Specifications

OPTURA S1

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

1/3.9-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

 

mark.

 

 

 

 

Tape Speed

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

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

f=4.05-40.5 mm, f/1.8-2.8, 10x power zoom

 

35mm equivalent:

 

 

Tape: 4:3 recording: 48.7-487 mm

 

 

16:9 recording (with Image stabilizer): 43.3 - 433 mm

 

16:9 recording (without Image stabilizer): 41.6 - 416 mm

 

Card: 38.1-381 mm

 

Lens Configuration

11 elements in 9 groups

 

Filter Diameter

27 mm

 

 

 

 

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, pre-set white balance (DAYLIGHT, SHADE,

 

CLOUDY, TUNGSTEN, FLUORESCENT, FLUORESCENT H) or custom

 

white balance

 

Minimum Illumination

1 lx (Night mode, Shutter speed set at 1/2)

 

 

 

 

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 lx

 

Image Stabilization

Electronic

 

Memory Card

Recording media

miniSD Card*

Size of Images on the Card

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

 

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

File Format

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

 

compliant

* The camcorder’s operations have been tested with miniSD cards up to 256MB. Performance cannot be guaranteed for all miniSD cards.

**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 Compression Method Still image: JPEG (compression: Super Fine, Fine, Normal) Movie: Video data: Motion JPEG, audio data: WAVE (monaural)

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