
0 lx (lux) (during NightShot plus function)
* “Exif” is a file format for still images, established
by the JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information
Technology Industries Association). Files in this
format can have additional information such as
your camcorder’s setting information at the time
of recording.
**In 16:9 mode, the focal length figures are actual
figures resulting from wide angle pixel readout.
• Manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories.