Specifications

XH G1 / XH A1

System

Video Recording System

Rotary head, helical scanning, digital component recording

 

HDV

High Definition Video 1080i

 

DV

Consumer digital VCR SD system

Audio Recording System

HDV

MPEG-1 audio layer 2, 16 bit (48 kHz), Transfer rate: 384 kbps (2CH)

 

DV

PCM digital sound, 16 bit (48 kHz) or 12 bit (32 kHz)

Television System

HD

High Definition Video (HDV) 1080/60i

 

SD

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

Image Sensor

1/3-inch CCD x 3 (horizontal pixel shift), approx. 1,670,000 pixels

 

Effective pixels: [HDV]

approx. 1,560,000

 

[SD16:9]

approx. 1,560,000

 

[SD4:3]

approx. 1,170,000

Tape Format

Videocassettes bearing the “MiniDV” mark.

Tape Speed

HDV

18.81 mm/s (0.74 ips)

 

DV

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

Maximum Recording Time

HDV

60 min.

(60 min. cassette)

DV

SP: 60 min., LP: 90 min.

Fast Forward/Rewind Time

Approx. 2 min. 20 sec. (with a 60 min. cassette)

Viewfinder

0.57 in. wide, 16:9 aspect ratio TFT color, approx. 269,000 pixels

LCD Screen

2.8 in. wide, 16:9 aspect ratio TFT color, approx. 207,000 pixels

Microphone

Stereo electret, Cross-layout microphone

Lens

f=4.5-90 mm, F/1.6-3.5, 20x power zoom

 

35 mm equivalent:

 

[HD], [SD16:9], 16:9 still images: approx. 32.5-650 mm

 

[SD4:3], 4:3 still images: approx. 39.8-796 mm

Lens Configuration

16 elements in 11 groups (1 aspheric element)

Filter Diameter

72 mm

 

AF system

Autofocus, manual focusing with focus ring

White Balance

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

 

balance, or color temperature setting

Minimum Illumination

0.4 lx (60i/30F mode, Manual mode, 1/4 shutter, F1.6, Gain 18 dB)

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 lx (60i/30F)

Image Stabilization

Optical Shift Image Stabilizer

Memory Card

Recording media

SDHC (SD High Capacity) memory card, SD memory card, MultiMedia Card

 

(MMC)*

Size of Images on the Card

1920 x 1080, 1440 x 1080, 848 x 480, 640 x 480 pixels

File Format

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

 

compliant

Image Compression Method

JPEG compression (Super Fine, Fine, Normal)

* The camcorder’s operations have been tested with SD memory cards up to 2 GB. Performance cannot be guaranteed for all memory cards.

**The 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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