General Information 79

Specifications

DC210

System

Disc Recording System

Movies

DVD-VIDEO (VIDEO mode)

 

 

DVD-VR (VR mode) only with 8 cm DVD-RW

 

 

Video Compression: MPEG2

 

 

Audio Compression: Dolby Digital 2ch

 

Still Images

Exif 2.2** compliant with JPEG compression

Television System

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

Compatible Media

8 cm (3 in.) mini DVD discs marked

 

 

with the DVD-R, DVD-R DL or DVD-RW logo

Maximum Recording Time

1.4 GB single sided 8 cm mini DVD disc:

 

XP: approx. 20 min., SP: approx. 30 min., LP: approx. 60 min.

 

2.6 GB single sided dual-layered 8 cm mini DVD disc:

 

XP: approx. 36 min., SP: approx. 54 min., LP: approx. 108 min.

Image Sensor

1/6-inch CCD, approx. 680,000 pixels

 

 

Effective pixels

 

 

16:9 Movies (Image stabilizer [ON]) approx. 360,000 pixels

 

16:9 Movies (Image stabilizer [OFF]) approx. 450,000 pixels

 

4:3 Movies

approx. 340,000 pixels

 

Still images

approx. 450,000 pixels

LCD Screen

2.7 in., wide, TFT color, approx. 123,000 pixels

Viewfinder

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

Microphone

Stereo electret condenser microphone

 

Lens

f=2.6-91 mm, F/2.0-5.0, 35x power zoom

 

35 mm equivalent:

 

 

16:9 Movies (Image stabilizer [ON])

45.8 - 1,603 mm

 

16:9 Movies (Image stabilizer [OFF]) 41.0 - 1,435 mm

 

4:3 Movies

49.8 - 1,743 mm

 

Still images

43.6 - 1,526 mm

Lens Configuration

10 elements in 8 groups (1 double-sided aspheric element)

AF system

TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible

Minimum Focusing Distance

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

White Balance

Auto white balance, custom white balance and preset white balance

 

settings: DAYLIGHT, TUNGSTEN

 

Minimum Illumination

1.3 lx ([NIGHT] recording program, Shutter speed at 1/8)

 

5 lx (Auto mode, Auto slow shutter [ON], Shutter speed at 1/30)

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 lx

 

Image Stabilization

Electronic

 

Size of Still Images

1024 x 768, 640 x 480 pixels

 

Image Compression Method

JPEG (compression: Super Fine, Fine, Normal)

Output Terminals

Information Additional

AV Terminal

3.5 mm minijack

 

Video:

1 Vp-p / 75 ohms unbalanced

 

Audio:

–10 dBV (47 kohm load) / 3 kohm or less