Panasonic GS15NV-GS15, GS11NV-GS11, VDR-M70, GS55NV-GS55 User Manual

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My Video PartnerMy Video Partner

You want a lot out of a video camera. You want beautiful moving pictures and beautiful stills. You want a camera

that's easy to use and small enough to take anywhere. And you want to edit the images you record and use them for networking.

With Panasonic's wide variety of video cameras, you're sure to find a model that meets your needs.

Choose a model that takes remarkably vivid, high-quality still shots and moving pictures.

Choose one that combines lots of style with lots of functions, or one with a super-high-power optical zoom.

Or choose from a selection of DVD models that record directly to discs.

Find the video camera that's just right for you, and let Panasonic be your partner in a new video lifestyle.

Beautiful Moving and Still Pictures from
the World's Smallest 3CCD Video Camera

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Compact

NV-GS55

GS200

NV-GS200

Smart Style, Ultra-Compact Size and
a Host of Attractive Functions

GS55

NV-GS55

Super Compact — Even with
the World's Most Powerful 24x Zoom

GS15

NV-GS15

GS120

NV-GS120

GS11

NV-GS11

*As of February 1, 2004

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Optical

1x

Record onto a

Disc

DVD

2 3

Zoom Power

VDR-M70

24x

Compact DVD Models —
Quick & Easy Viewing and Editing Fun

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M70

VDR-M70

M50

VDR-M50

*Digital video cameras as of February 1, 2004

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Available in June, 2004

3CCD Broadcast-Level
Moving Picture

HIGH-QUALITY PICTURE

2.3 Megapixel Still Picture

The same system that's used in professional broadcast cameras

3CCD Camera System

Because the CCD is a key
device for image quality, all

professional video cameras
use a 3CCD system. In this system, a prism splits
the incident light into its three primary colours
(red, green and blue) and each resultant colour
signal is collected by a separate CCD. The 3CCD
system reproduces colours with exceptional
fidelity and captures even subtle gradations.
Advanced Panasonic technology has made the 3CCD system small enough for
home video cameras. The GS200 and GS120, which debut as the world's smallest
3CCD video cameras*, deliver the same high-level functions and operating ease
as professional models, yet are easy to take anywhere. They make it easy to
capture images with natural, true-to-life colours anywhere you go.

GS200 GS120

New image processor developed especially for the 3CCD system

Crystal Engine

The Crystal Engine is a
special image

3CCD camera systems. Processing the signal from
each of the three CCDs independently, it gives
both moving and still pictures exceptional quality.

New 3D RGB Frame Noise Reduction

A separate noise reduction circuit is used for each of the three RGB colours. Suppressing noise
particularly at low illumination levels, these circuits allow bright, detailed recording even in
dim lighting.

AXIS (Advanced Pixel Interpolation System)

Pixel interpolation data obtained by differential calculation is used to precisely process the
CCDs' output. This maximizes the effect of the Quad-Density Pixel Distribution, helping to
produce clear, high-contrast images.

Digital Signal Processing

Unique Panasonic digital signal processing technologies deliver true-to-life detail and colour,
with whiter whites, deeper blacks, and superb rendering of fine details such as individual
strands of hair.

processing circuit for

GS200 GS120

Leica's superior image rendering

Leica Dicomar Lens

The advanced optical technology
that makes Leica Camera AG a
legend in the camera world is

multi-coated Leica Dicomar lens. This superb lens
system eliminates unwanted reflections and
reduces the flaring and ghosts that can distort
images. It gives sharp definition even to the darker
parts of an image, so the entire picture is clear.
With its crisp detail, subtle rendering, and smooth, natural imaging — all Leica
hallmarks — this lens can take you to the limits of your visual imagination.

* Leica is a registered trademark of Leica Microsystem IR GmbH, and Dicomar is a registered
trademark of Leica Camera AG.

fully reflected in the 12-element,

GS200 GS120

Take breathtaking stills, too

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GS200

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2.3 Megapixel Still Picture Recording

Quad-Density Pixel Distribution, a technology used in
broadcasting, makes it possible to capture still pictures with
superb megapixel quality. The tiny 2.5-micron intervals
between pixels are shifted by one-half pitch both vertically and

the density of previous systems. This lets the GS200 — the world's smallest 3CCD
video camera — capture still pictures with 2.3-megapixel quality. You get the
outstanding detail, colour and sensitivity that come with the 3CCD camera system.

*The GS120 has 1.7-megapixel still picture recording.

Number of Recordable Still Pictures (approx.)

GS200 (1760 x 1320 pixels)

Image Quality

Economy

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The number of recordable pictures will differ if more than one mode (Fine, Normal, Economy) is used.

• These figures vary depending on the subject being recorded.
* Usable capacity will be less

horizontally, which distributes them on the CCD with four times

Fine

Normal

Capacity

512MB

452

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256MB

223

362

496

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128MB

111

180

248

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64MB

53

88

121

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32MB

25

41

58

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