#Canon zr900 mini dv backup battery iso

In 16:9, the ZR500 produced 477.1 lines of horizontal resolution (with an average 1.1% clipping) and 280.0 lines of vertical resolution (with an average 1.6% clipping), yielding an approximate resolution of 133588.0

In 4:3, the ZR500 produced 363.5 lines of horizontal resolution (with an average 1.5% clipping) and 274.8 lines of vertical resolution (with an average 1.5% clipping), yielding an approximate resolution of 99889.8.

#Canon zr900 mini dv backup battery iso

The Canon ZR500 was tested for its video resolution in 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios by shooting a standard ISO 12233 resolution chart and running the results through Imatest imaging software. The ZR500 definitely comes out the winner in this competition. It was marginally sharper, which some users may look for, but the noise was as bad as that on the GS39 with even duller colors. The DCR-HC26, Sony’s lowest-end MiniDV camcorder, also running about $50 more, produced a washed-out image.

The reds appear stronger in the Panasonic, but overall, the ZR500 image is far more preferable. The Panasonic PV-GS39, which runs about $50 more than the ZR500, produced a much noisier picture with duller colors. When compared to the ZR100, the camcorder that the ZR500 is replacing, the boosting of the blue and green channels is especially apparent. The saturation increase appears to be new this year. Also, great color that is also accurate requires great lighting, something that videographers often don’t have access to, unless you carry a lighting kit with you everywhere. But the result of the saturation increase means a decrease in sharpness, indicated by the blurred lines between color tiles. This is the type of result that you’ll often see in lower-end camcorders that try to make a 'better picture.' By boosting the saturation rather than accurately reporting the colors, the camcorder provides what most people would take for an acceptable image. Under these conditions, the ZR500 produced a richly saturated image. We test all of our camcorders for basic video performance by shooting a color chart specially calibrated for video at 3000 lux. All three models also sport Canon’s DigicDV processor. This is the same imaging system found on all the 2006 ZR models, so don’t expect huge or even noticeable differences in video quality. This yields an effective pixel count of 340K pixels in 4:3, 400K in 16:9 with the electronic image stabilization on, and 450K in 16:9 with the image stabilization off. The ZR500 captures video using a 1/6' CCD with 680K gross pixels.