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VDR-D50

VDR-D50
PAL
GENERAL
Power Supply DC 7.2 V / 9.3 V
Power Consumption 5.9 W
Weight (w/o Battery) 400 g
Dimensions (W x H x D) 52.8 x 89.5 x 128.6 mm
Media 8cm DVD Disc, SD/SDHC Memory Card
LENS SECTION
Image Sensor 1/6"CCD (800 k pixels, Total / 400 k [4:3], 370 k [16:9] (Motion Picture) / 410 k [4:3], 380 k [16:9] (Still Picture) Effective)
F Value F1.9 (WIDE) / F4. 3 (TELE)
Optical Zoom 42x Variable Speed Zoom
Focal Length 1.8 - 75.6 mm
35mm Film Camera Equivalent 34.5 - 1449 mm [4:3] / 33.8 - 1420 mm [16:9] (Motion Picture)
33.9 - 1425 mm [4:3] / 33.2 - 1393 mm [16:9] (Still Picture)
Lens Brand Panasonic
CAMERA SECTION
Minimum Illumination 2 Lux (Colour Night View)
Focus AF / Manual
White Balance Auto / Indoor / Outdoor / White Set (with IR Sensor)
Shutter Speed 1/25 - 1/8000 sec. (Motion Picture), 1/25 - 1/500 sec. (Still Picture)
Iris Auto / Manual
Scene Mode Sports / Portrait / Low Light / Spot Light / Surf & Snow
Backlight Compensation Yes
EVF 0.33" Colour (113,578 dots)
Monitor 2.7" Wide LCD (123,200 dots)
Microphone Stereo Zoom Mic, Wind Noise Reduction
Date recording Auto Date (in Data Code)
Fade In/Out Yes
OSD Language Language Menu
Image Stabilizer Advanced O. I. S.
Digital Zoom 42x - 2000x
DISC SECTION
Applicable Disc 8cm DVD-RAM Ver.2.1 / 8cm DVD-R for General Ver.2.0 / 8cm DVD-R for DL Ver.3.0 / 8cm DVD-RW Ver.1.1 2x-speed (2x / 1x)
Cue/Review Forward / Reverse
Skip Forward / Reverse
CARD SECTION
Card Slot SD / SDHC
Still Pictures JPEG picture size : 640 x 480 0.3 MEGA / 640 x 360 [16:9] 0.2 MEGA
DPOF Max 999 stills
PictBridge Yes
RECORDING SECTION
Format MPEG2 (Motion Picture)
Recording Mode XP (10Mbps / VBR), SP (5Mbps / VBR), LP (2.5Mbps / VBR)
Playback Mode XP (10Mbps / VBR), SP (5Mbps / VBR), LP (2.5Mbps / VBR)
Audio Recording System Dolby Digial (2ch)
Counter Yes
Media Remaining Indication Yes
INTERFACES
AV Out
USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (miniB)
STANDARD ACCESSORIES
AC Adaptor Yes
AC Cable Yes
DC Cable Yes
Battery Pack Lithium - Ion
AV Cable Yes
USB Cable Yes
CD-ROM VideoCam Suite 1.0
Motion Picture Recording Time (Approx.)
Image Quality DVD-RAM (dual-sided) DVD-RW (dual-sided) DVD-R DL (dual-layer) DVD-R (single-sided)
XP (10Mbps) 36 min 36 min 35 min 18 min
SP (5Mbps) 1 h 14 min 1 h 14 min 1 h 09 min 37 min
LP (2.5Mbps) 2 h 30 min 2 h 30 min 2 h 18 min 1 h 15 min
  • These figures vary depending on the pictures being recorded
Number of Recordable Still Pictures (approx.)
Image Quality Capacity
SDHC Memory Card SD Memory Card
8GB* 4GB* 2GB* 1GB* 512MB* 256MB*
640 x 480 pixels High Picture Quality 55260 27150 13800 6800 3400 1710
Normal Picture Quality 99999 54310 27660 13600 6790 3430
640 x360 pixels
[16:9]		 High Picture Quality 55260 27150 13800 6800 3400 1710
Normal Picture Quality 99999 54310 27660 13600 6790 3430
  • High Picture Quality High Picture Quality  Normal Picture Quality Normal Picture Quality
  • These figures vary depending on the subject being photographed.
*Usable capacity will be less. 1GB means 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Battery Life (When Using for DVD-RAM disc) (Approx.)
  Continuous Recording Time
XP mode SP mode LP mode
EVF LCD EVF LCD EVF LCD
VW-VBG070A 1 h 05 min 1 h 1 h 15 min 1 h 10 min 1 h 20 min 1 h 15 min
VW-VBG130 1 h 55 min 1 h 45 min 2 h 10 min 2 h 2 h 20 min 2 h 05 min
VW-VBG260 4 h 05 min 3 h 45 min 4 h 35 min 4 h 10 min 4 h 55 min 4 h 30 min
VW-VBG6 9 h 25 min 8 h 40 min 10 h 40 min 9 h 40 min 11 h 25 min 10 h 20 min
  Actual Recording Time
XP mode SP mode LP mode
EVF LCD EVF LCD EVF LCD
VW-VBG070A 40 min 35 min 40 min 40 min 40 min 40 min
VW-VBG130 1 h 10 min 1 h 05 min 1 h 15 min 1 h 05 min 1 h 15 min 1 h 05 min
VW-VBG260 2 h 30 min 2 h 15 min 2 h 35 min 2 h 25 min 2 h 40 min 2 h 25 min
VW-VBG6 5 h 50 min 5 h 20 min 6 h 10 min 5 h 35 min 6 h 15 min 5 h 40 min
  • This is a guideline that includes time for operations such as starting and stopping the recording,
    turning the power on and off, and zooming.
  • The actual time is shorter.
System Requirements
Built-in SD Drive*1 VideoCam Suite 1.0
Interface USB port (Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) recommended) USB port (Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) recommended)
Windows® 2000 Professional yes *2 yes (SP4)
Windows® XP Home Edition/Professional yes *2 yes (SP2)
Windows® Vista Home Premium/Home Basic yes *2 yes
CPU Windows® 2000/XP: Intel® Pentium® II 300MHz or higher
Windows Vista®: Intel®Pentium® III 1.0GHz or higher 		Intel® Pentium® III 800MHz or higher
Mac OS® X v10.4 yes *2 -
CPU PowerPC G5 (1.8GHz or higher), Intel® Core Duo, Intel® Core Solo -
*1 The drive operates as read only.
*2 USB equipment operates with the driver installed as standard in the OS
  • The supplied software can not be used on Macintosh.
  • DirectX will be installed automatically during installation of the supplied software.
  • Microsoft® Windows® and Windows Vista® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United states and/or other countries.
  • Apple® and Mac OS® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
  • Other names of systems and products mentioned in this brochure are usually the registered trademarks or trademarks of the manufacturers who developed the system or product concerned.
  • Operation is not guaranteed on Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition, Tablet PC Edition.

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