Japan- Outline
- Specifications
| Marketed | June 1999 |
| Original Price | For export only (no Japanese market price) |
Featuring unrivalled video technology, including a color LCD view screen, the ES8000V / UC-V20Hi offered outstanding value for money. It also pursued features such as a large LCD view screen and a high-ratio lens with the Vari-Angle Prism (V.A.P.) optical image stabilizer borne from Canon’s camera expertise. Canon’s original exterior design allowed the ES8000V / UC-V20Hi to offer both of these features together in a single model.
| 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 (ES8000V) , PAL system (UC-V20Hi) | ||
| Tape format | 8/Hi8 videocassette (ES8000V : P6/E6 type , UC-V20Hi : P5/E5 type) |
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| Tape speed (at SP mode) |
14.345mm/s (ES8000V) , 20.051mm/s (UC-V20Hi) | ||
| Maximum recording time | ES8000V | 150 min. at SP mode (with a 150-min. cassette) | |
| UC-V20Hi | 90 min. at SP mode (with a 90-min. cassette) | ||
| Fast forward/rewind time | ES8000V | 6 min. (with a 120-min. cassette) | |
| UC-V20Hi | 6.5 min. (with a 90-min. cassette) | ||
| Image sensor | 1/4″ CCD (charge-coupled device) | ||
| ES8000V | 470,000 pixels (320,000 effective pixels) | ||
| UC-V20Hi | 470,000 pixels (440,000 effective pixels) | ||
| Viewfinder | 0.5″ monochrome CRT viewfinder (approx. 76,000 pixels) | ||
| LCD screen | ES8000V | 3″ TFT color LCD, approx. 90,000 pixels, delta array | |
| UC-V20Hi | 2.5″ TFT color LCD, approx. 62,000 pixels, delta array | ||
| Built-in microphone | Stereo (Electret condenser microphone) | ||
| Lens | ES8000V | 4.0-88mm focal length, f/1.6-3.8, 9 groups 11 lenses with an aspherical lens, filter diameter: 46mm, P = 0.75, Minimum shooting distance: 10mm (at wide), 1m (at zoom) | |
| UC-V20Hi | 3.9-85.8mm focal length, f/1.6-3.7, 9 groups 11 lenses with an aspherical lens, filter diameter: 46mm, P = 0.75, Minimum shooting distance: 10mm (at wide), 1m (at zoom) | ||
| Focusing system | TTL autofocus / manual focusing possible | ||
| Image stabilizer | ES8000V | Electronic, angular velocity change detection | |
| UC-V20Hi | Optical, with Vari-Angle Prism, angular velocity change detection | ||
| Color temperature switching | Auto-homing | ||
| Minimum illumination | indistinct | ||
| Recommended illumination | More than 100 lx | ||
| Illumination range | indistinct | ||
| Aperture | Auto iris servo system | ||
| Output terminal (level/impedance) | · Video/audio output terminal 3.5mm jack (yellow, audio/video) · Video output terminal 1Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced synchronized load · Audio output terminal -10dBv (at 47 kohms load)/less than 2.2 kohms unbalanced · S-Video output terminal 4-pin mini-DIN · Output terminal |
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| ES8000V | Luminance and synchronized signal: 1Vp-p/75 ohms Color burst: 0.286Vp-p/75 ohms |
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| UC-V20Hi | Luminance and synchronized signal: 1Vp-p/75 ohms Color burst: 0.3Vp-p/75 ohms |
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| · External microphone terminal | |||
| 3.5mm stereo mini jack (red) | |||
| Microphone input | -67dBv (with 600-ohm microphone)/more than 5 kohms | ||
| · DC output terminal 2.5mm mini jack 5V DC (external microphone, RU-100E/AS power supply) · DC IN terminal Special terminal: Center minus |
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| Speaker | Built-in (23mm diameter) | ||
| Power supply | 7.2V DC | ||
| Power consumption (when recording and auto-focusing) |
(EVF) | (LCD) | |
| ES8000V | Approx. 4.0W | Approx. 4.6W | |
| UC-V20Hi | Approx. 4.3W | Approx. 4.8W | |
| Operating temperature range | 32-104ºF (0-40ºc) | ||
| Dimensions | 117mm x 114mm x 215mm (excluding tiny projection) | ||
| Weight | Body: Approx. 960g When recording: Approx. 1100g (including battery, 8mm videocassette, button-type lithium battery and lens cap) |
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