Canon VIXIA HV40 High Definition Camcorder

• High Definition

• 4.3 W

• NTSC

• MPEG2

• 1/2.7-inch CMOS, RGB Primary Color Filter

• Approx. 2.96 Megapixels

• Tape: HD/DV (16:9) mode: Approx 2.07 Megapixels (1920x1080)
• DV (4:3) mode: Approx 1.55 Megapixels (1440 x 1080)
• Card: (16:9) mode: Approx. 2.07 Megapixels (1920 x 1080), (4:3) mode:
• Approx. 2.76 Megapixels (1440 x 1080)

• HDV / DV

• SP: 80 minutes, HDV, DV
• LP: 120 minutes DV

• Zoom Ratio 10x Optical / 200x Digital
• Focal Length f=6.1-61mm (35mm equivalent: 43.6 - 436mm)
• Zoom Speed Variable / 3 Fixed Zoom Speeds
• Max. F/Stop f/1.8-3.0mm (when tapes are used)

• Instant AF, TTL (through the lens)

• Yes

• Auto, Program, Av, Tv, CINE, Portrait, Sports, Night, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Spotlight, Fireworks

• Movie: 1/2000, Still image: 1/500

• Yes

• Yes

• 10 mm (wide) / 1m (tele)

• Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Manual

• 60i, Native 24p Progressive (records at 24p), 24p Progressive (records at 60i), 30p Progressive (records at 60i)

• 0.2 lx (Night Mode)

• SuperRange Optical (lens shift)

• 43mm

• Widescreen 0.27-inch Color Viewfinder / (Approx. 123,000 dots)

• 2.7-inch Widescreen LCD (Approx. 211,000 dots)

• High Definition Mini DV (recommended) (63 min) or MiniDV cassette

• USB 2.0 Full Speed

• component (output), composite (output)

• DV: 16 bit (2ch) 48 kHz 12 bit (4ch) 32 kHz 4ch synchronous recording not possible HDV: MPEG1 Audio Layer II (2 ch) (4-channel playback of tapes containing 4-channel recordings possible)

• advanced

• none

• HDMI Type A (19 pins) Connector (output)

• 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack

• 3.5 mm 4 pole mini-jack (video/audio input and output)

• (W X H X D) 3.5 x 3.2 x 5.4 in. (88 x 82 x 138mm)

• 1.2 lbs. (535g)

• 1.4 lbs. (615g)