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XL H1



Product Specification

 
 

Camera

       
 

Image sensing device

   

 
 

Image size

    1/3-inch CCD  
 

System

    3CCD horizontal pixel shift  
 

Total pixels

    1.67 megapixels per CCD  
 

Number of effective pixels (per CCD)

    HD: Approx. 1.56 megapixels
SD/4:3: Approx. 1.17 megapixels
SD/16:9: Approx. 1.56 megapixels
 
 

Lens

   

 
 

Optical zoom magnification

    20x HD Video Lens  
 

Focal length

    5.4 - 108mm  
 

f-number

    f/1.6 - 3.5  
 

Aperature leaves (Number of leaves)

    6 leaves, iris diaphragm  
 

Zoom speed

    Handle zoom: Fixed speed (16 speed level settings available)
Grip zoom: Variable speed/Fixed speed (16 speed level settings available)
 
 

Filter diameter

    72mm  
 

Minimum illumination

   

 
 

Auto mode

    Approx. 6 lux (shutter speed1/50, Gain 18dB, i selected)  
 

Manual mode

    Approx. 0.4 lux (shutter speed 1/3, Gain 18 dB, f1.6, i selected)  
 

Image stabilizer

   

 
 

Image stabilization system

    Optical Image Stabilization (when HD 20x zoom XL5.4-108mm L IS II is installed, VAP compensation system is used)  
 

Sensing method

    Angle detection and movement vector detection  
 

Shooting functions

       
 

AE mode

   

Auto mode, Tv mode, Av mode, Manual mode, Spotlight mode, Night mode, Full Auto mode

 
 

Photometry system

   

 
 

Center weighted average

    Full Auto mode, Auto mode, Night mode, Tv mode, Av mode and Manual mode  
 

Evaluative photometry (128-segments)

    Spotlight mode  
 

Exposure adjustment

   

 
 

AE lock

    Included. EXP. LOCK button operation (Auto mode, TV mode, AV mode only)  
 

AE shift

    Included. AE SHIFT dial operation (±2 levels) (Auto mode, TV mode, AV mode only)  
 

Gain setting

    Auto/Gain select (–3, 0, +3, +6, +12, +18 dB) Set to Auto in Full Auto and Night mode, Spotlight mode is fixed at 0 dB.  
 

Frame rate setting

   

i - 50i recording, F1/F2 - 25F recording

 
 

Shutter speed (Tape recording)

   

 
 

Shutter speed setting (at Tv priority)

    13 levels (1/3, 1/6, 1/12, 1/25, 1/50, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000, 1/4000, 1/8000, 1/16000 sec)  
 

In auto mode

    i selected: 1/50 to 1/500 sec
F1 selected: 1/25 to 1/500 sec
 
 

In night mode

    i selected: 1/3 to 1/500 sec
F1 selected: 1/3 to 1/500 sec
 
 

Aperature value (HD 20x zoom)

   

f/1.6, 2.0, 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8.0, 9.5, CLOSE

 
 

Image quality adjustment

   

 
 

Skin setting

    The skin detail setting can be made after making the hue adjustment, chroma adjustment, area adjustment, and Y level adjustment.  
 

Custom preset

    Gamma adjustment, knee adjustment, black adjustment, master pedestal adjustment, setup level adjustment, sharpness adjustment, H detail adjustment, H/V balance adjustment, coring adjustment, NR (1/2) adjustment, color matrix adjustment, color gain adjustment, hue adjustment, RGB gain independent adjustment, matrix adjustment (6-axis adjustment)  
 

White balance

   

 
 

Auto

    YES  
 

Preset/Set

    Outdoor (5600 K), Indoor (3200 K), Set (2 available), Color temperature setting  
 

System

    TTL, 128 segments  
 

Focus

   

 
 

Mode

    AF, MF, One-push AF, Preset focus
(HD 20x zoom installed)
 
 

MF operation

    Focus ring operation  
 

Time code

   

 
 

Countup system

    Rec Run, free run, Recrun Preset, hold  
 

Start value setting

    “00:00:00:00”, Set, Reset selectable  
 

Digital fade

   

YES (White, black fader)

 
 

Still image recording

   

YES (1920 x 1080)

 
 

Zebra pattern

   

YES (Level adjustment: selectable from 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, and 100%)

 
 

Color bar

   

YES

 
 

Clear scan

   

YES

 
 

Memory card

   

YES

 
 

REC review

   

YES

 
 

Standby switch

   

YES

 
 

Power safe

   

YES

 
 

Audio

   

 
 

DV recording

    16-bit 2ch (48 kHz), 12-bit 4ch (32 kHz)
4-channel synchronous recording is possible
 
 

HDV recording

    2ch recording/MPEG1 Audio layer II, 4ch
recording/MPEG2 Audio layer II
 
 

Wind screen

   

YES (ON/OFF)

 
 

LCD monitor

   

 
 

Size

    2.4-inch (Wide type)  
 

Pixels

    215,000 pixels  
 

Image quality adjustments

    YES (Brightness, Contrast, Color, Sharpness Adjustment, Black and White supported)  
 

Movable

    YES (Front to Back and Left to Right)  
 

VCR

       
 

Playback system

   

 
 

Frame playback

    DV recording: Forward/Reverse, HDV recording: Forward only  
 

Slow playback

    DV recording: Forward/Reverse, HDV recording: Forward only  
 

2x speed playback

    DV recording: Forward/Reverse, HDV recording: Forward/Reverse(speed is 1x speed)  
 

1x speed playback

    DV/HDV recording: Forward/Reverse  
 

Cue/Review

    DV recording: 11.5x speed, HDV recording: 8x speed  
 

Search

   

 
 

Date search

    YES  
 

Index search

    YES  
 

End search

    YES  
 

Data code display

   

Date and time display, Shooting data

 
 

Zero set memory

   

YES

 
 

System

       
 

Interface (jacks)

   

 
 

Microphone inputs

    Front microphone jack (with 5 V DC jack), rear microphone jack (XLR jack supporting phantom power supply: 2 systems), accessory shoe jack (supporting Microphone Adapter MA-300)  
 

Headphone output

    3.5 mm mini jack  
 

HDV/DV terminals

    Input/Output  
 

Video jacks

    S jack (input/output), BNC jack (input/output), HD/SD-SDI jack (output only), component jack (output only)  
 

AV terminal

    RCA pin (V: input/output, A: input/output 2 systems)  
 

Editing jack

    YES (LANC)  
 

Time code jack

    YES (Input, output: 1 system each)  
 

GENLOCK terminal

    YES (Input only)  
 

Memory card terminal

    YES  
 

EVF jack

    Color/Black and white viewfinder: 1 system each  
 

Analogue-signal - DV signal conversion

   

YES

 
 

Microphone attenuation

   

YES (Only microphones connected to the front microphone and rear XLR jacks)

 
 

Microphone level meter

   

YES

 
 

World clock

   

YES

 
 

Tally lamp

   

YES

 
 

Remote control sensor

   

YES

 
 

Accessory shoe

   

YES. Supporting Microphone Adapter MA-300, EOS flash

 
 

Custom key

   

YES (2 available)

 
 

DV control

   

YES

 
 

Backup power supply

   

Lithium coin battery (built-in)

 
 

Battery pack power

   

BP-930, BP-945, BP-950G, BP-970G lithium-ion battery

 

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