Canon Optura Pi Brochure

Sensationally Sharp Video

from Canon

DIGITAL VIDEO CAMCORDER

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DV Format

Enter the world of DV and realize truly amazing picture and sound quality. Images reaching up to 500 line horizontal resolution reveal stunning detail and clarity. Clearly superior quality than even the best analog camcorders, by 20% at least, and free from annoying color noise. DV is the right format, right now!

Progressive Scan CCD

The Optura Pi incorporates a Progressive Scan CCD image sensor that delivers a significant improvement in performance and image quality. Each and every light gathering pixel on the CCD is used to produce a full frame video image 60 times per second. In contrast, the conventional interlace-type CCD produces only half a full frame, known as a field, in the same amount of time. The Progressive Scan CCD provides a serious advantage to those who desire impeccable clarity of fast moving subjects. The interlace

method used on other camcorders combines two field images together, but a time lapse between the fields can cause a disturbing image flicker on the television screen when playback is paused. Recordings of subjects moving at high speed such as athletes, wildlife and even machinery can be viewed on a television with superior resolution. And this CCD type makes it possible to produce better quality video prints than ever before. Also, realizing people shoot video in a variety of light levels, Canon designed the Optura Pi to perform exceptionally well in low light too.

RGB Primary Color Filter

In addition to achieving higher resolution, the Optura Pi's Progressive Scan CCD integrates an RGB Primary Color Filter which separates light passing through the lens into individual red, green and blue color

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components, similar to professional camcorders. As a result, the Optura Pi achieves more accurate color reproduction with finer gradations than models using a conventional complementary color filter. The difference is especially noticeable, for instance, in skin tones and scenes with a dominant color such as sunsets, a ski slope or a forest.

IEEE 1394 DV Terminal

The Optura Pi is equipped with a DV IN/OUT terminal that conforms to IEEE 1394. It takes just a single digital cable to transfer or copy your videos in pure digital form to your DV compatible computer or another Canon DV camcorder. Record still images onto a floppy disk with the optional FR-100 Floppy Disk Still Image Recorder for easy transfer to your PC computer. You can choose to print your images on a Canon color printer or send them over the Internet.

True-to-life optics

and dazzling color reproduction.

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