| System |
| Recording System | Movies | AVCHD
Video compression: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264;
Audio compression: Dolby Digital 2ch; Dolby Digital 5.1ch* |
| * Only when using the optional SM-V1 Surround Microphone. |
| Photos: | DCF (Design rule for Camera File system), compatible with Exif* Ver. 2.2 and with DPOF**
Image compression: JPEG (Super Fine, Fine, Normal) |
* This camcorder supports Exif 2.2 (also called "Exif Print"). Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between camcorders and printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant printer, the camcorder's image data at the time of shooting is used and optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints.
** Only photos recorded on a memory card. |
| Television System | 1080/50i* |
| * Recordings made with the [PF25] frame rate are converted and recorded on the memory as 50i. |
| Recording Media |  Built-in memory, 64 GB: SD, SDHC(SD High Capacity) or SDXC(SD eXtended Capacity)* memory card (not included) |
 Built-in memory, 32 GB: SD, SDHC(SD High Capacity) or SDXC(SD eXtended Capacity)* memory card (not included) |
 SD, SDHC(SD High Capacity) or SDXC(SD eXtended Capacity)* memory card (not included) |
| * If you wish to use SDXC memory cards, you need to update the firmware of your video products. Please download the new firmware from Canon’s download pages to update the firmware of your video products. The movie recording function has been tested also using SDXC memory cards made by Panasonic and Toshiba.
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Maximum Recording Time  | 64 GB built-in memory:
MXP mode: 5 hr. 55 min. / FXP mode: 8 hr. 20 min. / XP+ mode: 11 hr. 30 min. / SP mode: 19 hr. 10 min. / LP mode: 24 hr. 30 min. |
32 GB built-in memory:
MXP mode: 2 hr. 55 min. / FXP mode: 4 hr. 10 min. / XP+ mode: 5 hr. 45 min. / SP mode: 9 hr. 35 min. / LP mode: 12 hr. 15 min. |
Commercially available 16 GB memory card:
MXP mode: 1 hr. 25 min. / FXP mode: 2 hr. 5 min. / XP+ mode: 2 hr. 50 min. / SP mode: 4 hr. 45 min. / LP mode: 6 hr. 5 min. |
| Image Sensor | 1/2.6-type CMOS, 8,590,000 pixels |
| Effective pixels | Movies | 6,010,000 pixels |
using Digital Tele-converter:
2,070,000 pixels |
| Photos | L, M, S:
8,020,000 pixels |
LW, MW:
6,010,000 pixels |
| LCD Touch Screen | 8.8 cm (3.5 in.), wide, TFT color, 922,000 dots , touch operation |
| Viewfinder | 0.69 cm (0.27 in.), wide, TFT color, 123,000 dots |
| Microphone | Stereo electret condenser microphone |
| Lens | f=6.4-64 mm, F/1.8-3.0, 10x optical zoom, iris aperture |
| 35 mm equivalent | Movies | 43.5 – 435 mm |
| Photos | L, M, S:
39.9 – 399 mm |
LW, MW:
43.5 – 435 mm |
| Lens Configuration | 11 elements in 9 groups (2 aspheric elements) |
| AF System | Autofocus (TTL + external distance sensor when set to [Instant AF]) or Manual focus |
| Filter Diameter | 58 mm |
| Minimum Focusing Distance | 1 m; 1 cm at full wide angle |
| White Balance | Auto white balance, Custom white balance or Preset white balance settings:
Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H |
| Minimum Illumination | 0.3 lx ([Low Light] recording program, Shutter speed at 1/2)
3.5 lx ([Programmed AE] recording program, Shutter speed at 1/25, Auto slow shutter [On]) |
| Recommended Illumination | More than 100 lx |
| Image Stabilization | Optical-Shift Image Stabilizer |
| Size of Video Recordings | MXP, FXP mode: 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| XP+, SP, LP mode: 1440 x 1080 pixels |
| Size of Photos |  mode: LW 3264 x 1840, L 3264 x 2456, M 1920 x 1440, S 640 x 480 pixels |
| Simultaneous recording: LW 3264 x 1840, MW 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Capturing photos from video: MW 1920 x 1080 pixels |
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