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| Marketed | September 1994 |
| Original Price | 245,000 yen |
The UCX1Hi / UC-E1Hi was developed to meet the needs of professionals and advanced amateurs. It featured a mechanism based on Canon’s proprietary eye-control autofocus system. This mechanism allows the camcorder to focus by determining where users are looking as they look through the viewfinder, whether the subject is moving or located at different distances from the user. Advances in compactness and lightness were also facilitated by the addition of a digital image-processing IC and optical image stabilizer.
| Video recording system | 2 rotary heads, helical scanning system – Luminance signal: FM azimuth recording – Chrominance signal: Converted subcarrier phase shift recording |
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| Audio recording system | Frequency multiplexing with the video signal by rotary head (Hi-Fi monaural) | |
| Television system | PAL system (UCX1Hi) , NTSC system (UC-E1Hi) | |
| Tape format | 8 videocassette (UCX1Hi : P5/E5 type , UC-E1Hi : P6/E6 type) | |
| Tape speed | UCX1Hi | 20.05mm/s (at SP mode) |
| UC-E1Hi | 1.43cm/s | |
| Maximum recording time | UCX1Hi | 90 min. at SP mode, 180 min. at LP mode (with a 90-min. cassette) |
| UC-E1Hi | 150 min. (with a 150-min. cassette) | |
| Fast forward/rewind time | UCX1Hi | 8 min. (with a 90-min. cassette) |
| UC-E1Hi | 8 min. (with a 120-min. cassette) | |
| Image sensor | 1/3″ CCD (charge-coupled device) | |
| UCX1Hi | 470,000 pixels (440,000 effective pixels) | |
| UC-E1Hi | 410,000 pixels (380,000 effective pixels) | |
| Viewfinder | 0.7″ color LCD viewfinder | |
| Built-in microphone | Electret condenser microphone | |
| Lens | 5.2-62.4mm focal length, f/1.8 (at wide angle), 8 groups 10 lenses with an aspherical lens, step-up ring diameter: 49mm, P = 0.75, Minimum shooting distance: 1cm (at wide), 100cm (at midrange), 80cm (at tele) | |
| Focusing system | TTL autofocus / Eye-Control autofocus / manual focusing possible | |
| Image stabilizer | Optical, with Vari-Angle Prism | |
| Color temperature switching | Auto-homing | |
| Minimum illumination | Approx. 3 lx | |
| Recommended illumination | More than 100 lx | |
| Illumination range | Approx. 3 lx-100,000 lx | |
| Aperture | Auto iris servo system | |
| Output terminal (level/impedance) | Video/audio output terminal | RCA-pin jack, input/output switchable (audio/video) |
| Video output terminal | 1Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced synchronized load | |
| Audio output terminal | -10dBv (at 47 kohms load) / less than 3 kohms unbalanced | |
| S-Video output terminal | 4-pin mini-DIN, input/output switchable | |
| Output terminal | 2.5mm mini jack, 5V DC | |
| External microphone terminal | 3.5mm stereo mini jack | |
| Power supply | 7.2V DC | |
| Power consumption (when recording and auto-focusing) |
Approx. 7.7W | |
| Operating temperature range | 32-104°F (0-40°c) | |
| Dimensions | 100mm x 101mm x 188mm (excluding tiny projection) | |
| Weight | Body: Approx. 700g When recording: Approx. 850g (including battery, 8mm videocassette, button-type lithium battery and lens cap) |
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