Canon Vistura Digital Camcorder

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Canon Vistura Digital Camcorder

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Digital Sophistication and Absolute Elegance
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Only Canon can deliver the best in digital video technology. Introducing the Vistura - Canon's vision of the future...now - featuring the world's longest zoom lens on a digital camcorder. The Vistura fuses superior image quality with a sleek, elegant and compact design. Created to fit in the palm of your hand, the Vistura lets you capture and combine high-resolution video and still photos onto Mini DV videocassettes. Its large, rotating view screen is perfect for capturing almost any conceivable angle or for immediate playback viewing. The Vistura from its outstanding zoom lens to its auto editing capability, is all you need to produce amazing digital video from start to finish.

Check out these features to see how attractive the Vistura is:

DV Format outstandingly clear, both video and stills
Optical 16X Zoom (64X Digital)
Image Stabilizer smooth, stable
IEEE 1394 (DV Terminal) (Input/Output) one cable transfers sound and video
Composite & S-Video Output
2.8" LCD Screen adjust the LCD panel - it swivels or flips!
Digital Photo Mode fits more than 500 clear, still pictures on a single tape
SLR-Style Flash Photography to perfectly illuminate your subject
Auto Editing Function video footage can be easily and effortlessly edited
Programmed AE advanced techniques at your fingertips
PCM Digital Stereo Sound (16 bit/12 bit)
Manual Focus and Exposure controls let you get creative
White Balance Control for accuracy
Digital Effects (including digital fades) provide a professional finishing touch
Superb Playback Performance noiseless slow motion and frame advance

Plus:

Built-in Speaker
Time Code/Data Code
LP Mode (extends a 60 min. Mini DV tape to 90 min. or 30 min. tape to 45 min.)
Lithium Ion Battery Power with built-in Charge Function
Self-Timer
World Clock
16 : 9 Wide Screen TV Effect
Remote Control
Microphone & Headphone Terminal
LANC Terminal
One year warranty (parts & labor)

Vistura Specifications

Power Supply (rated):

7.2 V DC

Power Consumption:

5.2 W (While recording, with the AF turned on)

Television system:

EIS standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal

Video recording system:

2 rotary heads, helical scanning system
DV system (Consumer digital VCR SD system)
Digital component recording

Audio recording system:

PCM digital sound: 16 bit (48kHz/2ch), 12 bit (32kHz/4ch)

Image sensor:

1/4 " CCD (charge coupled device) 390,000 pixels (360,000 effective pixels)

Tape format:

Videocassettes bearing the

mark.

Tape speed:

SP: 3/4 ips (18.81 mm/s);
LP: 1/2 ips (12.56 mm/s)

Maximum recording time:

SP: 60 minutes (with a 60 min. cassette);
LP: 90 minutes (with a 60 min. cassette)

Fast forward/rewind time:

2 mins 50 sec. (with a 60 min. cassette)

Lens:

F/1.8-2.6, 16x power zoom, 3.9-62.4 mm

Focusing system:

TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible

Minimum focusing distance:

2 ft 8 in (80 cm), 3/8 inch (1cm) on maximum wide angle

Maximum shutter speed:

1 /8,000 sec

Minimum Illumination:

2 lX using the Low Light program

Recommended Illumination:

More than 100 lx

Filter diameter:

37.5 mm

Viewfinder:

0.55-inch, color LCD (approx. 113,000 pixels)

LCD screen:

2.8 in measured diagonally, 190,000 pixels (approx.)

Microphone:

Stereo electret condenser microphone

DV Terminal:

Special 4 pin connector (based on IEEE1394)

Output level:

Video terminal: 1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced
S-video terminal: 1 Vp-p (Y signal), 0.286 Vp-p (C signal)
Audio terminal: -10dBv, less than 3 kohms, unbalanced

Operating temperature range:

32 - 104F (0 - 40C)

Dimensions:

2 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 5 3/4 in (73 x 100 x 146 mm)

Weight:

1 lb 9 3/8 oz. (720 g)

When you purchase the Vistura, it comes standard with the Canon Vistura Kit, including:

Vistura
BP-915 Battery Pack
CA-500 Compact Power adapter
SS-200 Shoulder Strap
WL-D70 Wireless Controller
S-150 S Video Cable
STV-250 Stereo Video Cable
DVM-E30 DV Cassette