SECAUCUS, NJ – Panasonic is expanding its line of solid-state HD cameras based on the DVCPRO format, targeting the broadcast and video production markets. Panasonic’s P2 solid-state memory recording technology works without the moving parts of other tape, hard disk, and optical disc based systems. This is meant to ensure high reliability, especially in challenging conditions of extreme temperature range, shock and vibration.
The new P2 camera products offer a significant reduction in maintenance costs, longer useful product life, and immediate access to metadata and recorded video - no need to digitize, ingest or create proxy video files. And by using a standard PCMCIA interface and computer file structure, P2 DVCPRO HD acquisition can fit easily into standard IT infrastructures.
The new P2 HD cameras are multi-format - able to record in 720p, 1080i or 480i - which addresses the requirements of diverse HD broadcast applications. The camera line offers full bandwidth HD with independent intra-frame encoding, 4:2:2 color sampling, and less compression making HD content easier and faster to edit and more able to stand up to image compositing versus long GOP MPEG-2 systems. In addition, they are backwards compatible with existing DVCPRO50, DVCPRO and DV-based facilities.
The new members of the P2 DVCPRO HD product family will include the 2/3-inch AJ-HPC2000 shoulder-mount camcorder, AJ-HPS1500 studio recorder, the AJ-HPM100 mobile recorder/player and the AJ-PCD20 P2 drive. In addition, the new AG-HVX200, a hand-held P2 DVCPRO HD camcorder is currently available, designed to serve as a powerful and versatile yet affordable professional HD camcorder.