Tokyo, June 2, 2004 - (JCN Newswire) - Canon (TSE: 7751) has announced the introduction in Japan of two new high-performance compact digital video camcorders complete with their accessory kits: the Canon Digital Video Camcorders IXY DV M3 KIT and FV M20 KIT, each model featuring a 2.2-megapixel CCD sensor, an RGB primary color filter and the DIGIC DV image processor for outstanding video and still images.
Canon Digital Video Camcorder IXY DV M3
The new IXY DV M3 is an ultra-compact upright digital video camcorder equipped with a 2.2-megapixel CCD image sensor. Replacing the stylishly designed IXY DV M2 released in September 2003, the new model offers further refinements to realize enhanced performance, style and compactness.
Featuring a sleek vertical design finished in sparkling silver, the IXY DV M3 offers users consummate style as well as exceptional performance. The model's good looks are matched with a highly functional new layout, which positions control buttons and switches to give users full control of the main functions with just one hand. The camcorder's soft-touch handgrip also makes holding a pleasure, even for long shooting sessions.
Enhancing connectivity, the new model offers a USB2.0 Hi-Speed interface, which enables video and still photos to be downloaded to a PC quickly and easily.
Canon's new camcorder incorporates an ultra-compact 10x optical zoom lens, offering a high resolving power that maximizes the performance potential of the 2.2-megapixel
CCD while also contributing to the model's diminutive body, which is 10mm shorter in the vertical dimension than the previous model. Further boosting shooting performance is a new mini video light which, offering four times the brightness of the previous model, enables a shooting range of up to 1.5 meters in darkness; and a Ring Light Adapter, which eliminates shadows when shooting in the macro range from three to 30cm from the subject.
Canon Digital Video Camcorder FV M20
The new FV M20 camcorder, which joins the Canon range above the FV M100 released in March, features a 2.2 megapixel CCD image sensor and a powerful 14x optical zoom lens to enable high-resolution capture of video and stills. Featuring a stylish high-gloss metallic finish in two-tone silver, chic metallic buttons and switches, and an ergonomic rounded grip design, the camcorder incorporates a range of design innovations that enhance performance and operability.
Shared Features
Canon's new IXY DV M3 and FV M20 camcorders each incorporate a variety of advanced features to enable the capture of high-quality video and still images, including a 2.2-megapixel CCD, RGB primary color filter and Canon's proprietary DIGIC DV image processor. Canon's lens coatings further contribute to the reproduction of clear, sharply defined images throughout the zoom range and capitalize on the full potential of the models' high-resolution CCD sensors.
Utilizing the full potential of the CCD, the new systems enable the recording of high-resolution video in the 16:9 wide format, making possible full-screen playback on wide-screen TVs without any loss of image quality. Unlike methods that vertically crop and digitally enlarge the picture to fit the screen, the "true" 16:9 shooting mode uses the recording pixels on either side of the standard 4:3 effective-pixel area, employing the full width of the CCD for a naturally larger horizontal angle of view. Also, matching high-impact images with quality sound for the increasingly sophisticated home theatre environment, the IXY DV M3 and FV M20 incorporate a new digital audio chip that offers improved audio processing, and enables such features as Manual Audio Level Control.
The IXY DV M3 and FV M20 include such advanced new digital photography features as high-speed continuous shooting at up to three frames per second, auto exposure bracketing, selectable focus points, and horizontal and vertical image trimming. To further simplify the printing of digital still shots, the models also offer Canon's Print/Share button and PictBridge direct printing compatibility. In addition to Canon's range of Direct Print-compatible inkjet and dye sublimation printers, the models can be connected directly to any other printer enabled for PictBridge.
Pricing and availability
Model Price Release date Production
Canon Digital Video Camcorder
IXY DV M3 KIT Open Mid July 2004 18,000 units/mo.
Canon Digital Video Camcorder
FV M20 KIT Mid June 2004 15,000 units/mo.
Bundled accessories
IXY DV M3 KIT Wireless Controller WL-D84, Stereo Video Cable STV-250N, AC Adapter CA-570, Battery Pack NB-2LH, Interface Cable IFC-300PCU, 8MB SD Memory Card, Digital Video Solution Disk, Ring Light Adapter FV M20 KIT Wireless Controller WL-D83, Stereo Video Cable STV-250N, Wide Converter Attachment WA-34, AC Adapter CA-570, Battery Pack NB-2LH, Interface Cable IFC-300PCU, 8MB SD Memory Card, Canon Digital Video Solution Disk
About Canon Inc.
Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leader in the fields of professional and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. Canon's extensive range of products includes copying machines, inkjet and laser beam printers, cameras, video equipment, medical equipment and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. With over 118,000 employees worldwide, Canon has manufacturing and marketing subsidiaries in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania; and a global R&D network with companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Canon's consolidated net sales for fiscal 2006 (ended December 31, 2006) totalled $34.9 billion (at an exchange rate of 119 yen = US$1). Visit the Canon Inc. website at: http://www.canon.com
Contact:
Canon Inc.
Andrew Giles
giles.andrew@canon.co.jp
+81 (0)3 5482-8317
June 2, 2004
Source: Canon Inc.
Canon Inc. (TSE: 7751) (U.S: CAJ)
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