- Outline
- Specifications
| Marketed | January 2005 |
The new entry-level Canon FV500 digital video camcorder supercedes the popular compact, lightweight, easy-operation FV400 released in February 2004.
Though an entry-level model, the FV500 packs a host of high-performance shooting features into a stylish compact design, including a powerful 20x optical-zoom lens, a high-definition 680,000-pixel* interlaced CCD, and a DIGIC DV image processor.
Also, for the first time in a Canon entry-level model, the FV500 offers a wide TV mode. Utilizing the full potential of the CCD, the new system enables the recording of high-definition wide-format video, making possible full-screen playback on wide-screen TVs without any loss of image quality. Unlike methods that vertically crop and digitally enlarge the picture to fit the screen, the wide TV shooting mode uses the recording pixels on either side of the standard 4:3 effective-pixel area, employing the full width of the CCD for a naturally larger horizontal angle of view.
The FV500 camcorder offers distinctive styling with streamlined body shapes that flow uninterrupted from the lens to the viewfinder. Backing style with performance, the new systems offer a high-quality wide TV mode, and a backlight button for the LCD playback monitor, allowing users to view images in bright conditions.
* CCD utilizes 340,000 pixels when recording images on tape
| Power Supply (rated) |
7.4 V DC |
| Power Consumption (While recording AF=”ON”) |
2.3W (using viewfinder), 3.1W (using LCD screen in normal brightness) |
| Television system | EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color |
| Video recording system |
2 rotary heads, helical scanning DV system |
| Audio recording system |
PCM digital sound: 16 bit (48 kHz/2 ch); 12 bit (32kHz/4 ch) |
| Image sensor | 1/6″ CCD, approx. 680,000 pixels Effective pixels: approx. 340,000 pixels |
| Tape format | Videocassettes bearing the “MiniDV” mark. |
| Tape speed | SP: 18.81 mm/s (0.74 ips), LP: 12.56 mm/s (0.49 ips) |
| Maximum Recording Time (with an 80-min. cassette) |
SP: 80 min. |
| Maximum recording time | LP: 120 min. |
| Fast Forward/Rewind time | Approx. 2 min. 20 sec. (with a 60 min. cassette) |
| Lens | f=2.8-56 mm, f/1.6-3.2, 20x power zoom 35mm equivalent: 4:3 recording: 53.5-1070 mm 16:9 recording : 44.2-884 mm |
| Lens Mount | 11 elements in 8 groups |
| Focusing System | TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible |
| Minimum Focusing Distance | 1 m (3.3 ft.); 1 cm (0.39 in.) on maximum wide angle |
| Minimum Illumination | 2.0 lx (using the Night mode) |
| Recommended Illumination | More than 100 lx |
| Filter Diameter | 28 mm |
| Viewfinder | 0.33″ TFT color, approx. 113,000 pixels |
| LCD Screen | 2.4″ TFT color, approx. 112,000 pixels |
| Microphone | Stereo electret condenser microphone |
| DV Terminal | Special 4-pin connector (IEEE 1394 compliant) |
| Video Terminal | Video: 1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced |
| Audio Terminal | Audio output: -10 dBV (47 kohm load)/3 kohms or less Audio input: -10 dBV/40 kohms or more |
| Operating Temperature range | 32-104°F (0-40°C) |
| Dimensions | 51 x 93 x 130 mm (2.0 x 3.7 x 5.1 in.) excluding protrusions |
| Weight | 430 g (15.2 oz.) |