Panasonic debuts AJ-SPC700 DVCPRO P2 camcorder

Oct 4, 2005 4:39 PM, Transition to Digital e-newsletter

    

Panasonic Broadcast has announced the availability of the shoulder-mount AJ-SPC700 DVCPRO P2 camcorder.

The AJ-SPC700 combines a 2/3in 520,000-pixel, IT 3-CCD camera with 60 fields interlace recording in 25Mb/s DVCPRO/DV and 50Mb/s 4:2:2 DVCPRO50 format on a P2 card. The camera is switchable between 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, has 750-line resolution, an S/N ratio of 63dB, a high sensitivity of F11 at 2000 lux, and minimum illumination of 0.5 lux (at +36dB). Digital Super Gain provides up to an additional 20dB at 6fps.

Other features include:

  • Low-power consumption of 20W
  • A 12-axis matrix color correction system, and a news gamma curve that preserves image quality by suppressing over-saturation in highlight areas during sudden changes in contrast.
  • Five P2 card slots that allows continuous recording (providing up to 160 minutes record capacity at DVCPRO and 80 minutes in DVCPRO50 with 8GB P2 cards).
  • Hot swap function that allows a user to replace any P2 card (except the one being recorded on) on the fly.
  • A sixth PC card slot is provided to accept a range of options, such as an MPEG-4 Proxy video encoder.

The AJ-SPC700 is customizable with features such as four user scene files, three user setup buttons, and camera setup memory (up to eight camera setups can be saved to a SD memory card).

For more information, visit www.panasonic.com/p2.

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