- Outline
- Specifications
| 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 : output : 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) |