Camera Unit Features - Panasonic AG-HPX500P Operating Instructions Manual

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Chapter
The AG-HPX500P/E P2 memory card camera-recorder is equipped with a 2/3-inch
lens mount system that enables use of high-performance interchangeable lenses, and
comes with a 50 Hz/59.94 Hz selector function to permit use of a multitude of HD and SD
formats. Also equipped with a variable frame rate feature for cinematic expression and
effects. All these features make possible recording of high-quality image content.
Four P2 card slots enable extended HD recording and deliver the reliability, speed and IT
functionality that only P2 media is capable of revolutionizing the workflow of recording and
editing.

Camera Unit Features

■2/3-inch interchangeable lens system
■Progressive 3CCD
■14-bit digital circuit
■Multiple HD/SD formats
■Variable frame rate makes speed effects possible (when 720P format is
■Native mode/Over 60p (50p) mode selectable
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Camera Unit Features
Introduction
The 2/3-inch bayonet mount for interchangeable lenses provides access to a broad lineup
of broadcast and industrial 2/3-inch zoom lenses from a number of manufacturers.
The 2/3-inch progressive 3CCD combines a large light-receiving area with high
sensitivity. 3CCD pixel-shift technology (1/2 pixel) and advanced digital processing
produce a high-resolution CCD. The camera unit provides high resolution and high rate
scanning at 1080/60p (or 50p) at all times. This high-resolution native progressive video
is used as a source to produce a vertical resolution with a superior HD/SD image quality
that an interlace CCD simply cannot match.
The high-performance DSP (Digital Signal Processor) in the camera uses 14-bit A/D
conversion and 19-bit inner processing to adjust the gamma settings for each of the R, G
and B channels of 1080/60p (50p) video, and convert to a variety of HD and SD formats
(P/I conversion, line conversion and down conversion). This produces high-quality images
in all video formats.
The camera supports recording in 20 HD and SD image formats making it ready for
news gathering, program production, film making and other applications anywhere in the
world. 1080i/720p HD recording uses the DVCPRO HD codec for broadcast use while SD
recording is performed in DVCPRO50/DVCPRO DV multi-codec.
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This camera comes with the variable frame rate feature developed for the VariCam HD
Cinema camera. In 720p mode*, the camera enables selection between 11 frame rates
between 12P to 60p (50p). This puts features such as undercranking (dropping frames)
and overcranking (high frame rate) for quick motion and slow motion cine-like effects at
the disposal of the camera crew.
* In 1080 and 480 mode, the camera records at a fixed frame rate of 24p/30p (25p in 1086
and 576 mode, at 50 Hz mode).
●720PN (native) mode*: Recording is performed at the frame rate set in the camera.
Playing back a recording made at a frame rate set in the camera at the normal rate
provides speed effects without using a frame rate converter. Native mode also extends
the recording time.
●720/P over 60p (or 50p) mode: This lets you produce a backup copy by recording the
DVCPRO HD stream output from the IEEE1394 connector on a hard disk recorder such
as the AJ-HD1400 DVCPRO HD recorder or the FOCUS FS-100 HDD recorder.
* In 720PN (native) mode, the IEEE1394 connector cannot output a DVCPRO HD stream.