PANASONIC DIGITAL CAMCORDERS PV-GS400
PV-GS400
3CCD Ultra-Compact™ Digital Palmcorder® MultiCam™ Camcorder with 3CCD Camera System, Leica Dicomar Lens, and 4.0-Effective Megapixel Still Picture Recording
Get True, Crisp Color Images with our 3CCD Camera System
The PV-GS400, with its 3CCD Camera System, reproduces color in great fidelity by using a separate CCD for reds, greens and blues. It’s the same 3CCD technology used in Panasonic professional broadcast equipment, resulting in 540 lines of breathtaking resolution. You can count on Panasonic 3CCD Digital Camcorders to give you colors that are as rich and vibrant as your life.
Quality Pictures Start with a Quality Leica1 Dicomar Lens
World-renowned lens-maker LEICA has developed an exquisite, 12-element, multi-coated lens that helps add a high-level of detail and subtlety to your creations. With refinements like a 2-stage neutral density filter for aperture independent adjustment, you’ll appreciate the remarkably crisp, true-to-life color that is a hallmark of Leica Dicomar optics.
Capture Still Pictures with Outstanding Quality
Quad-Density Pixel Distribution Technology makes it possible to capture still pictures with amazing megapixel quality. The tiny 2.5-micron intervals between pixels are shifted by one-half pitch both vertically and horizontally, which distributes them on the CCD with four times the density of previous systems. It enables model PV-GS400 to capture still pictures with incredible detail at up to 4.0 Megapixels.2
Optical Image Stabilizer Helps Eliminate Blurred Images
The Optical Image Stabilizer helps you obtain clear, beautiful pictures by compensating for any hand movement that occurs as you shoot video. Gyrosensors detect the amount and direction of movement, while a linear motor adjusts the lenses as needed to compensate. You get clear, sharp images in situations where hand-shake is typically a problem, like wide-angle shots or high magnification levels of the zoom.
12x Optical Zoom and 700x Digital Zoom3 Produce an Incredibly Close Shot
An optical zoom this powerful works like a telescope to produce close-up shots with extraordinary clarity. With the different zoom speeds, you can control how quick you go from a wide angle to telephoto zoom - anywhere from 2 to 22 seconds. And through the use of digital technology, the zoom ratio on all Digital Camcorders can be increased digitally, producing an incredibly close shot. You won’t miss a single detail!
Easy Video Transfer to your PC4 with Motion DV Studio LE
This convenient feature allows you to link the camcorder to your computer via the USB port. Then, you can easily transfer still images captured on Mini DV tape to your computer for use in e-mail or printed documents.
Spec:
LENS
Image Sensor 1/4.7″ CCD x 3 (1070k x 3 pixels)
F Value F1.6 (Wide) / F2.8 (Tele)
Optical Zoom 12x
Focal Length 3.3 - 39.6mm
Filter Diameter 43mm
35mm Film Camera Equivalent Tape Mode: 45 - 540mm
Card Mode: 37.6 - 451mm
Lens Leica Dicomar Lens 1
CAMERA
Still Picture Recording 4.0 Megapixel (With Quad-Density Pixel Distribution Technology)
Progressive PhotoShot Card Only
Minimum Illumination 2 Lux (Advanced Magic Pix)
White Balance Auto/Indoor/Outdoor/Set (with IR Sensor)
High Speed Shutter In Tape Mode: 1/50 - 1/8000 sec.
In Card Mode: 1/2 - 1/2000 sec.
Iris Auto/Manual (Including Gain)
Program AE (Auto Exposure) 5-Mode
Backlight Compensation Yes
Viewfinder Color
LCD 3.5″
Power LCD Yes
Intelligent AI LCD Yes
LCD Light Panel Yes
Manual Focus Ring Yes
Pure Color Engine Advanced
Soft-Skin Mode Yes
Tele Macro Mode Yes
Direct Mode Dial Yes
Easy Cassette Eject Yes
MagicPix Images Yes
Simultaneous Motion Video & Still Picture Recording Yes
Microphone 4-ECM
Zoom Mic
Wind Noise Reduction
Date Recording Auto Date (in Date Code)
Fade Color Black
Record Review Yes
On-Screen Display Language English / Spanish / French
Image Stabilizer Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS)
Digital Zoom 2 700x
Built-in EfficiBright™ LED Light No view
Flash Yes
Quick Start Button 1.7 seconds
Web Camera Function 3 Yes
RECORDING & PLAYBACK
Recording Mode SP/LP
Audio Recording System PCM 12 bit 4ch/ 16 bit 2ch
Still Picture JPEG
2288 x 1728 4MEGA
1600 x 1200
1280 x 960
640 x 480
Editing No view
Counter Yes
Wind Noise Reduction Yes
SD CARD FEATURES YES
Built-in SD Slot Yes (SD/MMC)
DPOF Max. 99 stills
PictBridge Compatible Yes
Audio Dubbing (SP only) Yes
Battery & Tape Indicators Yes
JACKS YES
S-Video In Yes
S-Video Out Yes
Mini DV In/Out IEEE1394 In/Out
USB Port 2.0 High Speed (mini B)
Analog In/Out Yes
Microphone (stereo mini) Yes
Headphone (M3) HP Out or AV In/Out
Accessory Shoe Hot
STANDARD ACCESSORIES YES
AC Adaptor Yes
Battery Pack Yes
Shoulder Strap Yes
AV Cable (RCA-Multi) Yes
USB Cable Yes
IR Remote Yes
Free-style Remote Controller Yes (with Mic.)
Lens Cap Yes
Software SD Viewer 3.1E for DV (USB Driver/Video Stream Driver)
MotionDV STUDIO 5.1E LE for DV
GENERAL yes
Power Supply DC 7.2V
Power Consumption 4.8W (EVF)
6.0W (LCD)
Dimensions (H x W x D) 3.5” x 3.125” x 7”
Weight 1.54 lbs
