Digital Camcorders

FV30

ZR50 MC

MV550i

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Marketed February 2002

The FV30 camcorder features a compact and lightweight body, designed with appealing curved bodylines.

The FV30 camcorder achieves a high 22x optical-zoom ratio, which can be increased via the digital zoom function to a maximum 440x super-telephoto zoom.

Illumination provides a touch of added style during use by lighting up the operating panel located on the side of the FV30 KIT camcorder when the ON switch is engaged. Users can customize the feature by selecting from among six illumination colors: blue, green, turquoise, yellow, purple and orange.

The FV30 camcorder incorporates a memory card slot that accommodates both MMC (MultiMediaCard) and SD (Secure Digital) memory card recording-media formats for the easy and convenient capturing of still images.

Power Supply
(rated)
7.4 V DC
Power
Consumption
(While recording,
with AF turned on)
3.3 W (Using viewfinder),
4.1 W (Using LCD screen)
Television system EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal
Video
recording system
3 rotary heads, helical scanning
DV system (Consumer digital VCR SD/SDL system)
Digital component recording
Audio
recording system
PCM digital sound :
16 bit (48kHz/2ch), 12 bit (32kHz/4ch)
Image sensor 1/6″ CCD (charge coupled device), approx. 460,000 pixels
(approx. 290,000 effective pixels)
Tape format Videocassettes bearing the Mini DV mark.
Tape speed SP : 3/4 ips (18.81 mm/s);
LP : 1/2 ips (12.56 mm/s)
Maximum
recording time
SP : 80 min. (with a 80 min. cassette);
LP : 120 min. (with a 80 min. cassette)
Fast forward /
rewind time
Approx. 2 min. 20 sec. (with a 60 min. cassette)
Lens F/1.6-3.6, 22x power zoom, 2.8-61.6 mm
Focusing system TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible
Minimum
focusing distance
1 m (3 ft 3 3/8 in.)
(1 cm (3/8 in.) on maximum wide angle)
Maximum
shutter speed
1/8,000 sec.
Minimum
illumination
0.5 lx (using the Night program in TAPE CAMERA mode)
Recommended
illumination
More than 100 lx
Filter diameter 30.5 mm
Viewfinder 0.44″, TFT color LCD, approx. 113,000 pixels
LCD screen 2.5″ measured diagonally, TFT color, approx. 112,000 pixels
Microphone Stereo electret condenser microphone
Recording media MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
Number of recording pixels 640 x 480 pixels
Image format Design rule for Camera File system (DCF),
Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) compliant
(only images marked for printing)
File format JPEG (compression mode: Fine/Standard)
Estimated
MultiMediaCard
MMC-8M capacities
(approx.)
Fine 60 images/Standard 105 images

* The actual number you can record varies depending on the images. Remember that the sample images recorded on the supplied MultiMediaCard are included in the total number.

USB terminal mini-B
DV Terminal
input/output
Special 4-pin connector (conforms to IEEE1394)
A/V terminal 3.5 mm

Audio input :
-10dBV/ at least 40 kohms, (L, R), unbalanced

output :
-10dBV (47 kohm load)/ less than 3 kohms, unbalanced

Video : 1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced

S-video terminal
input/output
1 Vp-p (Y signal), 0.286 Vp-p (C signal)
MIC terminal
input
3.5 mm stereo mini-jack, – 57 dBV (with 600 ohm mic)/ at least 5 kohms
Operating
temperature range
32-104 °F (0-40 °C)
Dimensions 58 x 99 x 144 mm (2 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Weight 530 g (1 lb 2 3/4 oz)