Canon Optura 20 A MiniDV Camcorder with 3.5-inch LCD & 16x Optical Zoom. - For Parts or Repair Only


Condition: May show signs of scrapes, scratches, scuffs from previous use. Product Photos are accurate. Everything about the camera works until you go to take a picture and the screen is washed out. This means it has a bad CCD Sensor and will need to be replaced. This was a common issue among cameras from this generation so selling for parts only. It can be repaired if you find the sensor / assembly.


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Canon Optura 20 digital video camcorder features a high-definition 1/4″ 1.33-megapixel interlaced CCD, enabling users to capture digital still images at up to SXGA (1,280 x 960 pixels) resolution in normal, fine and superfine compression modes as well as high-quality video. Moreover, the unit features a powerful 16x optical zoom lens, which maintains outstanding imaging performance over a wide range of focal distances.


Further contributing to outstanding movie and still images is Canon’s proprietary MACS (Multi Architecture Camera System) camera-signal-processing LSI (large-scale integrated circuit).

MACS automatically assumes that tape-recorded images will be displayed on TV monitors and card-recorded images printed out, and optimizes color processing accordingly to ensure vivid high-quality color reproduction in either mode.


In addition to stills, the Canon Optura 20 offers card-based recording of video in the Motion-JPEG format,making it possible for users to download their video clips to a PC via the USB port (connection cable supplied) and distribute them easily as e-mail attachments. Video clips can be stored on SD Memory Card or MultiMediaCard recording media at lengths of 10 seconds at 320 x 240 pixels, or 30 seconds at 160 x 120-pixel resolution.


Canon Optura 20 features a sleek rounded body for hand-held comfort and a bright 3.5″ wide LCD monitor for viewing ease. Other performance-enhancing features include Super Night Mode, which emits a bright LED light as supplemental illumination to permit color video recording in virtual darkness.




·        Power supply (rated): 7.4 V DC (Battery)

·         8.4 V DC (DC IN)

·         Power consumption: 3.4 W (using viewfinder),

·         Optura 20 : 4.6 W (using LCD screen)

·         Television system: EIA standard (525 lines, 60 fields) NTSC color signal

·         Video recording system: 2 rotary heads, helical scanning system DV system (Consumer digital VCR SD system)

·         Digital component recording

·         Audio recording system: PCM digital sound:

·         16-bit (48 kHz/2 ch.)

·         12-bit (32 kHz/4 ch.)

·         Image sensor: 1/4″ CCD (charge coupled device)

·         approx. 1,330,000 pixels

·         (approx. 690,000 effective pixels-tape)

·         (approx. 1,230,000 effective pixels-card)

·         Tape format: Videocassettes bearing the MiniDV mark

·         Tape speed: SP: 3/4 ips (18.81 mm/sec.)

·         LP: 1/2 ips (12.56 mm/sec.)

·         Maximum recording time

·         (with an 80-min. cassette) SP: 80 min.

·         LP: 120 min.

·         Fast forward/rewind time: 2 min. 20 sec. (with a 60-min. cassette)

·         Lens: f/1.8 – 3.0, 16x power zoom, 4.0 – 64.0 mm (Tape)

·         f/1.8-3.0, 15x power zoom, 4.3 – 64.0 mm (Card)

·         Focusing system: TTL autofocus, manual focusing possible

·         Minimum focusing distance: 1 m (3 ft. 3 3/8 in.)

·         1 cm (3/8 in.)

·         on maximum wide angle

·         Maximum shutter speed: 1/8,000 sec. (1/250 when using memory card)

·         Minimum illumination: 0.5 lx using the Night program during tape recording

·         Recommended illumination: More than 100 lx

·         Filter diameter: 37 mm

·         Viewfinder: 0.33″, color LCD

·         (approx. 113,000 pixels)

·         LCD screen: Optura 20: 3.5″ measured diagonally

·         (approx. 123,000 pixels)

·         Microphone: Stereo electret condenser microphone

·         DV terminal: Special 4-pin connector (based on IEEE 1394)

·         Video terminal: 1 Vp-p/75 ohms unbalanced

·         S-video terminal: 1 Vp-p (Y signal), 0.286 Vp-p (C signal)

·         Audio terminal: Input level: -10 dBV/40 kohm, unbalanced

·         Output level: -10 dBV, less than 3 kohms, unbalanced

·         Operating temperature range: 32 – 104° F (0 – 40° C)

·         Dimensions: 75 x 186 x 92 mm (3 x 7.3 x 3.6 in.)

·         Weight: Optura 20: 625 g (1.4 lbs.)