Camcorder / CAMERA REFERENCE
FS21
Canon
Regional names: iVIS FS21 / LEGRIA FS21.
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01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Standard Definition or High Definition
- Standard Definition
- Power Consumption
- 1.8w (SP Mode, LCD Screen ON)
- Television System
- NTSC/PAL
- Video Recording system
- MPEG-2
- Image Sensor
- 1/6-inch CCD
- Total Pixels
- Approx. 1.07 megapixels
- Effective Pixels
- Movies: 16:9 – approx. 550,000 pixels (Adv. Z off) 16:9 – approx. 710,000 pixels (Adv. Z on, wide) 16:9 – approx. 410,000 pixels (Adv. Z on, tele) Photos: approx. 800,000 pixels
- Maximum recording time
- 16GB internal Flash drive: LP(3 Mbps):10hours,25minutes SP (6 Mbps): 5 hours, 30 minutes XP (9 Mbps): 3 hours, 40 minutes Greater capacity is possible by adding an SDHC Memory Card.
- Lens
- Zoom Ratio 48x Advanced Zoom (16:9 mode); 37x Optical / 2000x Digital Focal Length f=2.6-96.2mm, (35mm equivalent: 47.1 – 1743mm, Advanced Zoom OFF, 16:9) Zoom Speed Variable
- Focusing System
- TTL (through the lens)
- Programmed AE
- Auto, Program, Tv, Portrait, Sports, Night, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Spotlight, Fireworks
- Max Shutter Speed
- Movie: 1/2000, Still Image: 1/500
- Minimum Focusing Distance
- 10mm (wide) / 1m (tele)
- White Balance
- Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Manual
- Minimum Illumination
- 1.7 lx (Night Mode)
- Filter Diameter
- none
- Viewfinder
- none
- LCD Screen
- 2.7-inch widescreen color LCD (Approx. 123,000 dots)
- Recording Media
- Internal Flash memory (16GB) SD or SDHC Memory Card
- USB Terminal
- USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
- Video Terminal
- composite (output)
- Audio
- Dolby Digital 2 ch (AC-3 2 ch)
- Microphone Terminal
- 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack
- AV Mini Terminal/Headphone Terminal
- 3.5 mm 4-pole mini-jack (video/audio output only), Headphone (input)
- Dimensions
- (W xH x D) approx. 2.2 x 2.3 x 4.8 in.(55 x 59 x 121mm)
- Weight (not including lens and battery pack)
- 7.9 oz (225g)
- Weight (fully loaded)
- 10.1 oz (285g)
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