- Outline
- Specifications
Marketed | January 2003 |
Original Price | For export only (no Japanese market price) |
The ES8600’s powerful 22x zoom lens transforms distant scenes into dramatic close ups with absolutely no loss of image quality. The Extra Long Digital Zoom magnifies to 800x, revealing details too distant to be seen by the naked eye.
Video recording system | 2 rotary heads, helical scanning system – Luminance signal: FM azimuth recording – Chrominance signal: Converted subcarrier phase shift recording (8mm video standard) |
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Audio recording system | Frequency multiplexing with the video signal by 2 rotary heads (1 channel) | ||
Television system | NTSC system (ES8600), PAL system (V75Hi) | ||
Tape format | Hi8 videocassette, metal particle | ||
Tape speed (at SP mode) | 14.345 mm/s (ES8600), 20.051 mm/s (V75Hi) | ||
Maximum recording time | 2 hours with a 120-min. cassette | ||
Fast forward/rewind time | 6 min. | ||
ES8600 | with a 120-min. cassette | ||
V75Hi | with a 90-min. cassette | ||
Image sensor | 1/4″ CCD (charge-coupled device) | ||
ES8600 | 270,000 pixels (250,000 effective pixels) | ||
V75Hi | 320,000 pixels (290,000 effective pixels) | ||
Viewfinder | Monochrome Viewfinder | ||
LCD screen | 2.5″ measured diagonally (approx. 123,000 pixels) | ||
Microphone | Electret condenser Microphone | ||
Lens | f/1.6-3.8, 22X power zoom, 3.6-79.2mm focal length., Filter diameter:46mm P=0.75 | ||
Focusing system | TTL autofocus / manual focusing possible | ||
Minimum focusing distance | Wide-angle end: 3/8 (10 mm) | ||
Minimum illumination | 0.2 lx(ES8600), 0.3 lx(V75Hi) | ||
Recommended illumination | More than 100 lx | ||
Output terminal (level/impedance) | Audio terminal | 3.5 mm mini jack (audio/video) | |
-10 dBV, less than 3 kohms, unbalanced | |||
Video terminal | 3.5 mm mini jack (audio/video) | ||
1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced | |||
S-video terminal | 1 Vp-p (Y signal), 0.286 Vp-p (C signal) | ||
DV terminal:4-pin mini-DIN | |||
Power supply (rated) | 7.2 V DC | ||
Power consumption | video light OFF : | ||
EVF | LCD | ||
ES8600 | approx. 4.1W | approx. 5.3W | |
video light ON : | |||
EVF | LCD | ||
ES8600 | approx. 4.1W | approx. 5.3W | |
V75Hi | approx. 7.2W | approx. 8.4W | |
*video light function is ES8600 only. |
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Operating temperature range | 32 – 104°F (0 – 40°C) | ||
Dimensions | 102mm x 103mm x 179.5mm (excluding tiny projection) | ||
Weight | Body: approx. 770 g When recording: approx. 895 g (including battery, 8mm videocassette, button-type lithium battery and lens cap) |