| System |
| Recording System | Movies | AVCHD
Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264;
Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch |
| Photos | DCF (Design rule for Camera File system), compatible with Exif(*1) Ver. 2.2 and with DPOF(*2)
Image compression: JPEG (Super Fine, Fine, Normal)
*1: This camcorder supports Exif 2.2 (also called "Exif Print"). Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between camcorders and printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant printer, the camcorder's image data at the time of shooting is used and optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints.
*2: Memory card only. |
| Size of Video Recordings | FXP mode: 1920x1080 pixels
XP+, SP, LP mode: 1440x1080 pixels |
| Size of Photos |  mode: LW 1920x1080, L 1600x1200, S 640x480
Capturing photos from a playback scene: LW 1920x1080 pixels |
| Television System | 1080/60i*
* Recordings made with the [PF24], [PF30] frame rate are converted and recorded on the memory as 60i. |
| Recording Media |
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Built-in flash memory, 32 GB; SD, SDHC(SD High Capacity) or SDXC(SD eXtended Capacity)* memory card (not included) |
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Built-in flash memory, 8 GB; SD, SDHC(SD High Capacity) or SDXC(SD eXtended Capacity)* memory card (not included) |
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SD, SDHC(SD High Capacity) or SDXC(SD eXtended Capacity)* memory card (not included) |
| *If you wish to use SDXC memory cards, you need to update the firmware of your video products. Please download the new firmware from Canon’s download pages to update the firmware of your video products.The movie recording function has been tested also using SDXC memory cards made by Panasonic and Toshiba. |
Maximum Recording Time
(approximate figures) | 32 GB built-in memory:
FXP mode: 4 hr. 10 min. / XP+ mode: 5 hr. 45 min. / SP mode: 9 hr. 35 min. / LP mode: 12 hr. 15 min. |
8 GB built-in memory:
FXP mode: 1 hr. / XP+ mode: 1 hr. 25 min. / SP mode: 2 hr. 20 min. / LP mode: 3 hr. |
Commercially available 16 GB memory card:
FXP mode: 2 hr. 5 min. / XP+ mode: 2 hr. 50 min. / SP mode: 4 hr. 45 min. / LP mode: 6 hr. 5 min. |
| Image Sensor | 1/5.5-inch CMOS, approx. 2,390,000 pixels |
| Effective pixels (all figures are approximate values) |
| Movies | 1,040,000 pixels (optical zoom, [Image Stabilizer] set to [Dynamic])
1,560,000 pixels ([Image Stabilizer] set to [Off] or [Standard]) |
| 16:9 photos | 1,560,000 pixels |
| 4:3 photos | 1,730,000 pixels |
| LCD Screen | 2.7 in., wide, TFT color, approx. 112,000 dots |
| Microphone | Stereo electret condenser microphone |
| Lens | f=3-60 mm, F/1.8-3.6, 20x optical zoom |
| 35 mm equivalent |
| Movies | 49 - 980 mm ([Image Stabilizer] set to [Dynamic])
40 - 800 mm ([Image Stabilizer] set to [Off] or [Standard]) |
| 16:9 Photos | 40 - 800 mm |
| 4:3 Photos | 40.2 - 804 mm |
| Lens Configuration | 10 elements in 8 groups (1 double-sided aspheric element) |
| AF System | Autofocus (TTL + external distance sensor when set to [Instant AF]) or Manual focus (for movies only) |
| Minimum Focusing Distance | 1 m (3.3 ft.); 1 cm (0.39 in.) at full wide angle |
| White Balance | Auto white balance, custom white balance and preset white balance settings: Daylight, Tungsten |
| Minimum Illumination | 0.4 lx ([Low Light] recording program, Shutter speed at 1/2)
5 lx ([Programmed AE] recording program, Auto slow shutter [On], Shutter speed at 1/30) |
| Recommended Illumination | More than 100 lx |
| Image Stabilization | Electronic ([Dynamic] setting available when recording movies) |
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