Finally - professional tapeless shooting comes to the masses. Now we need someone to develop a serious housing for this camera - imagine - no more tapes to batch capture.

Posted 16 April 2007 - 09:27 AM
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 09:44 AM
Posted 16 April 2007 - 10:27 AM
According to Simon's posting on his website here it appears that this is pretty much set in stone.Holy cow..
Is this the cam we've been waiting for...Is this the answer to our underwater, lightweight, lowlight questions..Lets wait and see...
So glad I waited...Or not..It will be 2008 before the housings get aired...![]()
Dive safe
DeanB
Edit: apparently it is a prototype...and will not be available in the U.S until late this year or early 2008...Bugger.
SONY CONTINUES THE EVOLUTION OF XDCAM TAPELESS ACQUISITION TECHNOLOGY
New Additions to XDCAM Family Include High-performance HD 4:2:2 Capable Models and Flash Memory Recording in a “Handy” Camcorder
LAS VEGAS, NAB Booth# SU906, April 15, 2007 �" Sony is continuing the evolution of its XDCAM® line of tapeless acquisition by unveiling new technologies at NAB. These include recording to ExpressCard high-speed flash media, as well as 50 Mbps 4:2:2 optical disc recording.
Sony is also unveiling new optical-disc based XDCAM products, including the PDW-F355 camcorder, PDW-F75 deck, and the PDW-U1 external drive. These models join the growing family of XDCAM products. Since its introduction, 21,000 XDCAM units have been delivered worldwide.
Future versions of the XDCAM system are planned to include a camcorder and deck with multi-format 2/3-inch HD progressive CCDs (1920 by 1080), recording bit-rate of 50 Mbps, 1080 and 720 native recording and eight channels of audio. The camcorder, deck and drive will support both single- and dual-layer versions of Sony’s Professional Disc™ media for the XDCAM system, which enables recording up to approximately 100 minutes at 50Mbps HD 4:2:2.
“These new MPEG-based 4:2:2 products, including a camcorder and companion deck, will support the same media, the same proxy A/V, the same metadata, and the same file format as existing XDCAM gear,” said Bob Ott, vice president of optical and networked systems for Sony Electronics.
Adding Flash Memory Capabilities to the XDCAM Family
The planned XDCAM EX unit will expand upon Sony’s XDCAM line of tapeless acquisition technologies, using flash memory technology: the SxS™ memory card specification, with high-speed transfer technology compliant to the ExpressCard™ industry standard.
“Sony will be able to adopt an appropriate technology for each application according to the needs of our customers,” Ott said.
According to Ott, ExpressCard’s higher speed and smaller form factor will make Sony’s evolution to flash media a natural progression and open the door to a broader range of applications for tapeless production.
“The XDCAM EX camcorder will make the most sense in small production systems, where the shooter and editor is often the same person,” Ott said. “In this type of production environment, you can easily control the flash media as it cycles between shooting and feeding the NLE.”
The planned camcorder is based on MPEG-2 compression technology with three, ½-inch imagers. It will be switchable between 1080/60i and 720/60P, and be capable of recording 1080/50i/30P/25P/24P and 720/50P. The camera will also have slow and quick motion functionality.
The camera will feature two card slots, and users will be able to record approximately 120 minutes of content on two16 GB card. Sony is planning to introduce both 8GB and 16GB flash memory media initially.
“Our XDCAM series of products will continue to evolve to meet the needs of the industry and continue to offer flexible, more capable and more affordable production systems,” Ott said.
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