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CAMCORDER TOUR
1. Manual Focus Ring
2. Advanced Accessory Shoe
3. Program AE Selector Dial
4. Mode Control button
5. Menu button
6. Menu Navigation
7. Audio Level button
8. Playback Zoom Control button
9. SD Card / MultiMediaCard slot
10. Playback functions
11. Photo button
12. Zoom
13. USB Connection / DV Terminal
14. Auto pop-up built-in flash
15. Custom Key button
16. Exposure Lock / Exposure Correction button
17. 10x Optical Zoom Lens
The Program AE Selector
Dial makes it easy to
access digital movie and
still functions instantly.
There are 8 recording
modes available, including
Shutter Priority (Tv) and
Aperture Priority (Av).
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ACCESSORIES
You can add accessories to the MVX3i camcorder. Tele and Wide Converters and
Filter Lens are available. If getting a better shot depends on the right lighting,
an optional Video Flash Light (VFL1) is available. For optimum sound when
recording, an optional Microphone (DM50) is also available. It ensures accurate
sound and eliminates background noise.
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Tele Converter
(TL-H46)
Wide Converter
(WD-H46)
Filter Lens
(FS-H46U)
Video Flash Light
(VFL1)
It’s all about getting the best shot.
MVX3i SPECIFICATIONS
CCD Type 1/3.4" CCD
Total pixels 2,230,000
Effective pixels with tape 1,770,000 with 16:9 1,500,000
with card 2,000,000
Filter RGB Primary Color
LENS Optical/Digital Tape Optical 10x, Digital 40x/200x,
Card Optical 9x, Digital 36x
Focal length with tape: 4.7 to 47 mm
with card: 5.2 to 47 mm
Maximum aperture tape: f1.6 to 1.9 card: f1.8 to 2.8
Minimum focusing distance Tape: 20mm (wide end), 1 m (full zoom area)
Card 60 mm (wide end),
1 m (full zoom area)
Image Stabilizer YES (optical)
Filter diameter 46mm
LCD View screen/pixels 3.5"/246,000
Manual adjustment brightness, audio volume
Multi image screen YES
VIEWFINDER 0.33"
CL 113,000
MIN. ILLUMINATION 0 lux (Super Night Mode)
NIGHT MODE YES (Super Night Mode)
FOCUS Auto/Manual YES
Control YES
AE MODE Program AE Full auto, Auto mode, Tv mode, Av mode,
Sand & Snow mode, Spotlight, Night Mode,
Super Night Mode
BACKLIGHT COMPENSATION Manual Control
WHITE BALANCE System TTL
Auto YES
Set/Preset YES
Lock YES
SHUTTER SPEED Maximum 1/2,000 sec.
Slow 1/2 sec.
DIGITAL EFFECT Art, black and white, sepia, mosaic, ball,
cube, wave, color, mask, mirror
DIGITAL FADE Motion Video Auto fade, wipe, corner wibe, jump, flip,
puzzle, zigzag, beam, tide
STILL IMAGE Recording system JPEG
Progressive Photo
Single Image YES
Continuous shooting mode YES
2 to 3 frames/sec.
Image Size 1632 x 1224, 1280x 960, 640 x 480 dots
Auto Exposure Bracketing YES
Range Finding Frame Display 3 point range finding frame mode
Aperture leaves 6 blade iris
Simultaneous Photo Recording YES
STILL IMAGE Selecting AF Frame Function YES
Photo Button YES
CUSTOM KEY YES
MY CAMERA Startup Screen, Startup Sound, Shutter
Sound, Operation Sound, Self-timer Sound
ZEBRA PATTERN YES
16:9 MODE YES (high resolution)
SELF TIMER YES
REC REVIEW/REC SEARCH YES
RECORDING MODE LP mode YES
ELP mode NO
SP mode YES
SEARCH Still image YES
Date YES
MEMORY CARD MMC YES
SD YES
Movie REC. MPEG4
AUDIO System PCM digital recording
16-bit: 48kHz 2ch
12-bit: 32kHz 4ch
Manual Rec. level control YES
Audio Dubbing YES
TERMINAL Headphone YES
Microphone YES
USB YES
DV YES out / in
Canon Direct Print (USB) YES
AV YES out / in
S-video YES
ACC SHOE YES (A.A.Shoe)
BUILT-IN VIDEO LIGHT NO
BUILT-IN FLASH YES
PC CONNECTION KIT USB cable YES
Digital Video Solution Disk USB Driver (Vendor specific class) YES
ZoomBrowser EX (for Windows) YES
ImageBrowser (for Macintosh) YES
Photostitch YES
DV Network Solution Disk DV Messenger 2.0 YES
IEEE 1394 file transfer YES
WIRELESS CONTROLLER WL-D81A
ANALOGUE DIGITAL CONVERTER YES
BUILT-IN CHARGER YES
BATTERY PACK Type Li-ion
Longer recording time BP-535
(using above optional long-life BP) 375 minutes
POWER SAVE Power shutoff YES
DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) 80 x 90 x 201 mm
Weight 725 g
All data is based on Canon’s standard testing methods. Canon reserves the right to change specifications without notice. ™ and ®: All company and/or product names
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