4Exciting Features and New FunctionsHigh-Definition VideoYour camcorder’s full high-definitionimage sensor (Full HD CMOS) capturesvideo at a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080pixels 2 . Videos are then recorded in thememory in high definition, using AVCHDspecifications 3 .With your new HD camcorder, capturingthe special moments in your life with amazing image quality and in lifelikevibrant colors is easy and fun!bDual FlashMemorybRelay RecordingYou can record in the built-inmemory or on commerciallyavailable memory cards (0 33).The built-in memory almost full?Use the memory card slot to keepon recording video withoutinterruption (0 36).11,080lines3g1 “Full HD 1080” refers to Canon camcorders compliant with high-definition videocomposed of 1,080 vertical pixels (scanning lines).2 Video is recorded at this resolution only when the recording mode is set to MXP orFXP mode. In other recording modes, the picture is recorded at 1,440 x 1,080pixels.3 AVCHD is a standard for recording high-definition video. With AVCHD specifica-tions, the video signal is recorded using MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression andthe audio signal is recorded in Dolby Digital.