Specifications

XL H1

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 / MPEG-2 audio layer 2, 16 bit (48 kHz)

 

DV

Transfer rate: 384 kbps (2CH)

 

PCM digital sound, 16 bit (48 kHz/2CH) or 12 bit (32 kHz/4CH)

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

 

 

DV

4:3

approx. 1,170,000

 

 

DV

16:9 approx. 1,560,000

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

2.4 in. wide, 16:9 aspect ratio TFT color, approx. 215,000 pixels, RGB delta

 

configuration

 

 

Microphone

Stereo electret condenser microphone

Lens mount

XL interchangeable mount system

AF system

TTL autofocus, manual focusing with focus ring (with HD 20x L IS Lens)

White Balance

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

 

balance, or color temperature setting

Minimum Illumination

0.5 lx (with HD 20x L IS Lens, 60i/30F mode, Manual mode, 1/4 shutter, F1.6,

 

Gain 18 dB)

 

 

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 x (60i/30F)

 

Memory Card

Recording media

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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