Panasonic AJ-HPX2700

SD/HD 2/3inch P2 solid state Varicam.

Overview

A fully solid-state implementation of the highly regarded DVCPRO HD VariCam, the VariCam 2700 offers 2/3-inch native HD resolution 3-CCDs and produces cinema-quality, independent frame, 1080 and 720 images with 4:2:2 10-bit sampling in AVC-Intra 100. The camera also supports recording in a more bandwidth-efficient AVC-Intra 50 compression as well as the ubiquitous DVCPRO HD. Designed for sports, documentaries, independent films, and other projects where versatility is essential, the VariCam 2700 offers intuitive operation with advanced gamma setting, variable frame rates (from 1 fps to 60 fps in 720p mode), as well as two separate HD-SDI outputs.

Main Features

The VariCam 2700 is switchable between 59.94-Hz and 50-Hz recording. Five P2 card slots allow continuous recording, card selection, hot swapping, loop rec, pre-rec, interval rec, and one-shot recording. With five 32 GB P2 cards installed, operators can record up to 200 minutes in AVC-Intra 100 at 1080/24p, 400 minutes in AVC-Intra 100 at 720/24p, 320 minutes in other AVC-Intra 50 formats, and 160 minutes in other AVC-Intra 100 or DVCPRO HD formats.

Five P2 card slots allow continuous recording, card selection, hot swapping, loop recording, cache (pre) recprding, interval recording, and one-shot recording. With five 32 GB P2 cards installed operators can record up to 200 minutes in AVC-Intra 100 at 1080/24p, 400 minutes in AVC-Intra 100 at 720/24p, 320 minutes in other AVC-Intra 50 formats and 160 minutes in other AVC-Intra 100 or DVCPRO HD formats. (Naturally, recording times will double with the release of 64GB P2 cards late 2008).

Additional image-enhancing features found in both camcorders include 14-bit A/D processing, Chromatic Aberration compensation (CAC) to maximise lens performance, Dynamic Range Stretching (DRS) for wide variations in lighting, unique shutter angle settings, built-in scan reverse and full control of matrix and colour correction for precise image matching.

Other features:

• High sensitivity of F10 at 2,000 lx.
• 48-kHz/16-bit, four-channel digital audio recording.
• Text memos and shot markers can be added.
• Proxy data recording is possible with the optional AJ-YAX800G board.
• Scene files.
• User-definable buttons.
• User menu.
• Focus assist function.
• Newly designed two-wheel (ND and CC) optical filters.

The AJ-HPX2700 will be available in autumn 2008.

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