Technical Specifications - Sony PDW-F1600 Manual

Benefits
IT/Network Friendly
In the Sony XDCAM series of products, recordings are
made as data files in the industry-standard MXF
(Material eXchange Format) file format. This allows
material to be handled with great flexibility in an IT-
based environment - easily available for copying,
transferring, sharing and archiving. All these opera-
tions are accomplished without the need for a digitiz-
ing process.
File-based data copying allows for degradation-free
dubbing of AV content, which can be performed easily
on a PC. The file-based recording system also allows
for material to be viewed directly on a PC, simply by
linking it to the XDCAM unit via an i.LINK connection.
This works in just the same way as a PC reading files
on an external drive.
The PDW-F1600 XDCAM HD422 deck comes equipped
with IT-friendly, computer-based interfaces. These in-
clude an i.LINK interface supporting File Access Mode
as standard, and the Ethernet interface.
Easy Maintenance and High Reliability
XDCAM HD422 products use the same platform as the
XDCAM products in wide use around the world. They
share the advantage of no mechanical contact
between the equipment and the recording media,
achieving both a high level of durability and a long
media life. XDCAM HD422 products also offer the
same high resistance to shock and vibration as other
XDCAM products.
Powerful Nonlinear Recording
The XDCAM HD products use a large-capacity nonlin-
ear optical disc for recording, called the Professional
Disc media, which Sony has developed specifically for
professional recording applications.
The PFD50DLA and PFD23A are 12-cm, reusable op-
tical discs. The PFD50DLA is a dual-layer disc with an
overwhelming capacity of 50 GB, while the PFD23A is
a single-layer, 23-GB disc. The large capacity of the
PFD50DLA makes it possible to record up to approx-
imately 95 minutes of high-quality MPEG HD422 ma-
terial.
The Professional Disc is highly reliable and durable
because it experiences no mechanical contact during
recording or playback, and is packaged into an ex-
tremely durable and dust-resistant disc cartridge.

Technical Specifications

General
Power requirements
Power consumption
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AC 100 V to 240 V, 50/60
Hz, DC 12 V
AC: 80 W, DC: 65 W,
SAVEMODE(DC): 55 W
Non-contact recording and playback also makes it an
ideal medium for long-term storage of AV assets.
Whereas traditional tape archive systems must be re-
wound on a periodic basis to remove magnetic
powder debris, the Professional Disc completely elim-
inates this process.
Its reliability has already been demonstrated by the
huge number of XDCAM products deployed worldwide
since 2003.
Highly Streamlined Workflows
At the same time as recording its high-resolution
video and audio data, the XDCAM HD products also
record a low-resolution version of this AV data on the
same disc. Called "Proxy Data", this is much smaller
in size than the high-resolution data (1.5 Mb/s for
video and 0.5 Mb/s for audio).
Because of its lower resolution, Proxy Data can be
transferred to a standard PC at an amazingly high
speed, and easily browsed and edited using the PDZ-1
Proxy Browsing Software (or other compatible editing
software offered by many industry-leading manufac-
turers). What's more, with the PDZ-1 software, it can
be converted to the popular ASF format for playback
on Windows™ Media Player, providing dramatic im-
provements in production workflows. Proxy Data can
also be viewed directly on a PC without data transfer
using an i.LINK (File Access Mode) connection, and
can even be sent over a standard Ethernet network.
The overall flexibility of Proxy Data means that it can
be used for a variety of applications, such as immedi-
ate logging on location, off-line editing, daily rushes
of shooting on location, client approvals, and more.
Metadata
All XDCAM HD422 products are capable of recording a
variety of metadata, which provides a huge advant-
age when searching for specific data after an initial
recording has been made. Information such as pro-
duction dates, creator names and camera setup para-
meters can be saved, together with the AV material,
on the same disc using the supplied PDZ-1 software.
This makes it possible to organize and search through
all recordings effectively. One particular metadata,
called EssenceMark™ (Shot Mark), is a convenient
reference that can be added to desired frames to
make them easy to recall in subsequent editing pro-
cesses. Clipflag* is another convenient metadata
which users can add to their desired clips as "OK",
"NG" or "Keep".
Operating temperature
Storage temperature
Humidity
Mass
PDW-F1600
+5 to +40°C (+41 to 104°F)
-20 to +60°C (-4 to +140°F)
25 to 90% (relative
humidity)
6.5 kg (14 lb 5 oz)
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