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ZR40

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Canon ZR40
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Product Information

Overview
The right size. The right price. The Canon ZR40 is the right choice for preserving special moments with family and friends. Shooting extraordinary video is effortless. The ZR40 provides you with all the features you need to make you shoot like a pro.

Features and Benefits
  • 18x Optical Zoom
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  • Exposure Shift
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  • Digital Effects
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  • Built-in Speaker
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  • Manual Controls: focus, white balance, shutter speed
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  • A/D pass through conversion
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  • Night Mode
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    Specifications

    Power supply (rated):

    7.4 V DC (Battery)
    9.5 V DC (DC IN)

    Power consumption:

    3.1 W (using viewfinder), 3.9 W (using LCD screen)

    Television system:

    EIA 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 (48 kHz/2 ch.)
    12-bit (32 kHz/4 ch.)

    Image sensor:

    1/6" CCD (charge coupled device)
    approx. 460,000 pixels
    (approx. 290,000 effective pixels)

    Tape format:

    Videocassettes bearing the MiniDV mark

    Tape speed:

    SP: 3/4 ips (18.81 mm/sec.)
    LP: 1/2 ips (12.56 mm/sec.)

    Maximum recording time (with an 80-min. cassette)

    SP: 80 min.
    LP: 120 min.

    Fast forward/rewind time:

    		2 min. 20 sec. (with a 60-min. cassette)

    Lens:

    f/1.6 - 2.9, 18x power zoom, 2.8 - 50.4 mm

    Focusing system:

    TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible

    Minimum focusing distance:

    3 ft. 3 3/8 in. (1 m)
    3/8 in. (1 cm)
    on maximum wide angle

    Maximum shutter speed:

    1/8,000 sec.

    Minimum illumination:

    		 0.5 lx using the Night program during tape recording

    Recommended illumination:

    More than 100 lx

    Filter diameter:

    		 30.5 mm

    Viewfinder:

    0.44 in., color LCD
    (approx. 113,000 pixels)

    LCD screen:

    		2.5 in. measured diagonally
    (approx. 112,000 pixels)

    Microphone:

    Stereo electret condenser microphone

    DV terminal:

    Special 4-pin connector (based on IEEE 1394)

    Video terminal:

    1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced

    S-video terminal:

    1 Vp-p (Y signal), 0.286 Vp-p (C signal)

    Audio terminal:

    		 Input level: -10 dBV/40 kohm, unbalanced
    Output level: -10 dBV, less than 3 kohms, unbalanced

    Operating temperature range:

    32 - 104º F (0 - 40º C)

    Dimensions:

    2 1/4 x 4 x 5 1/4 in. (57 x 102 x 134 mm)

    Weight:

    1 lb. 2 1/2 oz. (525 g)