Digital Camcorders

ELURA 65

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Marketed March 2004
Original Price For export only (no Japanese market price)

The Elura 65 comes with a host of features guaranteed to enhance your home movies and digital photos. Take stunning shots and then print and transfer images with ease thanks to these ultra-portable performers. The Elura 65 further enhance the Elura-line with added power and functionality.

With the Elura 65, you can record high-resolution video in 16:9 format for playback on wide-screen TVs. Unlike systems that record a vertically stretched picture, the Elura 65 uses the full width of the CCD, resulting in a wide-screen picture that has higher quality and shows more of the action happening at either end of the screen.

Power supply (rated) 7.4 V DC
Power consumption 2.6 W (using viewfinder), 3.3 W (using LCD screen)
Television system EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal
Video recording system 2 rotary heads, helical scanning system DV system (Consumer digital system)
Digital component recording
Audio recording system PCM digital sound:16-bit (48 kHz/2 ch.), 12-bit (32 kHz/4 ch.)
Image sensor 1/4.5″ CCD, approx. 1,330,000 pixels
Effective pixels :
approx. 690,000 pixels (Tape)
approx. 1,230,000 pixels (Card)
Tape format Videocassettes bearing the MiniDV mark
Tape speed SP: 0.74 ips (18.81 mm/s), LP: 0.49 ips (12.56 mm/s)
Maximum recording time
(with an 80-min. cassette)
SP: 80 min., LP: 120 min.
Fast forward/rewind time 2 min. 20 sec. (with a 60-min. cassette)
Lens f=3.5-56, f/1.8-3.3, 16x power zoom
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 1/2000 (1/250 in CARD CAMERA mode)
Minimum illumination 1.8 lx (using the night mode)
Recommended illumination More than 100 lx
Filter diameter: 30.5 mm
Viewfinder 0.33″ TFT color (approx. 113,000 pixels)
LCD screen 2.5″ TFT color (approx. 123,000 pixels)
Microphone Stereo electret condenser microphone
Microphone Terminal ø3.5 mm stereo mini-jack-57 dBV (with 600 ohm mic)/5 kohms or more
DV terminal Special 4-pin connector (IEEE1394 compliant)
Video terminal 1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced
S-Video terminal 1 Vp-p/75 ohms (Y signal), 0.286 VP-p/75 ohms (C signal)
Audio terminal Audio input: -10 dBV/40 kohms or more
Audio output: -10 dBV (47 kohm load)/3 kohms or less
Operating temperature range 32 – 104 °F (0 – 40 °C)
Dimensions 78 x 74 x 130 mm (3.1 x 2.9 x 5.1 in.)
excluding protrusions
Weight approx. 500g (1.1 lb.) (body only)