List Price:
$1,499.99
Details
- MiniDV camcorder and still camera with 2.2-megapixel CCD
- Provision just 2.1 x 4.2 x 4.0 inches and weighs 1.2 pounds
- 10x visual zoom lens (digital zoom to 200x) and image stabilizer
Description
From summer escapes to winter wonderlands, entity is meant to be savored. That's why Canon created the Optura 500 digital camcorder. Dig the convenience of holding a digital video camcorder and digital camera all in one authority. Low and compact, the Optura 500 camcorder features a swivel grip and palm pad... unmatched comfort when shooting long days at sporting events or marathon birthday parties. For those desiring astonishing videos and photos, supreme ease-of-use and powerful versatility, Canon's Optura 500 camcorder has it all. Incorporating Canon's latest digital technologies, the Optura 500 digital camcorder comes accomplish with features normally reserved for higher-end professional camcorders and cameras. Burgeon, watch, print and share your favorite memories in vivid pellucidity and stunning color. Best of all, the Optura camcorders are easy to use, allowing you to relish in every second of every moment.
Canon raises the stakes for all-in-one digital imaging devices with the save of the Canon Optura 500 (and the companion Optura 400; see a comparison table at the end), which is as adept at shooting digital video as it is snapping height-resolution digital stills. Shorter and more lightweight than its predecessors, the brushed silver-toned Optura 500 weighs just 1.2 pounds with tape and mobile and measures 2.1 x 4.2 x 4.0 inches. Like its sibling, the Optura 500 offers 2.2-megapixel precision for fine video and photo details, a 10x optical zoom lens, incarnation stabilization, built-in SD/MMC memory card slot, and PictBridge compatibility for charge printing of still photos to compatible printers. The Optura 500 also adds a higher pledge LCD, mini video light, ring light adapter for proximal-up shots, MPEG4 video for email and Web, and USB 2.0 connectivity for streaming.
Optics and Immutableness
The Optura 500 has a 2.2-megapixel CCD, which produces 1230K effective pixels for video and 2 million conspicuous pixels for still photos, for images up to 1623 x 1224 pixels (actual enough for print enlargements up to 8 x 10 inches). Canon's camcorder lens features the same grandeur found in 35mm and broadcast TV cameras, and the Optura 500 has a 10x optical zoom lens that delivers reliable definition and contrast as well as a 200x digital zoom. In addition, the lenses facet a unique spectral coating to reduce flare and ghosting, resulting in optimal indoor and open-air shots.
The RGB Primary Color Filter separates light ephemeral through the lens into red, green and blue color components providing compare favourably with color quality found in professional 3 CCD camcorders, yielding truer more unconstrained looking colors. Canon's DIGIC DV signal processing circuit makes it thinkable to achieve accurate color for both video and digital photos. Since video and digital photos have opposite color requirements, DIGIC DV utilizes two different color techniques to build up video quality on a TV and still image quality for print or computer display.
Shooting Video
With the squeaky-resolution 16:9 widescreen mode, the Optura 500 utilizes the total width of the CCD (unlike some systems that electronically stretch the picture vertically) retaining concept quality and providing a wider horizontal angle of view that is epitome for creating a theater-like experience. A variety of Program Vehicle Exposure settings allow for easy, optimal shooting in a extensive range of lighting situations. The Optura 500 is also equipped with Manual Audio Direct Control, commonly found only on prosumer camcorder models, and a swivel feeling and palm pad, providing maximum comfort when shooting for long periods of point.
Offering improved compression over Motion JPEG, the Optura 500's modern MPEG4 allows you to record the full length of your SD Card in high-trait 325 x 288 resolution.
Still Photos
The Optura 500 saves still effigy files to Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMedia (MMC) memory cards (an 8 MB credit card is included with the camcorder). It offers a number of photographic controls that manage it easy to get the right shot, including:
- Selectable Focusing Points for bringing off-fore subjects into sharp focus
- Continuous Shooting Mode enables sudden fire shooting--up to 3 frames-per-second (1632 x 1224) or up to 5 frames-per-next (1280 x 960, 640 x 480)
- Simultaneous Photo Recording lets you catch e-mail ready digital photos (640 x 480) while you memorandum video
- Auto Exposure Bracketing lets you shoot three photos-Ñaverage, underexposed and overexposed--with the press of one button
- The Built-in flash with Red-Eye Reduction is righteous for taking photos at night, indoors, or filling in shadows
- Plane & Vertical Trimming Function and Photo Review Function stand for you to make edits directly in the camcorder
- Stitch Assist enables you to apprehend and create breathtaking 360-degree panoramas
- The Skin Detail Course helps you take complimentary close-ups of people by softening details and reducing flay imperfections
Connect directly to any Canon CP-series Photo Printer or Canon Boil Jet Direct Printer using the supplied USB cable. You can also connect momentarily to other Pictbridge compatible printers, and because the camcorder tags each photo you take with dope based on Exif 2.2 Print standards, poor lighting and mistakes can be corrected mechanically by the printer.
Other Features
A Mini Video Light allows you to toss up to 4.9 feet away in total darkness. It can be switched on in any Program status. For shooting close-up subjects (less than 12 inches away), the supplied Tinkle Light Adapter provides even illumination and prevents shadows.
The enlightened Image Stabilization system works behind the scenes even when youÕre panning and zooming, shooting videos or photos. The Optura 500's husky, high-resolution 2.5-inch LCD (211,000 pixels versus the Optura 400's 123,000 pixels) and feel embarrassed viewfinder helps you compose shots from any angle.
With the press of the Twilight Mode button, the camcorder automatically selects a slow shutter give a leg up and increases the sensitivity of the CCD to brighten the image, while still preserving color. Two other low-light settings can be assigned to the Night Mode button--Wonderful Night Mode and Night++ Mode. When selected, Super Blackness Mode automatically triggers the white LED Lamp when needed to better the subject for shooting. Night++ Mode is used in the toughest lighting situations, keeping the ghostly LED Lamp on all the time.
Connectivity
The Optura 500 connects to Macs and Windows-based PCs via a Firewire concluding (also known as iLink or IEEE1394), enabling high video and audio superiority during duplication or editing. It's also equipped with a high-speed USB 2.0 keyboard, which Windows Movie Maker2 supports, for video footage transmission and DV streaming.
An Analog Line-in/Out with Analog/Digital Converter allows you to effortlessly transform your analog memories into digital, all in real-time. The camcorder also features a Network Fad, which enables you to remotely control your camcorder through the DVÊMessenger2 software claim. Control the focus and zoom of your camcorder from a computer while streaming the video via its Firewire position.
What's in the Box
This package contains the Optura 500 digital video camcorder, rechargeable freestyle pack (NB-2LH), power adapter (CA-570), wireless controller (WL-D84), A/V telegram, 8 MB SD memory card, USB 2.0 cable, ring slight adapter, and Digital Video Solution CD-ROM, which includes:
- Pinnacle Studio gives you every agency you need to easily capture video to your computer, edit footage, add titles, music, chronicling and special effects and then output the finished movie back to videotape, DVD or the web.
- Crown Instant Album can help you quickly organize your digital photos and video clips into interactive, euphoric-resolution slideshows that can then be burned onto CD and DVD or watched on your TV with Instant PhotoAlbum
It's suffused by a 1-year limited warranty (3 months for the video stop part).
Comparison: Optura 400 and 500 Major Features
| Feature | Optura 400 | Optura 500 |
| Proposition | 2.2 Megapixels | 2.2 Megapixels |
| Optical Zoom | 10x | 10x |
| LCD | 2.5 inches, 123,000 pixels | 2.5 inches, 211,000 pixels |
| USB Connectivity | USB 1.1 | USB 2.0 |
| Mini Video Pounce | No | Yes |
| Web Movies | Motion JPEG Mode | MPEG4 |
| Built-in Twinkle | Yes | Yes |
| SD/MMC Card Slot | Yes | Yes |
