DESCRIPTION

Weighing in at around 2 pounds, Hitachi's VME555LA comes equipped with a host of features and options that belie its size. Its 0.25-inch CCD records your videos with up to 270,000-pixel precision. You also have the option of using either a 0.55-inch black-and-white eyepiece viewfinder or a 2.5-inch fold-out/rotatable LCD screen. Zoom capabilities range from 22x optical to 400x digital. It is designed with a built-in lens cap as well as automatic tile-date options. With the VME555LA's 0.3 LUX illumination, you can film in light much lower than that from a single candle. Along with the exposure modes, the Hitachi VME555LA features Cool Shots, a package of built-in special effects including mosaic, mirror, negative-positive, and panoramic shots. You can fade in and out with one of six programmed fades. This model also includes flying erase heads to keep transitions b+F3 etween shots smooth.This model comes equipped with a Perfect Power battery system (lithium battery) and an 11-key remote control.