Camcorder / CAMERA REFERENCE

XA25 / XA20

Canon

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Canon XA25 / XA20
Photo: Canon Camera Museum ↗

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD

Specifications

Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.

Manufacturer specifications

Recording System
[Movies] [AVCHD*1] Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Audio: Linear PCM, 16 bits, 48 kHz, 2ch*2 [MP4] Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264Audio: MPEG-2 AAC-LC (2ch)P
Recording Media
SD, SDHC (SD High Capacity) or SDXC (SD eXtended Capacity) memory card (not included); two memory card slots
Commercially available 8 GB memory card
[AVCHD movies] 28 Mbps LPCM* and 28 Mbps*: 35 min. 24 Mbps LPCM and 24 Mbps: 40 min. 17 Mbps: 1 hr. 5 Mbps: 3 hr. * NTSC:59.94P / PAL:50.00P
OLED Touch Screen
8.77 cm (3.5 in.), wide, TFT color, equivalent to 1,230,000 dots, 100% coverage, touch operation
Viewfinder
0.61 cm (0.24 in.), wide, color, equivalent to 1,560,000 dots, 100% coverage
Lens
f=3.67-73.4 mm, F/1.8-2.8, 20x optical zoom, 8-bladed circular aperture 35 mm equivalent: 26.8 – 576 mm 28.8 – 576 mm (when Dynamic IS is activated)
White Balance
Auto white balance, Custom white balance (2 settings), User-defined color temperature or Preset white balance settings: Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Tungsten
PAL
0.1 lx ([Low Light] recording program, Shutter speed at 1/2) 1.0 lx ([Programmed AE] recording program, Auto slow shutter [On], Shutter speed at 1/25)
Image Stabilization
Optical-Shift Image Stabilizer
HD/SD-SDI Terminal (XA25 only)
BNC jack, output only, 0.8 Vp-p / 75 Ω, unbalanced HD-SDI: SMPTE 292M, Video: 1080i, 720P SD-SDI: SMPTE 259M, Video: 480i (NTSC) / 576i (PAL) Embedded audio, time code (VITC/LTC)
HDMI OUT Terminal
HDMI mini connector; output only
USB Terminal
mini-B receptacle, Hi-Speed USB; output only
AV OUT Terminal
ø 3.5 mm 4-pole minijack; output only Video: 1 Vp-p / 75 Ω unbalanced Audio: -10 dBV (47 kΩ load) / 3 kΩ or less
MIC Terminal
ø 3.5 mm stereo minijack (unbalanced) -65 dBV (auto volume, full scale -12 dB) / 5 kΩ or more Microphone attenuator: 20 dB
Headphone Terminal
ø 3.5 mm stereo minijack (unbalanced) -29 dBV (16 Ω load, Max volume) / 100 Ω
REMOTE Terminal
ø 2.5 mm stereo minijack; input only
Operating temperature
approx. 0 – 40°C (32 – 104°F)
Camcorder with the lens hood attached
approx. 115 x 84 x 231 mm (4.5 x 3.3 x 9.1 in.)
Camcorder with the lens hood and handle unit attached
approx. 131 x 180 x 231 mm (5.2 x 7.1 x 9.1 in.)
Weight
XA25 : approx. 1160 g (2.6 lb), XA20 : approx. 1155 g (2.5 lb) (camcorder with lens hood and handle unit attached)

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