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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