Canon Optura 200MC
Camcorder | February 28th, 2008
Part Camcorder, Part Camera, Part of Your Life! The Optura 200MC from Canon is brilliantly designed and exceptionally equipped with features that cater to even the most discerning videomaker or digital photographer. Canon has taken the feature set of the highly successful Optura 100MC and added even more capabilities to make the Optura 200MC. The Optura 200MC successfully manages the task of being both a camcorder and a still camera. The new features include: video streaming capabilities with Windows XP, Exif 2.2 print standard compatibility, Super Night mode with light, USB terminal, extended range of digital special effects and fades, improved memory card access times, the ability to record video to the memory card, and much more.
A 1.3-megapixel CCD lies at the heart of the Optura 200MC, but you’ll get close to the sensor’s full resolution only when shooting still photos at a 1.2-megapixel effective resolution. When recording video, the camcorder uses about 690,000 pixels, which is fairly standard for similarly priced cams.
With the Optura 200MC Canon has moved the exposure controls out of the hidden caves of the menu yeah! You toggle the manual exposure on and off with a button located towards the bottom of the back of the camcorder. The exposure is increased and decreased with the sliding dial in the back of the camcorder. You can easily access the dial with your thumb. You have 20 levels of exposure, from -10 to 9, however it’s measured in arbitrary numbers not f-stops the true measure of exposure or aperture.
Features:
- 10x Optical Zoom with 200x Digital Zoom
- Optical Image Stabilizer
- Direct Print Function with select Canon printers.
- Four shooting modes; Video, motion JPEG Movie, megapixel high resolution photo, digital photo.
- Color Viewfinder and 2.5″ LCD Screen
- Programmed Auto Exposure
- MultiMediaCard / SD Memory Card compatibility
- Digital Video Format and IEEE 1394
- Built-in Flash
- Progressive Photo
- Continuous Recording Function
- Manual Controls
- Digital Effects, Faders and Special Effects
- PCM Digital Stereo Sound
- IEEE 1394 Input and Output Terminal
- Video and Audio Inputs and Outputs
- Additional Features