Panasonic WV-BP550 manual Preface, Features

PREFACE

Panasonic's WV-BP550 series digital camera intro- duces a new level of high picture quality and high res- olution through the use of a 1/3-inch interline transfer CCD image sensor having 771 horizontal pixels (pic-

ture elements), and digital signal processing LSI's. This model offers cutting-edge technology for advanced video surveillance.

FEATURES

1.The following functions are built in.

(1)Auto Light Control (ALC)/Electronic Light Control (ELC)

(2)The SUPER-D function eliminates interference by strong background lighting which makes the camera picture dark, such as a spotlight.

Dynamic range of 40 dB.

(3)Various External Sync Functions, including Gen-Lock

(4)Electronic Shutter Function

2.Signal-to-noise ratio of 50 dB

3.Minimum illumination of 0.08 lux (0.008 footcandle) with F 1.4 lenses.

4.Minimum illumination of 0.02 lux (0.002 footcandle) with Panasonic aspherical high speed (F0.75) lenses.

5.570 lines of horizontal resolution

6.High quality picture:

(a)2H type vertical enhancer for greater picture sharpness

(b)Minimum of aliasing on fine objects

(c)Expanded dynamic range by use of knee cir- cuit

(d)Highlight aperture correction for greater pic- ture detail of bright object

7.Ability to shoot indoor scenes with fixed iris lens by use of Electronic Light Control (ELC) function.

8.Selectable electronic sensitivity enhancing modes including : AUTO, MANUAL and OFF

9.Built in Digital Motion Detector

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