Canon ZR-300
Features:
The ZR300 features a high-resolution 16:9 widescreen home theatre recording mode, powerful 22x optical/440x digital zoom, and compatibility with both Windows XP and Apple Computer systems.
The ZR300 also has the ability to take high-resolution XGA quality (1024 x 768 pixel) digital photos onto a memory card while recording video. For added flexibility, you can take up to 700 still images on a single MiniDV tape with verbal notes or narration.
Specifications
| Video format: | MiniDV |
| Power supply (rated): | 7.4V 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 signal |
| Video recording system: | 2 rotary heads, helical scanning DV system (consumer digital VCR SD system), digital component recording |
| Audio recording system: | PCM digital sound: 16 bit (48 kHz/2 ch); 12 bit (32 kHz/4 ch) |
| Image sensor: | 1/6-inch CCD, approximately 680,000 pixels; effective pixels: tape approximately 340,000 pixels, card approximately 450,000 pixels |
| 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 minutes, LP: 120 minutes |
| Fast forward/rewind time: | Approximately 2 minutes 20 seconds (with a 60 minutes cassette) |
| Lens: | f=2.8-61.6 mm, f1.6-3.6, 22x power zoom (35mm equivalent: tape: 4:3 recording: 53.5-1077 mm 16:9 recording : 44.2-972 mm; card: 46.9-1032mm) |
| Focusing system: | TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible |
| Minimum focusing distance: | 1 meter (3.3 feet); 1 centimeter (0.39 inches) 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-inch, TFT color, approximately 113,000 pixels |
| LCD screen: | 2.4-inch, TFT color, approximately 112,000 pixels |
| Microphone: | Stereo electret condenser microphone |
| Number of recording pixels: | Still image: 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 pixels; movie: 320 x 240, 160 x 120 pixels, 15 frames per second |
| File format: | Design rule for Camera File System (DCF), Exif 2.2 compliant, DPOF compliant |
| DV terminal: | Special 4-pin connector (IEEE 1394 compliant) |
| DV terminal (USB 2.0 compliant): | mini-B |
| Video terminal: | 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: | 0 to 40 degrees C (32 to 104 degrees F) |
| Memory card recording media: | SD Memory Card, MultiMediaCard |
| Image format: | Still image: JPEG (compression: Super Fine, Fine, Normal); movie: video data: Motion JPEG, audio data: WAVE (monaural) |
| Dimensions: | 51 x 93 x 130 millimeters (2.0 x 3.7 x 5.1 inches) excluding protrusions |
| Weight (not including lens and battery pack): | 430 grams (15.2 ounces) |