Panasonic AG-DVC30 - Detailed Operating Precautions; Battery Characteristics and Handling

AG-DVC30 USER GUIDE
How to use this superbly mobile professional digital video camera!
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arouse your desire for video creation.
A competing 1/4-inch 3CCD camera-recorder is the Canon XV2(GL2),which features 20x
zoom. The Sony DCR-VX2100(PD170:professional model), a competitive 1/3-inch 3CCD
camera-recorders,has a 12x optical zoom function. When placed beside them, the compact
size (particularly the short front-to-back dimensions of the AG-DVC30) sets it apart.
Fitting the custom wide conversion lens on the AG-DVC30 reduces the minimum focal
distance to 27.7 mm (35 mm equivalent), for wider field angle than even the AG-
DVX100A (32.5 mm).
Fit the wide conversion lens for an even wider angle.
AG-DVC30 Maximum Wide AngleAG-DVC30 +0.7x Wide Conversion Lens AG-DVX100 Maximum Wide Angle
AG-LW4307P Wide Conversion Lens
Sony: Mini-DV Camera-Recorder
Canon: Mini-DV Camera-Recorder
Panasonic: AG-DVC30
Field Angle Comparison of AG-DVC30
with its class other camera-recorders
Sony
Mini-DV Camera-Recorder
Canon
Mini-DV Camera-Recorder
Panasonic
AG-DVC30
20x 790 mm
1x 39.5 mm
12x 518.4 mm
1x 43.2 mm
16x 632 mm
790 mm
948mm
1x 39.5 mm
Maximum
Magnification
1.25x
digital zoom
1.5x
digital zoom
Maximum
Field Angle
The Digital
Zoom button
magnifies the
entire field
angle.
Optical
Zoom
1.25x
Digital
Zoom
1.5x
Digital
Zoom
35 mm Still Camera Focal Distance Equivalent