Specifications

OPTURA40/OPTURA30

System

Video Recording System

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

 

SD system), digital component recording

Audio Recording System

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

 

 

Television System

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

 

 

Image Sensor

1/3.4-inch CCD, approx. 2,200,000 pixels

 

Effective pixels: tape approx. 1,230,000 pixels

 

card approx. 2,000,000 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)

 

 

LCD Screen

2.5-inch. TFT color, approx. 123,000 pixels

 

 

Viewfinder

0.33-inch. TFT color, approx. 113,000 pixels

Microphone

Stereo electret condenser microphone

Lens

OPTURA40: f=4.8-67.2 mm, f/1.8-3.0, 14⋅ power zoom

 

OPTURA30: f=4.8-57.6 mm, f/1.8-3.0, 12⋅ power zoom

Lens Configuration

12 elements in 10 groups

 

 

Filter Diameter

34 mm

AF system

TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible

Minimum Focusing Distance

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

White Balance

Auto white balance, pre-set white balance (indoor, outdoor) or

 

custom white balance

Minimum Illumination

1.1 lx (using the Night mode)

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 lx

Image Stabilization

Electronic

Memory Card

Recording media

SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard

Number of Recording Pixels

Still image: 1632 ⋅ 1224, 1280 ⋅ 960, 640 ⋅ 480 pixels

 

Movie: 320 ⋅ 240, 160 ⋅ 120 pixels, 15 frames/sec.

File Format

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

 

DPOF compliant

*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 Recording Format Still image: JPEG (compression: Super Fine, Fine, Normal) Movie: AVI (image data: Motion JPEG; audio data: WAVE (monaural))

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