Sony DCR-HC90 Specifications

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 (using a DVM60
playback time	cassette)
	LP: 90 min (using a DVM60
	cassette)
Fast forward/	Approx. 2 min 40 s
rewind time	(using a DVM60 cassette and
	rechargeable battery pack)
	Approx. 1 min 45 s (using
	a DVM60 cassette and AC
	Adaptor)
Viewfinder	Electric viewfinder (color)
Image device	5.9 mm (1/3 type) CCD
	(Charge Coupled Device)
	Gross: Approx. 3 310 000
	pixels
	Effective (still): Approx.
	3 050 000 pixels
	Effective (movie): Approx.
	2 050 000 pixels
Lens	Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T*
	10 × (Optical), 120 × (Digital)
Focal length	f=5.1 - 51 mm (7/32 ~ 2 1/8
	in.)
	When converted to a 35 mm
	still camera
	In CAMERA-TAPE:
	42.8 ~ 495 mm (1 11/16 ~ 19
	1/2 in.) (16:9)*2,
	45 ~ 450 mm (1 13/16 ~ 17
	3/4 in.) (4:3)
	In CAMERA-MEMORY:
	37 ~ 370 mm (1 1/2 ~ 14 5/8
	in.) (4:3),
	40.6 ~ 406 mm (1 5/8 ~ 16
	in.) (16:9)
	F1.8 ~ 2.9
	Filter diameter: 30 mm (1
	3/16 in.)

Color temperature	[AUTO], [ONE PUSH],
	[INDOOR] (3 200 K),
	[OUTDOOR] (5 800 K)
Minimum	5 1x (lux) (F 1.8) 0 lx (lux)
illumination	(during NightShot 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.
*2In 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.
Input/Output connectors
Audio/Video	10-pin connector
input/output	Input/output auto switch
	Video signal: 1 Vp-p, 75 Ω
	(ohms), unbalanced
	Luminance signal: 1 Vp-p,
	75 Ω (ohms), unbalanced
	Chrominance signal:
	0.286 Vp-p, 75 Ω (ohms),
	unbalanced
	Audio signal: 327 mV (at
	output impedance more than
	47 kΩ (kilohms)), Input	Additional
	impedance more than 47 kΩ
	(kilohms), Output impedance
	with less than 2.2 kΩ
	(kilohms)
		Information
USB jack	mini-B
LANC jack	Stereo mini-minijack (Ø 2.5
	mm)
DV jack	4-pin connector
LCD screen
Picture	6.9 cm (2.7 type, aspect ratio
	16:9)
Total dot number	123 200 (560 × 220)
General
Power	DC 7.2 V (battery pack)
requirements	DC 8.4 V (AC Adaptor)

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