Metro Screen

General

Mass 

Approx. 2.4 kg [5 lb 4 oz] [body]

Approx. 2.8 kg [6 lb 2 oz] [with lens hood, large eye cup, BP-U30 battery, one SxS PRO memory card]

Dimensions 
[W x H x D]

178 x 176 x 311.5 mm [7 1/8 x 7 x 12 3/8 inches] without projection

Power requirements

DC 12 V

Power consumption

Approx. 13 W [while recording, with color LCD OFF, 1920 x 1080/59.94i mode]

Operating temperature

0 to +40 °C [+32 to +104 °F]

Storage temperature

-20 to +60 °C [-4 to +140 °F]

Continuous operating time

Approx. four hours with BP-U60 battery

Approx. two hours with BP-U30 battery

 Recording format

Video

MPEG-2 Long GOP 
HQ mode: VBR, maximum bit rate: 35 Mb/s, MPEG-2 MP@HL

SP mode: CBR, 25 Mb/s, MPEG-2 MP@H14

Audio

Linear PCM [2ch, 16-bit, 48-kHz]

Recording 
frame rate

NTSC setting

HQ mode: 1920 x 1080/59.94i, 29.97P, 23.98P, 1280 x 720/59.94P, 29.97P, 23.98P

SP mode: 1440 x 1080/59.94i

PAL setting

HQ mode: 1920 x 1080/50i, 25P, 1280 x 720/50P, 25P

SP mode: 1440 x 1080/50i

Recording/Playback time

HQ mode

Approx. 50 min. with SBP-16 [16 GB] memory card, Approx. 25 min. with SBP-8 [8 GB] memory card

SP mode

Approx. 70 min. with SBP-16 [16 GB] memory card, Approx. 35 min. with SBP-8 [8 GB] memory card

Lens

Zoom ratio

14x [optical], servo/manual selectable

Focal length

f = 5.8 to 81.2 mm [equivalent to 31.4 to 439 mm on 35 mm lens]

Iris

F1.9 to F16 and Close, servo/manual selectable

Maximum relative aperture

1:1.9

Focus

AF/MF/Full MF selectable

800 mm to ∞ [MACRO OFF], 50 mm to ∞ [MACRO ON, Wide], 735 to ∞ [MACRO ON, Tele]

Image stabilizer

ON/OFF selectable, shift lens

Filter thread

M77 mm, pitch 0.75 mm [on lens]

Camera

Pickup device

3-chip 1/2-inch type Exmor CMOS

Effective picture elements

1920 [H] x 1080 [V]

Optical system

F1.6 prism system

Built-in filters

ND filter

OFF: Clear, 1: 1/8ND, 2: 1/64ND

Sensitivity [2000 lx, 89.9% reflectance]

F10 [typical] [1920 x 1080/59.94i mode]

Minimum illumination

0.14 lx [typical] [1920 x 1080/59.94i mode, F1.9, +18 dB gain, with 64-frame accumulation]

 S/N ratio

54 dB [Y] [typical]

Horizontal resolution

1000 TV lines or more [1920 x 1080i mode]

Shutter speed

1/33 to 1/2000 sec.

Shutter angle

180, 90, 45, 22.5, 11.25 degrees

Slow Shutter [SLS]

2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 16-, 32-, and 64-frame accumulation

Slow & Quick Motion function

720P

Selectable from 1 to 60 fps as recording frame rate

1080P

Selectable from 1 to 30 fps as recording frame rate

Audio performance

Sampling frequency

48 kHz

Quantization

16 bits

Headroom

20 dB

Frequency response

20 Hz to 20 kHz, +3 dB/-3 dB

Dynamic range

90 dB [typical]

Distortion

Less than 0.1% [with input level of -40 dBu]

Signal inputs/outputs

 Audio input

XLR-3-pin [female] [x 2], line/mic/mic +48 V selectable

Mic: -8 dBu to -65 dBu [reference level]

Line: +4 dBu

A/V output

AV multi [x 1]

Audio: -10 dBu [reference level], 47 kΩ

Analog composite: 1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω unbalanced,

S-Video: Y: 1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω unbalanced, sync negative

Component output

Mini D [x 1], Y: 1.0 Vp-p, 75 Ω, Pb/Pr: 0.7 Vp-p, 75 Ω

SDI output

BNC [x 1], HD-SDI/SD-SDI selectable

i.LINK input/output

IEEE1394, 4-pin [x 1], HDV stream input/output, S400

USB

Mini-B [x 1], USB 2.0 High-speed

Headphone output

Stereo mini-jack [x 1], 16 Ω, 30 mW

Speaker output

Monaural, 300 mW

DC input

DC jack

Battery input

5-pin

Built-in LCD monitor

3.5-inch* type color LCD monitor, approx. 921000 effective pixels, 640 [H] x 3 [RGB] x 480 [V], 16:9, hybrid type

Viewfinder

0.54-inch* type color LCD, 1120 [H] x 225 [V], 16:9

Built-in microphone

Capsule type

Omni-directional stereo electret condenser microphone,

Frequency response

50 to 15000 Hz

Media slot

Type

ExpressCard/34 [x 2]

Interface

ExpressCard compatible