Specifications

HG10

System

Recording System

AVCHD

Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264

 

 

Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch

Television System

1080/60i1

 

 

Maximum Recording Time

40 GB hard disk drive:

 

 

(approximate figures)

HXP: 5 hr. 30 min., XP: 9 hr. 30 min., SP: 11 hr. 30 min., LP: 15 hr.

Image Sensor

1/2.7-inch CMOS, approx. 2,960,000 pixels

 

 

Effective pixels:

Movies:

approx. 2,070,000

 

 

Still images (LW):

approx. 2,070,000

 

 

Still images (L, M, S): approx. 2,760,000

LCD Screen

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

 

Viewfinder

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

 

Microphone

Stereo electret condenser microphone

 

Lens

f=6.1-61 mm, F/1.8-3.0 (when recording movies), 10x power zoom

 

35 mm equivalent:

Movies:

43.6-436 mm

 

 

Still images (LW):

43.6-436 mm

 

 

Still images (L, M, S):

40.0-400 mm

Lens Configuration

11 elements in 9 groups (2 aspheric elements)

 

Filter Diameter

43 mm

 

 

AF System

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

 

available

 

 

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, SHADE, CLOUDY, TUNGSTEN, FLUORESCENT, FLUORESCENT H

Minimum Illumination

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

 

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

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 lx

 

 

Image Stabilization

Optical-Shift Image Stabilizer

 

1Recordings made with the [PF24] frame rate are converted and recorded on the hard disk as 60i.

Memory Card

Recording Media

miniSD card2

Size of Still Images

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

 

Simultaneous recording: 1920 x 1080, 848 x 480 pixels

File Format

Design rule for Camera File system (DCF), Exif 2.2 compliant3, DPOF compliant

Image Compression Method

JPEG (compression: Super Fine, Fine, Normal)

2This camcorder has been tested with miniSD cards up to 2 GB. Performance cannot be guaranteed for all miniSD cards.

3This 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.

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