Includes the following Accessories: AC Adapter Battery Charger, DC Cord, Battery Pack, A/V Cable Mini-3 RCA, Lens Cap, Shoulder Strap, 8MB SD Memory Card.

The PV-DV203 is a compact Digital Video camcorder that offers precise image quality and color accuracy. The superior quality of digital video resulting from higher horizontal resolution, yielding sharper picture detail and component color sampling, preserves more color information than analog.
A built-in PhotoShot digital still camera feature allows consumers to enjoy two ways to capture their memories in a single, compact package: digital video and digital still photos. With more PC-friendly features than ever, such as MPEG4 video Movie Messenger system, which lets users easily transfer video clips with audio to a PC to create clip libraries, presentations, or to attach to an e-mail.

Features:

• Video
  DV format offers up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution and significantly higher S/N ratio to provide stunning Video performance.
• PCM Digital Stereo Sound
  12/16-bit audio: 16-bit offers one set of stereo tracks and achieves the same quality as CD, while the 12-bit mode creates two sets of stereo tracks. Audio dub is possible when recorded in 12-bit mode.
• Dual Digital Electronic Image Stabilization (DEIS)
  Panasonic invented the Digital EIS to compensate the unintentional hand and camcorder movement to stabilize your recordings. You can use the Dual D-EIS technology even in the playback mode to remove the jitter from previously recorded video.
• 3-Way PC Link
  With this camcorder you have three convenient ways to transfer still images to the computer. Card Link, Photovu Link and iLink (IEEE-1394).
• Photovu Link
  Allows you to transfer still images captured on the Mini DV tape by connecting the camcorder to the computer, through the USB port with the supplied USB cable, which provides a faster and easier transfer.
• i.Link (IEEE-1394) FireWire
  Using the industry standard IEEE-1394 PC interface, it allows you to connect the digital camcorder to a compatible computer for advanced editing. Also allowing you to produce duplicate copies of your recordings without any loss in picture quality with similarly equipped camcorders or VCRs.
• Card Link
  This Palmcorder uses Multimedia Card or SD Memory Card - two easy ways to transfer to your PC. With a removable SD memory media card, you can capture still images and transfer them to a computer.
• MPEG-4
  Video Movie Messenger system lets you easily transfer video clips with audio to a PC to create clip libraries, presentations, or to attach to an e-mail.
• Zoom
  Equipped with an optical zoom that magnifies the image up to 10x by increasing the focal length of the lens, this feature acts like a telescope to produce closeup shots with extraordinary clarity, and with the 700x digital zoom you will be able to bring the objects up to 700x closer, by electronically magnifying the images.
• 2.5-inch LCD Screen
  Provides excellent viewing clarity in full vivid colors and rotates 270 degrees, allowing you to hold the camcorder at many different angles. Features a built-in speaker for playback with sound.
• Audio Dub
  You can record new audio over a pre-recorded track without disturbing the existing video. Audio input from the built in microphone.
  (Note: When you insert audio using the 16-bit mode, the original audio will be erased.)
• Color Viewfinder
  Providing a clear full color view of video subjects.
• Photo Shot Built-In Digital Still Camera
  Photo Shot digital still camera feature lets consumers enjoy two ways to capture their memories in a single, compact package: digital video and digital still photos. With more PC-friendly features than ever, the digital camcorder is ready for a variety of multimedia applications and can also easily serve as a web camera for home videoconferencing. Features an IEEE 1394 PC interface, making it easy to download digital recordings (still images and moving pictures) to computers, where they can be edited, included in e-mail messages or used in the creation of web sites. Additionally, features a USB port, built-in SD Memory Card slot.
• Mega Still Pictures
  With the camcorder's interpolated mega pixel CCD, you can shoot an amazing 1.2 Mega-Pixel image, resulting in sharp, crisp reproduction of your cherished memories.
• Memory Still Image
  Multimedia Card/SD Memory Card; 640 x 480 pixels (normal mode), 1280 x 960 pixels (fine mode).
  Image format; JPEG file system
  Image Storage; on the included 8MB card approx. 70 images (normal mode), approx. 30 images (fine mode).
• USB Terminal
  Universal Serial Bus is a computer industry standard that is designed to simplify interconnection between digital equipment, such as A/V devices and computers. It makes quality, higher-volume data transfer possible between your video walkman and PC, printer or other equipped devise, via a simple, one cable connection.
• 5 Mode Program AE (Auto Exposure)
  You can prepare your camcorder for almost any recording condition by using the following automatic exposure settings:
  Sports Mode -- Ideal for sporting events and other fast paced action.
  Portrait Mode -- Focuses on the main subject of the image and leaves the background slightly out of focus by changing the depth of field.
  Low Light -- Preserves the mode of dim light settings without altering picture brightness.
  Spot Light -- Neutralizes the additional brightness created by a spotlight.
  Surf & Snow -- Compensates for excessive illumination from sun glare to produce a clear picture.
• MagicPix Images
  This feature is a great way to record still images even in low-light settings. Now you can capture still images in full color onto the camcorders mini DV tape.
• Digital Effects
  You can add exciting picture effects in both recording and playback modes to make your videos come to life.
  Digital Zoom (Playback): Enlarges the center of the playback image by 2x.
  Digital Mirror (Record and Playback): Creates a mirror like symmetrical image.
  Strobe (Record and Playback): Digitally freezes a series of images.
  Mosaic (Record and Playback): Turns the image into a mosaic pattern.
  Slim (Record and Playback): The image expands vertically.
  Stretch (Record and Playback): The image expands horizontally.
  Trail (Record and Playback): Forms multiple impressions of all images in motion which gradually fade-out as the motion comes to a halt, creating a trail effect.
  Monotone (Playback): The image plays back in black and white.
  Sepia (Playback): Creates the impression of antiquity by applying a sepia tone.
• Easy Cassette Eject
  A one touch, side-eject system makes it easy to insert or remove a tape, even when it's mounted on a tripod.
• Picture-in-Picture
  Allows you to insert a previously taken digital still image into the video you're recording. The still image is taken using the PhotoShot feature and appears on the right side of the video you're recording. The video and miniaturized still shot then appear together during playback.
• Cinema Mode
  Gives the Ability to record video in wide screen mode, giving you a 16:9 aspect ratio that's the same as a movie screen. When played back on a television the result is dramatic looking cinema-like movies at home.
• EfficiBright LED Light
  Equipped with a built-in LED color enhancement light.
  Besides offering bright light whenever you need it, the LED design also makes it highly efficient which helps to preserve battery life.
• Zoom Mic
  As you zoom in on the picture, the audio will also zoom in so that you can pinpoint distant sound emanating from your subject

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