Specifications

OPTURA20/OPTURA10

Power supply (rated):

7.4 V DC

Power consumption

OPTURA20: 3.4 W (using viewfinder), 4.6 W (using LCD screen)

(AF turned on):

OPTURA10: 3.4 W (using viewfinder), 4.4 W (using LCD screen)

Television system:

EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal

Video recording system:

2 rotary heads, helical scanning DV system (Consumer digital VCR

 

SD system); Digital component recording

Audio recording system:

Tape: PCM digital sound: 16 bit (48 kHz/2 ch); 12 bit (32 kHz/4 ch)

 

Card: ADPCM digital sound: 16 bit (16 kHz/1 ch), 4 bit

Image sensor:

1/4“ CCD (charge coupled device), approx. 1,330,000 pixels

 

(Effective pixels: tape: approx. 690,000 pixels, card: approx.

 

1,230,000 pixels)

 

 

Tape format:

Videocassettes bearing the “MiniDV” mark.

 

 

Tape speed:

SP: 0.74 ips (18.81 mm/s), LP: 0.49 ips (12.56 mm/s)

Maximum recording time

SP: 80 min., LP: 120 min.

(80 min. cassette):

 

 

 

Fast forward/rewind time:

Approx. 2 min. 20 sec. (with a 60 min. cassette)

Lens:

F1.8-3.0, 16⋅ power zoom, f=4.0-64.0 mm; (card: F1.8-3.0,

 

15⋅ power zoom, f=4.3-64.0 mm)

Focusing system:

TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible

Minimum focusing distance:

3.3 ft. (1 m), 0.39 in. (1 cm) on maximum wide angle

Maximum shutter speed:

1/8,000 sec. (1/250 sec. when using a memory card)

Minimum illumination:

0.5 lx (using the Night mode in CAMERA mode)

Recommended illumination:

More than 100 lx

Filter diameter:

37 mm

Viewfinder:

0.33 in., TFT color LCD, approx. 113,000 pixels

LCD screen:

OPTURA20: 3.5 in., TFT Color, approx. 123,000 pixels

 

OPTURA10: 2.5 in., TFT Color, approx. 112,000 pixels

Microphone:

Stereo electret condenser microphone

 

 

Recording media:

SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard

 

 

Number of recording pixels:

Still image: 1280 ⋅ 960, 640 ⋅ 480 pixels

 

Movie: 320 ⋅ 240 pixels (approx. 10 sec.), 160 ⋅ 120 pixels

 

(approx. 30 sec.), 15 frames/sec.

 

The figures in brackets represent the maximum length of one

 

movie clip.

Estimated SD Memory Card

1280 ⋅ 960: Superfine: 6 images/Fine: 10 images/Normal 18

SDC-8M capacities:

images;

 

640 ⋅ 480: Superfine: 34 images/Fine 50 images/Normal 84 images

The actual number varies according to the images. Sample images recorded on the supplied SD Memory Card are to be included in the total number.

File format:

Design rule for Camera File system (DCF), Exif 2.2 compliant,

 

Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) compliant (still images only)

This camcorder supports Exif 2.2 (also called “Exif Print”). Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between camcorders and printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant printer, the camcorder’s image data at the time of shooting is used and optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints.

Image format:

Still image: JPEG (Compression mode: Superfine, Fine, Normal),

 

Movie: Motion JPEG

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