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Specifications
Video camera
recorder
System
Video recording system
2 rotary heads
Helical scanning system
Audio recording system
Rotary heads, PCM system
Quantization: 12 bits (Fs 32
kHz, stereo 1, stereo 2), 16 bits
(Fs 48 kHz, stereo)
Video signal
NTSC color, EIA standards
Usable cassette
Mini DV cassette with the
mark printed
Tape speed
SP: Approx. 18.81 mm/s
LP: Approx. 12.56 mm/s
Recording/playback time
(using cassette DVM60)
SP: 1 hour
LP: 1.5 hours
Fastforward/rewind time
(using cassette DVM60)
Approx. 2 min. and 30 seconds
Viewfinder
Electric viewfinder (color)
Image device
4.5 mm (1/4 type) CCD
(Charge Coupled Device)
Approx. 680 000 pixels
(Effective: Approx. 340 000
pixels)
Lens
Carl Zeiss
Combined power zoom lens
Filter diameter
30 mm (1 3/16 in.)
10× (Optical), 120× (Digital)
Focal length
3.3 - 33 mm (5/32 - 1 5/16 in.)
When converted to a 35 mm
still camera
Camera/Memory (DCR-TRV18
only) mode:
42 - 420 mm (1 11/16 - 16 5/8
in.)
Color temperature
Auto, HOLD (Hold), nIndoor
(3 200 K),
Outdoor (5 800 K)
Minimum illumination
5 lx (lux) (F 1.7)
0 lx (lux) (in the NightShot
mode)*
* Objects unable to be seen due
to the dark can be shot with
infrared lighting.
Input/Output connectors
S video input/output
4-pin mini DIN
Luminance signal: 1 Vp-p, 75 Ω
(ohms), unbalanced
Chrominance signal: 0.286 Vp-p,
75 Ω (ohms)
Audio/Video input/output
AV MINI JACK, 1 Vp-p, 75 Ω
(ohms), unbalanced, sync
negative
327 mV, (at output impedance
more than 47 kΩ (kilohms))
Output impedance with less
than 2.2 kΩ (kilohms)/Stereo
minijack (ø 3.5mm)
Input impedance more than
47 kΩ (kilohms)
DV input/output
4-pin connector
Headphone jack
Stereo minijack (ø 3.5 mm)
USB jack (DCR-TRV18 only)
mini-B
LANC
jack
Stereo mini-minijack (ø 2.5 mm)
MIC jack
Stereo minijack (ø 3.5 mm)
LCD screen
Picture
DCR-TRV15:
6.2 cm (2.5 type)
50.3 × 37.4 mm (2 × 1 1/2 in.)
DCR-TRV18:
8.8 cm (3.5 type)
72.4 × 50.4 mm (2 7/8 × 2 in.)
Total dot number
123 200 (560 × 220)
General
Power requirements
7.2 V (battery pack)
8.4 V (AC power adaptor)
Average power consumption
(when using the battery pack)
During camera recording using
LCD
DCR-TRV15: 3.3 W
DCR-TRV18: 3.7 W
Viewfinder
DCR-TRV15: 2.5 W
DCR-TRV18: 2.6 W
Operating temperature
0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F to 104 °F)
Storage temperature
–20 °C to +60 °C
(–4 °F to +140 °F)
Dimensions (Approx.)
74 × 95 × 175 mm
(2 7/8 × 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
(w/h/d)
Mass (approx.)
DCR-TRV15: 610 g (1 lb 5 oz)
DCR-TRV18: 650 g (1 lb 6 oz)
main unit only
DCR-TRV15: 700 g (1 lb 8 oz)
DCR-TRV18: 740 g (1 lb 10 oz)
including the battery pack
NP-FM30, cassette DVM60, lens
cap
Supplied accessories
See page 5.