Sony PDW-F800 Brochure & Specs page 2

For a new Era of File-based HD Production –
the PDW-F800 and PDW-F1600
Common Features of the PDW-F800 and the PDW-F1600
■ MPEG HD422 codec
• HD 1920 x 1080 and 1280 x 720 recording
• High quality 24-bit eight channel uncompressed audio
recording*
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■ Wide choice of recording modes: including 23.98P format
recording and playback as standard
■ Supports a choice of HD (MPEG HD*
DVCAM™) recording modes as standard
■ Built-in up-/down-conversion (HD/SD) and cross-conversion
(1080/720) system
■ Dual-layer (50GB, PFD50DLA) and single-layer
(23.3GB, PFD23A) Professional Disc media support
PFD50DLA
■ File-based search operation
• Thumbnail search function
• Expand function
• Clip Filtering
■ Proxy Data (1.5 Mb/s for video and 0.5 Mb/s for audio) and
metadata recording
■ Scene Selection: simple EDL-based cuts-only editing
■ Metadata recording: UMID, Extended UMID, EssenceMark™
(Shot Mark), Clipflag
PDW-F800 & PDW-F1600 Recording/Playback Specifications
Mode
Number of Pixels
(Codec)
1920 x 1080
MPEG HD422
(MPEG-2 4:2:2P@HL)
1280 x 720
1440 x 1080
MPEG HD
(MPEG-2 MP@HL)
1280 x 720
MPEG IMX
720 x 480 (NTSC) / 720 x 576 (PAL)
(MPEG-2 4:2:2P@ML)
DVCAM 720 x 480 (NTSC) / 720 x 576 (PAL)
1: Playback only. 2: Up to 4 ch with PDW-F800.
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) and SD (MPEG IMX/
2
PFD23A
Audio
Bit Rate (Mb/s) Audio Bits
Channels
50 24 8
4
35
2
4
25 16
2
4
18
* 1
2
35
16 4
25
24 4
50
16 8
24 4
40
16 8
24 4
30
16 8
25 16 4
■ Easy metadata input via USB keyboard*
keyboard
■ i.LINK™* interface (File Access Mode)
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■ Ethernet interface (PDW-F800: 100Base-TX, PDW-F1600:
1000Base-T)
■ FTP client capability: allows file transfer via Ethernet without
a PC
■ Clip Continuous REC mode*
■ Single Clip Playback: allows users to play back just one
selected clip
■ Data file recording by User Data folder: allows recording of
any file type onto Professional Disc media
■ Local language in clip/disc properties: Chinese, German,
French, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and more
Local Language Support
*1: Audio specifications vary according to product and recording mode (up
to four channels with the PDW-F800).
*2: 18 Mb/s mode is playback only.
*3: Some keyboards can not be used. Please refer to the supplied manual
for details.
*4: i.LINK is a Sony trademark used only to designate that a product is
equipped with an IEEE 1394 connector. Not all products with an i.LINK
connector may communicate with each other. Please refer to the
documentation that comes with any device having an i.LINK connector for
information on compatibility, operating conditions, and proper connection.
*5: PDW-F1600 must be remotely controlled via RS-422A interface, or during
Trigger REC mode via an HD-SDI interface.
Y/C
Sampling Frequency
59.94i, 50i, 29.97P, 25P, 23.98P
* 2 4:2:2
59.94P, 50P, 23.98P (Pull-down)
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4:2:0 59.94i, 50i, 29.97P, 25P, 23.98P
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* 1
* 1
4:2:0 59.94P, 50P, 23.98P (Pull-down)
* 2
4:2:2 59.94i, 50i
* 2
2
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4:2:0 (NTSC) / 4:1:1 (PAL) 59.94i, 50i
or software
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5
Recording Time (Unit: Minutes)
Frame
PFD23A 23.3 GB PFD50DLA 50 GB
Approx. 43
Approx. 43
more than 65
more than 68
Approx. 85
Approx. 90
more than 112
more than 122
more than 65
Approx. 85
Approx. 45
Approx. 55
Approx. 68
Approx. 85
Approx. 95
Approx. 95
more than 145
more than 150
Approx. 190
Approx. 200
more than 248
more than 265
more than 145
Approx. 190
Approx. 100
Approx. 120
Approx. 150
Approx. 185