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| Marketed | April2000 |
| Original Price | For export only (no Japanese market price) |
Featuring unrivalled video technology, including color LCD view screen, the V420 offered outstanding value for money while pursuing features such as a high-ratio zoom borne from Canon’s camera expertise.
| 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 | |
| Tape format | 8 videocassette (P5 type) | |
| Tape speed | 20.051 mm/s (at SP mode) | |
| Maximum recording time | 90 min. at SP mode (with a 90-min. cassette) | |
| Fast forward/rewind time | 6.5 min. (with a 90-min. cassette) | |
| Image sensor | 1/4″ CCD (charge-coupled device), 320,000 pixels (290,000 effective pixels) | |
| Viewfinder | 0.4″ monochrome viewfinder | |
| LCD screen | 2.5″ TFT color LCD, approx. 62,000 pixels, delta array | |
| Built-in microphone | Monaural (Electric condenser microphone) | |
| Lens | 4-88mm 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) | |
| Focusing system | TF autofocus/manual focusing possible | |
| Image stabilizer | Electronic, angular velocity change detection | |
| Color temperature switching | Auto-homing | |
| Minimum illumination | 0.5 lx | |
| Recommended illumination | More than 100 lx | |
| Illumination range | Approx. 0.5 lx-100,000 lx | |
| Aperture | Auto iris servo system | |
| Output terminal (level/impedance) | Audio output terminal | RCA terminal (white) |
| Audio signal：-10 dBv (at 47 kohms load)/less than 2.2 kohms unbalanced | ||
| Video output terminal | RCA terminal (yellow) | |
| Video terminal：1Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced synchronized load | ||
| External microphone terminal | 3.5mm monaural mini jack (black) | |
| Microphone input：-67dBv (with 600-ohm microphone)/more than 5 kohms | ||
| DC output terminal | 2.5mm mini jack DC5V (external microphone, RU-100E/AS power supply) |
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| DC IN terminal | Special terminal: Center plus | |
| Power supply (rated) | 7.2 V DC | |
| Power consumption (when recording and auto-focusing) |
EVF:Approx. 3.2W, LCD:Approx. 3.7W | |
| Speaker | Built-in (23 mm diameter) | |
| Operating temperature range | 32-104°F (0-40°C) | |
| Dimensions | 113 mm x 107mm x 201mm (excluding tiny projection) | |
| Weight | Body: approx. 835 g When recording: approx. 990 g (including battery, 8mm videocassette, button-type lithium battery and lens cap) |
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