Japan
Europe, Asia, Oceania- Outline
- Specifications
| Marketed | April 1997 |
| Original Price | For export only (no Japanese market price) |
Like its compact predecessor, the ES980 was developed for the most competitively priced market. It featured FlexiZone AF/AE for automatic focusing and exposing, while employing such basic features as customizable keys. The addition of a 22x optical zoom lens and Vari-Angle Prism (V.A.P.) optical image stabilizer allowed further increases in shooting range and stability, even for novice users.
| 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 | NTSC system | |
| Tape format | 8 videocassette (P6 type) | |
| Tape speed (at SP mode) |
14.34mm/s | |
| Maximum recording time | 150 min. (with a 150-min. cassette) | |
| Fast forward/rewind time | 6 min. (with a 120-min. cassette) | |
| Image sensor | 1/4″ CCD (charge-coupled device), 270,000 pixels (250,000 effective pixels) | |
| Viewfinder | 0.55″ color LCD viewfinder (approx. 113,000 pixels) | |
| Built-in microphone | Electret condenser microphone | |
| Lens | 3.9-62.4mm focal length, f/1.4-2.7, 6 groups 10 lenses with two aspherical lenses, filter diameter: 46mm, P = 0.75, Minimum shooting distance: 1cm (at wide), 100cm (at midrange), 100cm (at tele) | |
| Focusing system | TTL autofocus / manual focusing possible | |
| 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 | 3.5mm mini jack (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 | |
| External microphone terminal | 3.5mm mini jack | |
| Microphone inpu：t-67dBv (with 600-ohm microphone) / more than 5 kohms | ||
| Power supply | 6V DC | |
| Power consumption (when recording and auto-focusing) |
Approx. 5.4W | |
| Operating temperature range | 32-104°F (0-40°c) | |
| Dimensions | 97.5mm x 106.5mm x 199.3mm (excluding tiny projection) | |
| Weight | Body: Approx. 710g When recording: Approx. 910g (including battery, 8mm videocassette, button-type lithium battery and lens cap) |
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