8mm Camcorders

8mm Camcorders

ES6500V

UC-V300

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Marketed June 1999
Original Price For export only (no Japanese market price)

Featuring unrivalled video technology, including a color LCD view screen, the ES6500V[A] / UC-V300[E] 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 ES6500V[A] / UC-V300[E] 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
Audio recording system Frequency multiplexing with the video signal by rotary head (Hi-Fi monaural)
Television system NTSC system (ES6500V) , PAL system (UC-V300)
Tape format 8/Hi8 videocassette (ES6500V : P6/E6 type , UC-V300 : P5 type)
Tape speed
(at SP mode)
14.345mm/s (ES6500V) , 20.051mm/s (UC-V300)
Maximum recording time ES6500V 150 min. at SP mode (with a 150-min. cassette)
UC-V300 90 min. at SP mode (with a 90-min. cassette)
Fast forward/rewind time ES6500V 6 min. (with a 120-min. cassette)
UC-V300 6.5 min. (with a 90-min. cassette)
Image sensor 1/4″ CCD (charge-coupled device)
ES6500V 470,000 pixels (320,000 effective pixels)
UC-V300 320,000 pixels (290,000 effective pixels)
Viewfinder 0.5″ monochrome viewfinder
LCD screen 2.5″ TFT color LCD, approx. 62,000 pixels, delta array
Built-in microphone Monaural (Electret condenser microphone)
Lens ES6500V 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-V300 3.9-85.8mm focal length, f/1.6-3.7, 10 groups 13 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
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
*
Luminance and synchronized signal: 1Vp-p/75 ohms
Color burst: 0.286Vp-p/75 ohms
External microphone terminal 3.5mm monaural 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
*only ES-6500V
Speaker Built-in (23mm diameter)
Power supply ES6500V 7.2V DC
UC-V300 6V DC
Power consumption
(when recording and auto-focusing)
  (EVF) (LCD)
ES6500V Approx. 4.0W Approx. 4.5W
UC-V300 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)