Panasonic has introduced a new P2 HD solid-state camcorder with 10-bit, 4:2:2 image processing, the AG-HPX300, which will be available in March at a suggested list price of $10,700. NAB 2009: Panasonic Intros Low-Cost, High-Quality HD Camcorderġ0-bit, 4:2:2 model will sell for $10,700īy Glen Dickson - Broadcasting & Cable, 12:00:00 PM MT The difference is it refers to a 3-MOS chip as opposed to 3-CMOS. Panasonic has also announced a matching studio configuration package for under $10,000.” There is also a 3.2 inch LCD on the side of the camcorder. The AG-HPX300 features a LCOS viewfinder, which includes on-board focus assist, audio monitoring and even a vectorscope. Panasonic also claims that the pixel density of the CMOS chip is lower than comparable sensors. It features a on-chip chromatic aberration compensation, as well as dynamic range stretch, which reads the content of the image to compensate for overly bright or dark areas. The CMOS chip inside the camcorder is newly designed. The AG-HPX300 will retail for $10,700 (inlcuding a fujinon lens) and is expected to become available in March 2009. Featuring interchangeable lenses, a shoulder mount design, and several new features, it is clearly designed to challenge the Canon XL H1s and JVC GY-HD250.
Panasonic p2 update 720p#
The HPX300 records to P2 in both AVC-Intra and DVCPRO HD in 1080i/p, 720p and standard definition. “Panasonic announced today the release of the new AG-HPX300, a 2.2 megapixel, 1/3inch 3-cmos camcorder. – Improvement of P2 Cast related functions:For those of you who have not seen this yet: – OSD, Signal window and WarningLED have their own indicator for remaining card capacity and each indicator stars blinking at a different timing when the remaining capacity is low. – Alarm menu is added against the near-end of remaining battery capacity (OTHER FUNCTIONS -> WARNING ALARM: ON / OFF). – Accumulation Gain function is added to UserSW menu assignment item. – Improvement is made so that the percentage of transfer progress can be updated in real time with no need to reflesh the Upload List on the camera manually. For five seconds, the indications are displayed at the center of OSD. Besides the information about “Play List Export” and “Streaming” is displayed on OSD. – When the cameras receive the Meta Data from P2 Cast, the indications are displayed on OSD. Hi-Res data can be transferred to FTP servers other than P2 Cast. – P2 Cast "Direct Transfer" function is supported. – Support the enhanced functions of P2 Cast (Ver. – DELETE LAST CLIP function is added to UserSW menu assignment item.
Panasonic p2 update serial#
– Support the serial connection with AK-HRP200. – 23.98PsF is supported in direct connection with AG-BS300. – Menu is added to improve the convenience in direct connection with AG-BS300. – Correction is made so that an error notification process is carried out at the time of communication failure in order to correctly process the clips that are being transferred. – Correction is made so that transferred clips are displayed on P2 Cast even if the transfer of them has been performed in the foreground. –Improvement of P2 Cast related functions:
– OSD and TallyLED have their own indicator for remaining card capacity and each indicator stars blinking at a different timing when the remaining capacity is low. – Correction is made so that recording is prohibited during the deletion by DELETE LAST CLIP function.
P2 cameras upload only necessary portion of hi-res video data based on EDL. The P2 Cast cloud server service for broadcast cameras is currently in service in the USA and Europe, and allows proxy data transfer from a P2 camera to the network and simple editing on the cloud server. The updates for PX380 and PX800 models include support for the enhanced functions of P2 Cast (version 2), including Direct Transfer function for hi-res data transfer to FTP servers other than P2 Cast, real-time updates of percentage of transfer progress, and P2 Cast meta data display on OSDs.
Panasonic p2 update professional#
Panasonic released a series of updates for its professional ENG line of cameras, the AJ-PX270, PX380, PX800, and PX5000 models.