Specifications

ZR700/ZR600

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

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

 

Effective pixels: Tape: 16:9 (with image stabilizer): approx. 400,000

 

16:9 (no image stabilizer): approx. 450,000

 

4:3 recording: approx. 340,000

 

Card (still images): approx. 450,000

Tape Format

Videocassettes bearing the “MiniDV” 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

2.7-inch. wide, TFT color, approx. 112,000 pixels

Viewfinder

0.3-inch. TFT color, approx. 123,000 pixels

Microphone

Stereo electret condenser microphone

Lens

f=2.6-65 mm, F/1.8-4.4, 25x power zoom

 

35 mm equivalent:

 

Tape:16:9 (with image stabilizer): 43.8-1095 mm

 

16:9 (no image stabilizer): 41.0-1025 mm

 

4:3 recording: 49.8-1245 mm

 

Card (still images): approx. 43.6-1090 mm

Lens Configuration

10 elements in 8 groups

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, TUNGSTEN) or

 

custom white balance

Minimum Illumination

2.0 lx (Night recording program, shutter speed at 1/8)

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 lx

Image Stabilization

Electronic

Memory Card

Recording Media

SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard*

Size of Images on the Card

Still image: 1024 x 768, 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

Image Compression Method

Still image: JPEG (compression: Super Fine, Fine, Normal)

 

Movie: Video data: Motion JPEG, audio data: WAVE (monaural)

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

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