Japan- Outline
- Specifications
| Marketed | May 1997 |
| Original Price | For export only (no Japanese market price) |
Inheriting the basic features of its predecessor, the ES270 / UC4500 offered outstanding value for money, incorporating the FlexiZone AF/AE for automatic focusing and exposing, as well as digital editing functions. It also featured a 16x optical zoom lens, providing a powerful telephoto range from 37mm to 590mm. The focal range can be further widened by attaching a wide converter or telephoto converter. Another feature is the digital camera-signal processing system, which delivers higher-quality images.
| 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 (ES270) , PAL system (UC4500) | |
| Tape format | 8 videocassette (ES270 : P6 type , UC4500 : P5 type) | |
| Tape speed (at SP mode) |
ES270 : 1.43cm/s , UC4500 : 20.05mm/s | |
| Maximum recording time | ES270 | 150 min. (with a 150-min. cassette) |
| UC4500 | 90 min. (with a 90-min. cassette) | |
| Fast forward/rewind time | ES270 | 6 min. (with a 120-min. cassette) |
| UC4500 | 6 min. (with a 90-min. cassette) | |
| Image sensor | 1/4″ CCD (charge-coupled device) | |
| ES270 | 270,000 pixels (250,000 effective pixels) | |
| UC4500 | 320,000 pixels (290,000 effective pixels) | |
| Viewfinder | 0.55″ color LCD viewfinder (approx. 113,000 pixels) | |
| Built-in microphone | Electret condenser microphone | |
| Lens | 4.0-64mm focal length, f/1.4-2.8, 8 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 | ES270 : Approx. 3 lx , UC4500 : Approx. 2 lx | |
| Recommended illumination | More than 100 lx | |
| Illumination range | ES270 | Approx. 3 lx-100,000 lx |
| UC4500 | Approx. 2 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 | |
| Output terminal | 2.5mm mini jack, 5V DC | |
| External microphone terminal | 3.5mm stereo mini jack | |
| Power supply | 6V DC | |
| Power consumption (when recording and auto-focusing) |
Approx. 6.3W | |
| Operating temperature range | 32-104°F (0-40°c) | |
| Dimensions | 107mm x 106mm x 205mm (excluding tiny projection) | |
| Weight | Body: Approx. 790g When recording: Approx. 990g (including battery, 8mm videocassette, button-type lithium battery and lens cap) |
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