Canon releases Optura 400 and 500 miniDV cameras
Canon announced two miniDV cameras, Optura 400 and Optura 500. Both feature 2.2 sensors and are capable of capturing JPEG images and Motion JPEG video (Optura 500 also supports MPEG4). Both models are to go on sale in mid-July for about $1000 and $1200, respectively.
| Power |
7.4V battery, 8.4V adapter |
| Consumption |
~3.3W with viewfinder and 4.1W with LCD |
| TV standards |
EIA (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC |
| Audio |
PCM:16-bit (48 kHz/2 ch.)12-bit (32 kHz/4 ch.) |
| CCD |
1/3.4", 2.2 megapixels, 1.23 million effective megapixels at tape recording, 2 million effective megapixels at digital media recording |
| Tapes |
MiniDV |
| Media |
Multimedia Cards or SD Memory Cards |
| Lens |
f=4.7-47mm, f/1.8-2.4, 10x zoom |
| Focusing |
TTL AF, manual focusing |
| Min. focusing distance |
1m; 1cm (widest angle) |
| Exposure |
1/2000s (1/250s using digital media) |
| Min. lighting |
1.1 lux (Night mode) |
| Recommended lighting |
100 lux and over |
| Filter diameter |
30.5mm |
| Viewfinder |
0.33", color LCD, ~113,000 pixels) |
| LCD |
2.5", 211,000 pixels in Optura 500, 123,000 pixels in Optura 400 |
| Mic |
Stereo |
| DV connector |
4-pin, based on IEEE1394) |
| Video-out |
1 Vp-p/75 ohm, unbalanced |
| S-video |
1 Vp-p (Y signal), 0.286 Vp-p (C signal) |
| Audio connectors |
Input: 10 dBV / 40 kOhm and over, Output: 10 dBV (47 kOhm load) / 3 kOhm or less |
| Size |
53x107x101mm |
| Weight |
470g without battery, 530g with battery |
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