Panasonic AG-DVX 100 - 100A - 100B
Panasonic AG-DVX 100A (above and below)
1/3" 3-CCD 24P DV Cinema Camera - U.S. List Price: $3,795.00
Panasonic AG-DVX100 Features:
- 1/3" 3-CCD 410k pixels Mini-DV camcorder with exclusive CineSwitch™ technology.
The high pixel count minimizes the horizontl alaising artifacts that trouble the 380k pixel Sony PD-150
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Sensitivity: F11 @2000 lux
- Minimum illumination: 3 lux (at +18dB) - more chroma noise at +18db than the Sony PD150
- In 30i you have gain of 0 to +18db. In progressive there is no gain control.
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Supports 480i/60 (NTSC), Cinema-style 480p/24fps, and 480p/30fps image capture
- 10:1 Leica Zoom Dicomar Lens - 4.5mm to 45mm - wider than the competators (Canon XL1 is 5.5mm, Sony PD150 & VX2000 is 6mm. bayonet mount, 72mm thread for filters
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Precision wide-angle Lens with Servo/Manual Zoom (with stops & barrel markings)
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Auto/Manual Focus f1.6 with 72mm filter size
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Advanced optical image stabilization
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Camera is native 4:3 aspect ratio with 16:9 letterbox image capture mode. For best 16:9 Panasonic's anamorphic adabter must be used
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4 video gamma settings Normal, High, Low & Cine-Like
- 3 Color Matrix settings - Normal, Fluorescent (boosts mostly red) & Cine-Like (boosts all colors)
- Adjustable color temperature (3,200 degrees K & 5600 degrees K) color balance
- With thumbwheel you can recall 4 preset 30i scenes and 2 preset 24p scenes.
- ND filter with 2 settings.
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2-ch. XLR audio inputs with phantom power supply (48V) and manual audio levels
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Large centrally located pivoting electronic viewfinder usable for left or right eye
- .44 inch LCD color viewfinder 180,000 pixels
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Flip-out 270° 3.5" LCD panel with superimposed audio metering on both LCD & EVF
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Six Scene Files and Two User Sets
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S-Video, Video & Stereo Audio IN & OUT. IEEE-1394 FireWire™ interface (in/out) for transfer of digital video/audio to NLE platforms
- 2 zebra settings
- Syncro Scan
- SMPTE color bars
- SMPTE time code with user bits
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Interval (Time Lapse) recording with adjustable record duration and interval time
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Unique pre-cleaning heads and auto head cleaning to maximize reliability
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4.4 pounds in full operating condition.
- Good Base Plate - meant for tripods
- In 24p mode the shadow detail is impressive with little or any hue shift apparent in brightly saturated objects, a familiar problem with DV. 24p (really 480p) has substantially better resolution than conventional NTSC. Progressively scanned images eliminate the temporal artifacts that may occur between fields (a major factor in better resolution).
- Shooters have the option of recording conventional interlaced footage at 60i or in one of three progressive modes. 1) 30 frame progressive (30p), 24p standard - images captured progressivley at 24 fps. The 24 fps video stream is subsequently converted to a 60 field interlaced signal using a conventional 3:2 pulldown scheme. The resulting video is then output to mini DV tape for editing on 30 fps systems. 3) 24p advanced mode images are scanned progressively at 24 fps but the conversion to 60i is handeled differently. Here the frames recorded originally in 24p are restored in the NLE by weeding out the extra frames added in the telecine process. This can be done in a soon to be released Final Cut Pro (Nov 02). Not only can you output to 16/35mm but every DVD player by default is a 24p playback device. Authors have been encoding feature films at 24 fps for some time and relying on the DVD player to perform the required 3:2 pulldown for NTSC display. Encoding at 24p also reduces the size by 20%
Panasonic AG-DVX100A
- Introduced November 19, 2003
- Main body is graphite instead of the silver of the DVX-100
- Zoom Ring has Drag
- Power Zoom's slowest speed slowed down even morevto 30 seconds vs. 15 seconds for DVX-100
- 24p gain boost16:9 mode is Digital Squeeze instead of Letterbox
- Camera is still native 4:3 aspect ratio with 16:9 letterbox image capture mode. For best 16:9 Panasonic's anamorphic adabter must be used
- Minimum Distance (M.O.D)
is shortened to 37mm at full zoom
- Viewfinder Peaking
- adds B. Press to the four Gamma Settings
- Now 3 user programmable buttons with Index & Slow Shutter being added to selection list
- Audio controls anf Scene File Dial are better protected from accidential adjustments
Panasonic AG-DVX100B
- All Black
- Camera to Camera timecode sync & user-setable file transfers over IEEE-1393 (Firewire). Great for Multi-Camera shoots The built in Time Code reader/generator let you select Preset and regenerate the Drop Frame/Non Drope Frame and Free Run/Rec Runmodes. Also has User Bits for date, time, frame rate or user data. With 2 DVX-100B's connected together with Firewireyou can transfer user files containing camera parameters to help match cameras on a multiple camera shoot.
- Built in Filters: 1/8 ND (2 stops) & 1/64 ND (4 stops)
- Gain: 0db, 3, 6, 9, 18db - only 0db available with Slow Shutter Modes
Max Recording Time: 6- minutes with mini-DV cassette in SP mode
- I/O: Firewire i/o, S-Video, Composite RCA i/o - 2 RCA Audio i/o, 2 XLR mic/line inputs, Headphone, Remote
- Higher resolution viewfinder
- Still has 410k pixel CCD's
- 12 bit A/D conversion
- Focus & Iris can be remotely contrilled
- New design more efficient Battery Pack
- On camera speaker moved closer to the LCD screen
- Comes with Magic Bullit edit software and DVD production book
- In 24p mode, images from the CCD can be 2:3 pulldown-converted or 2:3:3:2 pulldown converted (24p Advanced Mode) and recorded to tape in the standard 60i TV format. 24p Advanced Mode allows 60i/24p conversion. The tape can be edited/played back using a standard DV editing system or you can have true 24p editing by uploading 2:3:3:2 pulldown converted images by IEEE-1394 to a compatable non-linear editor.
- 3 position White Balance with Auto Tracking White Functions
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