Sony DCR-HC42 manual Specifications, System

Specifications

System

Video recording	2 rotary heads, Helical
system	scanning system
Still image	Exif Ver. 2.2*1
recording system
Audio recording	Rotary heads, PCM system
system	Quantization: 12 bits (Fs 32
	kHz, stereo 1, stereo 2), 16 bits
	(Fs 48 kHz, stereo)
Video signal	NTSC color, EIA standards
Usable cassette	Mini DV cassette with the
	mark printed
Tape speed	SP: Approx. 18.81 mm/s
	LP: Approx. 12.56 mm/s
Recording/	SP: 60 min
playback time	LP: 90 min
	(using a DVM60 cassette)
Fast forward/	Approx. 2 min 40 s
rewind time	(using a DVM60 cassette)
Viewfinder	Electric viewfinder
	DCR-HC32: black and white
	DCR-HC42: color
Image device	DCR-HC32:
	3 mm (1/6 type) CCD (Charge
	Coupled Device)
	Gross: Approx. 680 000 pixels
	Effective (still): Approx.
	340 000 pixels
	Effective (movie): Approx.
	340 000 pixels
	DCR-HC42:
	3.27 mm (1/5.5 type) CCD
	(Charge Coupled Device)
	Gross: Approx. 1 070 000
	pixels
	Effective (still): Approx.
	1 000 000 pixels
	Effective (movie): Approx.
	690 000 pixels
Lens	Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
	Combined power zoom lens
	Filter diameter: 25 mm (1 in.)
	DCR-HC32:
	20 × (Optical), 800 × (Digital)
	F=1.8 - 3.1
	DCR-HC42:
	12 × (Optical), 480 × (Digital)
	F=1.8 - 2.5

Focal length	DCR-HC32:
	f=2.3 - 46 mm (3/32 - 1 13/16
	in.)
	When converted to a 35 mm
	still camera
	In CAMERA-TAPE:
	44 ~ 880 mm (1 3/4 - 34
	1/32 in.)
	In CAMERA-MEMORY:
	44 ~ 880 mm (1 3/4 - 34
	1/32 in.)
	DCR-HC42:
	f=3.0 - 36 mm (1/8 - 1 7/16
	in.)
	When converted to a 35 mm
	still camera:
	In CAMERA-TAPE:
	16:9 mode*2: 46 ~ 628.5 mm
	(1 13/16 - 24 3/4 in.)
	4:3 mode: 40 ~ 480 mm
	(1 5/8 - 19 in.)
	In CAMERA-MEMORY:
	4:3 mode: 48 ~ 576 mm
	(1 15/16 -22 3/4 in.)
	16:9 mode: 43.6 ~ 523.2 mm
	(1 3/4 - 20 5/8 in.)

Color temperature [AUTO], [ONE PUSH], [INDOOR] (3 200 K), [OUTDOOR] (5 800 K)

Minimum DCR-HC32:

illumination 5 lx (lux) (F 1.8)

0 lx (lux) (during NightShot plus function)*3

DCR-HC42:

7 lx (lux) (F 1.8)

0 lx (lux) (during NightShot plus function)*3

*1“Exif” is a file format for still images, established by the JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association). Files in this format can have additional information such as your camcorder’s setting information at the time of recording.

*2 In 16:9 mode, the focal length figures are actual figures resulting from wide angle pixel read- out.

*3 Objects unable to be seen due to the dark can be shot with infrared lighting.

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