Additional Information

Specifications

HG21/HG20

System

Recording System

Movies:

AVCHD

 

 

 

 

 

Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch

 

Photos:

DCF (Design rule for camera system), compatible with Exif1

 

 

Ver. 2.2 and with DPOF

 

 

 

 

Image compression: JPEG (Super Fine, Fine, Normal)

Size of Video Recordings

MXP, FXP mode: 1920 x 1080 pixels

 

 

 

Other recording modes: 1440 x 1080 pixels

 

 

Size of Photos

mode: 2048 x 1536, 1920 x 1080, 1440 x 1080, 640 x 480 pixels

 

32 GB MXPmemory card:

 

Simultaneous recording: 1920 x 1080, 848 x 480 pixels

Television System

1080/60i2

 

 

 

Recording Media

Built-in hard disk:

120 GB,

60 GB

 

SD or SDHC memory card (not included)

 

 

Maximum Recording Time

 

Built-in hard disk:

 

 

 

(approximate figures)

 

mode: 11 hr. 5 min. FXP mode: 15 hr. 45 min. XP+ mode: 21 hr. 40 min.

 

 

SP mode: 36 hr.

LP mode: 45 hr. 55 min.

 

 

Built-in hard disk:

 

 

 

 

 

MXP mode: 5 hr. 30 min. FXP mode: 7 hr. 50 min. XP+ mode: 10 hr. 50 min.

 

 

SP mode: 18 hr.

LP mode: 22 hr. 55 min.

 

 

MXP mode: 2 hr. 55 min. FXP mode: 4 hr. 10 min. XP+ mode: 5 hr. 45 min.

 

 

SP mode: 9 hr. 35 min. LP mode: 12 hr. 15 min.

Image Sensor

1/3.2-inch CM S, approx. 3,310,000 pixels

 

 

 

Effective pixels:

Movies:

approx. 2,070,000

 

 

 

Photos (LW):

approx. 2,070,000

 

 

 

Photos (L, M, S):

approx. 2,760,000

L D Screen

2.7 in., wide, TFT color, approx. 211,000 dots

 

 

Viewfinder

0.27 in., wide, TFT color, approx. 123,000 dots

 

 

Microphone

Stereo electret condenser microphone

 

 

Lens

f=4.8-57.6 mm, F/1.8-3.0, 12x optical zoom

 

 

 

35 mm equivalent:

Movies:

42.9 – 514.8 mm

 

 

 

Photos (LW):

42.9 – 514.8 mm

 

 

 

Photos (L, M, S):

39.3 – 471.6 mm

Lens Configuration

11 elements in 9 groups (2 aspheric elements)

 

 

AF System

Autofocus (TTL + external distance sensor when set to [Instant AF]) or Manual focus

Filter Diameter

37 mm

 

 

 

 

Minimum Focusing Distance

1 m (3.3 ft.); 1 cm (0.39 in.) at full wide angle

 

 

White Balance

Auto white balance, custom white balance and preset white balance settings:

 

Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H

Minimum Illumination

0.2 lx ([Night] recording program, Shutter speed at 1/2)

 

 

3 lx ([Programmed AE], Auto slow shutter [On], Shutter speed at 1/30)

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 lx

 

 

 

Image Stabilization

Optical-Shift Image Stabilizer

 

 

1This 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.

2Recordings made with the [PF24], [PF30] frame rate are converted and recorded on the hard disk/memory card as 60i.

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