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Up to three models, with a source for each value. A missing transcription is not a missing camera feature. Sensor size, effective pixels and output image size are different measurements.

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From the manuals	MVC-A10	MVC-CD500
Image sensor	2/3-inch MOS image sensor; 280,000 pixels PDF p. 11	9.04 mm (1/1.8 type) color CCD; primary color filter PDF p. 123
Lens focal length	15 mm fixed focus; macro setting PDF p. 11	3× zoom; 7.0–21.0 mm PDF p. 123
35 mm equivalent	Not transcribed: see the manual	34–102 mm PDF p. 123
Maximum aperture	F2.8 PDF p. 11	F2.0–2.5 PDF p. 123
Recording media	Mavipak; 25 field pictures with sound PDF p. 11	8 cm CD-R / CD-RW PDF p. 123
Batteries named in the manual	BP-C1; 6 V DC PDF p. 11	NP-FM50 PDF p. 123
LCD dot count	Not transcribed: see the manual	123,200 PDF p. 123
Recording formats	Still Video Camera Committee unified standard; sound up to 9.6 seconds PDF p. 11	Still: JPEG, GIF (Clip Motion), TIFF. Movie and still-image audio: MPEG-1 (mono). PDF p. 123
Effective camera pixels	Not transcribed: see the manual	Approx. 5,090,000 PDF p. 123
Largest listed still-image size	Not transcribed: see the manual	Not transcribed: see the manual
Recording system	High-band still-video camera; picture and sound recording PDF p. 11	Not transcribed: see the manual
Input / output connectors	Not transcribed: see the manual	Not transcribed: see the manual
Complete instructions	Open manual	Open manual

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