Hitachi DZ-HS503 User Manual

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Initial Setup

Beep

On

Power Save

Off

Record LED

On

Language

日本語 (Japanese)

Demo Mode

Auto

CCD

1/3-inch interlaced

Total number of pixels

approx. 3,310,000

Number of effective pixels

Movie:

approx. 2,180,000

Movie:

approx. 1,640,000 (in wide mode)

Still:

approx. 3,050,000

Lens

F1.8 – 3.0
f = 6.1 – 61 mm
Filter diameter: 37 mm
Thread pitch: 0.75 mm

Focus

Auto/Manual

Zoom

Optical 10×, 
40× – 240× with digital zoom added, 240× for still

Required minimum illumination

24 l× in Auto mode (1/30)
1 lx in Low Light mode (1/4)

Viewfinder

0.2-inch color (equivalent to approx. 200,000 pixels)

LCD monitor

2.7-inch color TFT (approx. 120,000 pixels)

Electronic image stabilizer

Electronic type

Shutter speed

1/4 – 1/4000 seconds (movie)

Self-timer recording

Still recording only

External microphone jack

ø3.5 mm stereo mini-jack (a plug-in power type microphone cannot be 
used)

Capacity of built-in HDD

Approx. 30 GB

Recording mode

Movie (with sound)
Still (with SD memory card)

Maximum 
recordable 
time

HDD

Approx. 7 hours (XTRA)
Approx. 11 hours (FINE)
Approx. 23 hours (STD)

DVD-RAM/DVD-RW/
DVD-R/+RW
(per side)

Approx. 18 minutes (XTRA)
Approx. 30 minutes (FINE)
Approx. 60 minutes (STD)