Canon Digital Camcorder XM2 Specifications

Camera

SHOOTING FUNCTIONS MOTION VIDEO STILL IMAGE Mini DV tape Mini DV tape (Photo), memory card (Progressive Photo) WHITE BALANCE AUTO SET PRESET SYSTEMS FOCUS MODE MANUAL FOCUS 16:9 RECORDING SYSTEM AREA MARKER DISPLAY Yes Yes (1) Outdoor, indoor TTL, 80 segments
MONITOR LCD SIZE PIXELS BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT MOVABLE EVF SIZE PIXELS BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT MOVABLE 2.5-inch 200,000 Yes Yes
IMAGE SENSING DEVICE IMAGE SIZE TOTAL NUMBER OF PIXELS (PER CCD) SYSTEM FILTER
1/4 inch 3CCD Total pixels: 470,000 Effective pixels: 440,000 3-plate Pixel shift (horizontal, vertical) RGB independent primary color filter (dichroic prism)
AF/MF Focus ring operation
Vertical stretching Area marker displayed for 16:9 in EVF 4:3 screen
0.44-inch (TFT color) 180,000 Yes (Menu adjustment) Downward 68 up to horizontal

Digital Camcorder

LENS OPTICAL ZOOM MAGNIFICATION DIGITAL ZOOM MAGNIFICATION FOCAL LENGTH (OPTICAL ZOOM) (35 MM EQUIVALENT) F-NUMBER APERTURE LEAVES ND FILTER ZOOM SPEED: FILTER DIAMETER MINIMUM ILLUMINATION IMAGE STABILIZATION
SEARCH PHOTO SEARCH DATE SEARCH INDEX SEARCH DATA CODE DISPLAY Yes Yes Yes Time and date display, camera information Yes Yes Yes
20x (12 elements in 10 groups with one fluorite lens and two aspheric lenses) 40x, 100x (Card mode: None) 4.2-84 mm 39.5-790 mm With tape: F1.6-2.8 With memory card: F2.0-2.8 Iris diaphragm (5 leaves) Yes (Transmittance: Approx. 10% with 3 aperture) HandleZoom: 3-level adjustable (H/M/L) Grip zoom: Variable H/M/L 58mm P0.75 0,37 Lux (Slow shutter 1/6 sec) Optical system (double-driving VAP) 118x136x306mm 1120g
SHOOTING EFFECTS DIGITAL EFFECTS

DIGITAL FADE

Black and White, Sepia, Art, Strobe, Mirror, Mosaic, Tracer (tape) Black auto fade, wipe, overlap (tape) Variable level: 80% 85% 90% 95% 100%

ZEBRA PATTERN

MOTION VIDEO SHOOTING TAPE CLEAR SCAN
AUDIO DUBBING AV INSERT ZERO SET MEMORY
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Normal/Frame (simulated frame process using pixel shift) Tv mode, Manual mode: 50.3-200 Hz

System

INTERFACE (TERMINAL) MICROPHONE INPUT HEADPHONE OUTPUT DV TERMINAL S TERMINAL AV TERMINAL EDITING TERMINALS USB PORT Yes Yes Yes (In/Out) Yes (In/Out) 3.5 mm (In/Out) LANC terminal mini-B/ Complies with mass storage class 1.0
STILL IMAGE SHOOTING MODE: TAPE MODE: CARD SINGLE PICTURES: TAPE PHOTO BUTTONS: FORM PHOTO BUTTONS: PRESSED HALFWAY DOWN STILL IMAGE CONFIRM FLASH COMPATIBILITY RECORDED VIDEO FRAME PROCESSING
Normal (field image) Progressive (iris shutter) 6.5 seconds Dedicated still image button (tape, card) Yes (only during recording standby) Yes (Card only) Yes 220EX, 420EX, 550EX Frame image (video output is field image) Simulated frame (horizontal and vertical pixel shift)
DIMENSIONS (WXHXD) WEIGHT

Shooting functions

PROGRAM AE Easy Recording, Auto mode, Spotlight mode, Surf & Snow mode, Tv mode, Av mode, Manual mode
MEMORY CARD CARD STILL IMAGE RECORDING: IMAGE SIZE & QUALITY

SD memory card and MultiMedia card 1488 x 1128 pixels; Fine 860 KB, Standard 580 KB 640 x 480 pixels; Fine 125 KB, Standard 65 KB Yes (Record review button operation) Yes Yes Camera shooting 640 x 480 pixels Yes (Color selection (full color, +8 color), mixed level variation) Yes, EBU color bar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1, 2, off Yes (compatible with advanced shoe and EX flashes)
PHOTOMETRY PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM EVALUATIVE PHOTOMETRY EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT AE LOCK EXPOSURE CORRECTION AE SHIFT GAIN SETTING SHUTTER SPEED HIGH-SPEED SHUTTER: TAPE
Center-bottom-weighted 80 segments
WIDE SHOOTING (VERTICAL EXTENSION) TAPE INTERVAL TIMER
CARD REVIEW Yes Yes, (Interval time: 4 modes, Recording time: 4 modes) 10 seconds/ Remote controller: 2 seconds Yes Yes Yes STILL IMAGE PLAYBACK: SLIDESHOW CARD JUMP TITLE IMAGE: CREATION TITLE SIZE TITLE MIX
Yes Yes (after AE lock) Yes (2 levels) Yes (During manual mode)
SELF-TIMER REC SEARCH REC REVIEW STANDBY SWITCH POWER SAVE (AFTER FIVE MINUTES IN RECORDING PAUSE) DISPLAYED TEXT RECORDING
HIGH-SPEED SHUTTER: CARD SLOW SHUTTER APERTURE VALUE
9 levels (1/50, 1/120, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000, 1/4000, 1/8000, 1/16000) During manual mode: 27 steps Tv mode: 1/50 to 1/500 Manual mode: 1/50 to 1/levels (1/25, 1/12, 1/6) F1.6, F2, F2.4, F2.8, F3.4, F4, F4.8, F5.6, F6.7, F8, CLOSE Card mode: F1.6, F2, F2.4, F2.8, F3.4, F4, F4.8, F5.6, F6.7, F8, CLOSE Manual mode: 17 steps (Step 13 level is telephoto end)
Power shutoff/VCR (drum) stop Yes
AUDIO WIND SCREEN 16-bit 2-channel (48 kHz) 12-bit 4-channel (32 kHz) Yes (Microphone F characteristics: Normal/ Voice/ Wind Screen) Yes: Auto, manual (L/R controls with level adjustment dials) Yes: EVF, inside LCD monitor, LCD information display
COLOR BAR ANALOGUE-DIGITAL CONVERTER WORLD CLOCK SPEAKER CONFIRMATION BEEP TALLY LIGHT REMOTE CONTROL CODE ACCESSORY SHOE
RECORDING LEVEL ADJUSTMENT LEVEL METER
RECORDING MODES LP CUSTOM KEYS DV CONTROL BACKUP POWER BATTERY PACK POWER
Yes Yes (1 key) Yes (Allowed only during Camera mode) Lithium button battery (CR2025) 900 series rechargeable lithium ion battery
IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT COLOR GAIN ADJUSTMENT HUE ADJUSTMENT SHARPNESS ADJUSTMENT SETUP ADJUSTMENT

Yes (Custom preset) Yes (Custom preset) Yes (Custom preset) Yes (Custom preset)

Multi Media

7 hour recording
with optional BP-945 battery
Canon Europa NV Bovenkerkerweg 59-XB Amstelveen The Netherlands Canon Inc. 30-2 Shimomaruko 3-Chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 146-8501 Japan www.canon-europa.com English Edition 0031W657 Canon Europa N.V., 2002 (0602)
They've been dreaming about the wedding day for months. Every detail has been planned. It goes perfectly. Bride and groom look radiant and the guests enjoy themselves. You can bring back those special moments in a top-quality video recording.
SUPERB QUALITY The Canon XM2 Digital Camcorder combines the best of all worlds. Its advanced technology delivers unrivalled image quality in its class, while it is still easy to operate. That makes it an ideal choice for both serious camcorder enthusiasts, professional videographers and filmmakers. Whether you're regularly providing broadcast or web content, making educational videos or recording an event like a wedding, the XM2's high performance will make your work more enjoyable and the result more satisfying.
INSPIRATIONAL VERSATILITY No two video shoots are alike. What's happening, where it's happening, movement, colour it all demands a certain amount of fine-tuning to capture the special moments you want. The XM2 features adjustments and enhancements for sound and picture for your personal creativity. Plus a LCD screen for easy viewing. NEW GENERATION 3CCD The Canon 3CCD system separates light entering the camcorder into red, blue and green, making colour reproduction cleaner and sharper. The new high-sensitivity 3CCD with 470,000 pixels provides 540 lines horizontal resolution.
3CCD unit Guarantees outstanding detail and high performance.
Fluorite lens For sharp images and perfect colour reproduction.
Positioning the green CCD out of line (pixel shift) sharpens image reproduction even if your subject moves. A new Super Pixel Shift (horizontal + vertical) achieves wider dynamic range for movies, reducing vertical smear and gives 1.7 mega-pixel high resolution photos.

PROFESSIONAL FLUORITE LENS Canon has always led the way in optical development. The first to equip a camcorder with a fluorite lens a lens that provides the quality of 35mm and broadcast TV. The XM2 has a Professional L-Series fluorite lens. Combined with 20x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom, plus an optical image stabiliser, you can be sure of superior images.

YOU CAN WITH THE XM2

Fluorite lens Glass lens

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QUALITY YOU CAN SEE
TRUE-TO-LIFE COLOUR Fluorite is a synthetic crystalline substance with the ability to collect light at a single point. It bypasses the limitations posed by normal glass. The resulting image is extremely sharp. A zoom lens is an essential feature on a camcorder. But the downside of a normal zoom lens can be colour aberrations. The fluorite technology used in the XM2 L-Series lens eliminates almost all colour deviation. This and the new 3CCD system give viewers the pleasure of colours that are much truer to life.
OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER We know how difficult it can be to keep a camera still. So the XM2 is fitted with an Optical Image Stabiliser (rather than Electronic Stabilisation which can reduce image quality). Its vari-angle prism reacts
Optional MA-300 adapter with 2-channel XLR terminals.
to a sensor and bends the light rays, so the image reaching the CCDs remains steady. SOUNDS GOOD Some camcorder recordings have great pictures but the sound lets them down. For a fuller, richer, stereo sound, the XM2 has a 'direction accurate' microphone. This contains two pairs of pick-up elements, each for left and right, giving accurate stereo ambience and less mechanical background noise. Also, you can change the microphone frequency characteristics to match the recording condition (normal,
voice and windscreen). For high-quality PCM digital sound recording, an MA-300 microphone adapter is available. AUDIO LEVEL CONTROL Another sound-improving feature on the XM2 is the 2-channel manual audio level control. A special dial allows you to set the L/R level to exactly the balance you want for 2 channels. An easy-to-find audio level meter on the camcorder body, on the LCD and EVF screen shows the left and right 24 segment peaks.

QUALITY YOU CAN HEAR

KIT COMPONENTS

CONNECTIVITY

3 The XM2 can control HDD equipment with IEEE 1394 interface and AV/C protocol for simultaneous recording.

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Audio REC level switch (auto or manual) Program selector Audio rec. left level dial Audio rec. right level dial MENU button SELECT dial
GETTING IT JUST RIGHT Although the XM2 is fully automatic, you can also take complete control and do it your own way. The camcorder has many of the manual adjustments you will find on professional models. Some examples (you can memorize following adjustments as Custom preset):
Colour Phase, to adjust between red and green, and Colour Gain, to choose depth of colour or shoot in black and white. Camera Sharpness, to soften the subject and clarify the detail. Zebra Pattern, to indicate overexposure in a portion of the picture Interval Timer, to record at selected times for filming natural phenomena like sunsets. If you need to record a CRT monitor, the Clear Scan feature allows you to do so without rolling black bars. But your favourite button will probably be the Custom Key. Assign functions you use frequently to this key, and you can customise your camcorder to your shooting preferences. MAKING LIFE EASIER The more features a camcorder has, the better it is. The XM2 has a whole range: time and data codes, shutter speed, power save, index recording. too many to list here. DIFFERENT SHOOTING MODES The XM2 has 3 modes to suit your recording needs. Normal Movie Mode for video playback on TV or a video editing computer. Digital Photo Mode for high resolution still images. Frame Movie Mode for perfect quality prints and video for websites.
DRAMATIC CLOSE-UPS She's way off in the distance, but you've spotted her. The XM2 20x optical zoom lens can bring her right up close. 20x optical zoom is the 35mm focal length equivalent of 39.5mm to 790mm. The XM2's maximum digital zoom is 100x. Magnification that can make all the difference.
A single cable connection to transfer images between the camcorder, PC and printer.
DM-XM2 Body - Large Eye Cup - WL-D77 A Wireless Controller STV-250N Stereo Video Cable - S-150 S-VIDEO Cable - IFC-300PCU Interface Cable - SS-650 Shoulder Strap - CA-920 Compact Power Adapter - AC Cable - DC-920 DC Coupler - BP-915 Battery Pack SDC-8M SD Memory Card - PC-A10 Scart Adapter Digital Video Solution Disk Ver.3.0

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

The SD Memory Card can capture high quality digital still images as JPEG files to transfer into a PC for advanced editing. Also an easy way to add a title to your recording with the Title Mix.
Battery Pack BP-915, 930, 945

System Case HC-4100

Video Light VL-10Li, VL-3
Speedlite 220, 420, 550 EX

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Focus A/M button Digital effects bars ON/OFF button ND filter ON/OFF button Digital effects/bars select button
MiniDV Head Cleaning Cassette DVM-CL
Mini Digital Video Cassette 60 and 80 minutes
Dual battery charger/holder CH-910

Wide Converter WD-58

Car Battery Adapter CB-920
Microphone Adapter MA-300

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White balance select button White balance set button Custom key button Custom preset
YOU CAN SCREEN THE RESULT
Zoom Remote ZR-1000 Directional Stereo Microphone DM-50