AG-DVC30 USER GUIDEHow to use this superbly mobile professional digital video camera!9arouse 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 Angle AG-DVC30 +0.7x Wide Conversion Lens AG-DVX100 Maximum Wide AngleAG-LW4307P Wide Conversion LensSony: Mini-DV Camera-RecorderCanon: Mini-DV Camera-RecorderPanasonic: AG-DVC30Field Angle Comparison of AG-DVC30 with its class other camera-recordersSonyMini-DV Camera-RecorderCanonMini-DV Camera-RecorderPanasonicAG-DVC3020x 790 mm1x 39.5 mm12x 518.4 mm1x 43.2 mm16x 632 mm790 mm948mm1x 39.5 mmMaximumMagnification1.25x digital zoom1.5x digital zoomMaximumField AngleThe Digital Zoom button magnifies the entire field angle.OpticalZoom1.25xDigitalZoom1.5xDigitalZoom35 mm Still Camera Focal Distance Equivalent
