Specifications

ZR90/ZR85/ZR80

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 approx. 340,000 pixels

 

card approx. 447,000 pixels (ZR90/ZR85)

Tape Format

Videocassettes bearing the “MiniDV” mark.

 

 

Tape Speed

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

 

 

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. 112,000 pixels

Viewfinder

0.33-inch. TFT color, approx. 113,000 pixels

Microphone

Stereo electret condenser microphone

 

 

Lens

ZR90: f=2.8-61.6 mm, F=1.6-3.6, 22x power zoom

 

ZR85: f=2.8-56 mm, F=1.6-3.2, 20x power zoom

 

ZR80: f=2.8-50.4 mm, F=1.6-2.9, 18x power zoom

 

 

Lens Configuration

11 elements in 8 groups

 

 

Filter Diameter

30.5 mm

 

 

AF system

TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible

 

 

Minimum Focusing Distance

3.3 ft. (1 m); 0.39 in. (1 cm) on maximum wide angle

White Balance

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

 

custom white balance

 

 

Minimum Illumination

2 lx (using the Night mode)

Recommended Illumination

More than 100 lx

Image Stabilization

Electronic

Memory Card (ZR90/ZR85)

Recording media

SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard

Number of Recording Pixels

Still image: 1024 ⋅ 768, 640 ⋅ 480 pixels

 

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

File Format

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

 

DPOF compliant (still images only)

*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 Recording Format Still image: JPEG (compression: Super Fine, Fine, Normal) Movie: AVI (image data: Motion JPEG; audio data: WAVE (monaural))

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