Panasonic SDR-S150 Digital Camcorder

Panasonic Updated: 2007-06-21

Get True, Crisp Color Images with our 3CCD Camera System
The SDR-S150, with its 3CCD Camera System, reproduces color in great fidelity by using a separate CCD for reds, greens and blues. It's the same 3CCD technology used in Panasonic professional broadcast equipment, resulting in 540 lines of breathtaking resolution. You can count on Panasonic 3CCD Digital Camcorders to give you colors that are as rich and vibrant as your life.

Quality Pictures Start with a Quality Leica Dicomar Lens
World-renowned lens-maker LEICA has developed an exquisite, 12-element, multi-coated lens that helps add a high-level of detail and subtlety to your creations. With refinements like a 2-stage neutral density filter for aperture independent adjustment, you'll appreciate the remarkably crisp, true-to-life color that is a hallmark of Leica Dicomar optics.

Capture Still Pictures with Outstanding Quality
Quad-Density Pixel Distribution Technology makes it possible to capture still pictures with amazing megapixel quality. The tiny 2.5-micron intervals between pixels are shifted by one-half pitch both vertically and horizontally, which distributes them on the CCD with four times the density of previous systems. It enables model SDR-S150 to capture still pictures with incredible detail at up to 3.1 Megapixels.

Optical Image Stabilizer Helps Eliminate Blurred Images
The Optical Image Stabilizer helps you obtain clear, beautiful pictures by compensating for any hand movement that occurs as you shoot video. Gyrosensors detect the amount and direction of movement, while a linear motor adjusts the lenses as needed to compensate. You get clear, sharp images in situations where hand-shake is typically a problem, like wide-angle shots or high magnification levels of the zoom.

Records onto: SD/SDHC Memory Card
Recording Format MPEG2
LENS
Image Sensor (Total) 1/6" CCD (800K x 3 pixels)
Image Sensor (Effective) 4:3 -- 640K x 3
16:9 -- 540K x 3
(Moving Picture)
4:3 -- 710K x 3
16:9 -- 540K x 3
(Still Picture)
F Value F1.8 (Wide) / F2.8 (Tele)
Optical Zoom 10x
Focal Length 3.0 - 30 mm
Filter Diameter 37mm
35mm Film Camera Equivalent 4:3 -- 45.6 - 456mm
16:9 -- 46.7 - 467mm
(Moving Picture)
4:3 -- 43.4 - 434mm
16:9 -- 47.0 - 470mm
(Still Picture)<
Lens Type Leica Dicomar
CAMERA
3CCD Camera System Yes
Image Stabilizer Optical Image Stabilizer (O.I.S.)
Still Picture Recording 3.1 Megapixel (With Quad-Density Pixel Distribution Technology)
Minimum Illumination 1 Lux (Magic Pix®)
Focus Digital AI AF/Manual (w/ + - Sw)
White Balance Auto/Indoor/Outdoor/White Set
High Speed Shutter 1/50 - 1/8,000 sec. (Moving Picture)
1/30 - 1/2,000 sec. (Still Picture)
Iris AF/Manual
Backlight Compensation Yes
Electronic Viewfinder (EVF) No
LCD Monitor 2.8" wide (206K pixels)
Manual Focus Ring Yes
Soft-Skin Mode Yes
MagicPix Images Yes
Microphone Stereo Zoom Mic
Wind Noise Reduction
Date Recording Auto Date (in Date Code)
Wide Mode (16:9) Yes
On-Screen Display Language English
Digital Zoom 1 10x - 700x
Flash 1m - 2m
Quick Start 1.5 seconds
Web Camera Function 2 Yes
Recording Mode XP/SP/LP
Still Picture JPEG Picture Size:
3.1 MEGA: 2048 x 1512 (4:3)
2.0 MEGA:1920 x 1080 (16:9)
1.0 MEGA: 1280 x 960 (4:3)
0.3 MEGA: 640 x 480 (4:3)
SD CARD FEATURES YES
Built-in SD Slot Yes (SD/SDHC)
DPOF Max. 999 stills
PictBridge Compatible Yes
JACKS YES
S-Video Out Yes
Mini DV In/Out (IEEE 1394) No
Video Output AV out
HDMI No
Audio Output Yes
USB 2.0 High Speed (mini B)
Microphone (stereo mini) No
Headphone (M3) Multi
Accessory Shoe No
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES YES
AC Adaptor Included
Battery Pack Included
AV Cable Yes
USB Cable Yes
IR Remote Yes
Dimensions (H x W x D) 3.81'' x 1.13'' x 3.19''
Weight 4.08 lbs