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Panasonic SDR-S100 SD Video camera
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Recording sensational
digital video and stills onto a 2GB SD card, Panasonic's small sized
3Charge-coupled device wonder is the greatest indication however that
the era of the superior tape less camcorder is in the end on us
After
ten years of MiniDV and nearly as many years with developed formats as
if Digital-8, throughout which we have wondered about what life will be
like for digital video fanciers when we finally switch from tape to tape
less formats, we are today at the point when we can develop a real feel
of living after tape. |
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At the
last of July 2005, Panasonic declared a latest "digital media camera"
that would overturn the method we record, replay and share digital movie
clips. The company has previously attained this to some level by
introducing its P2 format camcorders which are used by broadcast related
users, therefore it was no unexpected to know that Panasonic was ready
to offer home movie makers the advantage of a technology made to make
digital movie clip files to be preserved to SD card in practically the
same manner that we have went habitual to saving and handling digital
image files in our cameras. The declaration of the SDR-S100 was really
acclaimed because of its capacity to record much high-quality video
series onto a flash memory card, and while the initial step in a
procedure that would enable operators making DVD discs without the
bother generally related with tape-based camcorder formats like in the
case of MiniDV.
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Features
The
S100 possesses 3 1/6” Charge-coupled device chips to develop the Red,
Green and Blue pictures severally. All of them carry an effective
resolution of 640,000 pixels in standard 4:3 screen mode (that is
540,000 pixels in 16:9 widescreen), & 710,000 pixels (4:3) or 540,000
(16:9) for digital images. The Leica Dicomar 10:1 magnification zoom
lens provides an aperture of f1.8 at its fullest zoom adjustment (f2.8
in telephoto), along with the optical zoom range, which are 45.6mm to
456mm (4:3 movie) and 46.7mm to 467mm (16:9 movie). In the case of still
images, this measurement is 43.4mm and 47mm minimum focal distance.
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The lens possesses a
TeleMacro utility. The digital zoom (which utilizes digital
magnification of picture pixels that are outside the usual optical range
of the lens) presents 25:1 and 100:1 adjustments. As described by
Panasonic, the aboard stereo mike is of the "zoom" character, this
signifies that whenever the image is zoomed in any direction (in or out)
the audio will work in the same manner. Also offered Optical Image
Stabilization as a way of helping stabilize hand-held recording, in plus
to a flip-up flash light located on the upper forepart of the physical
structure over the lens.
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