Panasonic to Announce AJ-HDX100 Under $10,000 HD Camcorder at NAB with 24Pby Robin Liss
Published on February 11, 2005
A source close to Panasonic has confirmed that the company will be announcing a high definition prosumer camcorder at the National Associaton of Broadcasters show in April. The camcorder will record an HD signal both to MiniDV tapes and to P2 Flash media cards, which Panasonic currently uses in it's high end systems. According to the source, the camcorder will also have 24 frames progressive scan recording and will retail for under $10,000.
The source said that the camcorder was announced at a private press event in New York, however journalists were instructed to keep the information confidential. The new camcorder's model name will aparently be the AJ-HDX100 - a name very similar to Panasonic's AG-DVX100.
The addition of 24 frames progressive recording is big news for prosumers looking to shoot in high definition. There is currently no high definition camcorder under $40,000 which records at a 24 frames progressive (24P) rate. Panasonic saw huge success with their 24P mode in their AG-DVX100, especially with the independent film community.
The camcorder will record to MiniDV tapes, however it will also have a P2 card slot. The P2 card format was introduced by Panasonic as a tapeless news gathering recording format. The cards contain a matrix of smaller secure digital type cards and cost upwards of $4,000 each. The benefit of the system is no moving parts, which allows the camcorder to go into extreme conditions.
Officials from Panasonic stated that they had no comment on the leak. It is unclear if the camcorder will record in the HDV format which Sony's current HD prosumer camcorders use. The HDV format has been endorsed by Sony, Canon, JVC and Sharp as a prosumer and consumer high definition video format, though Panasonic is absent from the group.
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2005年2月11日に非公式に発表になった新着ニュースです。興味のある方はexciteなどで翻訳してお読み下さい。バリカムでもなく900でもない、"HDX100"本当に開発しているのでしょうか？約1年前にも同じような記事が別のところで出ていましたので、これがその発展型なのかもわかりませんが非常に興味深い記事です。[画像 : 2004年に発表されていたプロトタイプ]これって、30に見えなくもないですね。
