New Sony XDCam 422 camcorder

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 9/10/2010, 11:24 AM
http://www.wordsandpictures.net/Sony/3698-PMW-500.Eblast/

Just saw something in my inbox regarding a new Sony XDCam 422 camcorder that does SxS.

It uses power HAD CCD 2/3" sensors, so may be pretty costly, hard to say, and didn't say if it used any standard other than SxS ( though SxS to SD cards are easy enough to get your hands on ).

Dave

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farss wrote on 9/10/2010, 2:32 PM
It's the next logical progression up from the PMW-350. I doubt it'll be that expensive, the PMW-350 is quite a bargain at around half the cost of what a similar camera cost before.
I think you'd be OK recording to SDHC cards with it, what you loose using those cards is the fast read speeds. For broadcasters doing ENG they'll pony up for the extra cost of SxS cards in a heartbeat. Those who don't have time critical offload speeds can use the cheaper option.

For those who have even tighter budgets the PMW-350 with a Nanoflash can probably save even more although I'd wait to see just what the street price of the 500 is before going down that road. Interesting times ahead.

Bob.
farss wrote on 9/10/2010, 4:57 PM
A little more info here: http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/tools/toolsoftrade/12543.html

Price around $27K body only. This camera unlike the other XDCAM EX cameras records low res proxies. Never quite understood why Sony dropped this from the EX cameras. I hope Vegas 10 will support this workflow.

Bob.
Coursedesign wrote on 9/10/2010, 4:58 PM
$27,900 in the U.S., and restricted in slow motion speeds compared to the $42,700 PDW-F800-series.
farss wrote on 9/10/2010, 5:43 PM
" restricted in slow motion speeds"

For the target market probably not a big issue.
I'm pretty confident that the SxS cards are capable of writing fast enough to support higher than 60fps, the readout speed of the sensors is probably the issue of going to higher fps.


The weight reduction in the latest cameras impresses me. We had someone with the older 530 XDCAM camera in the shop last week. Complete with glass and battery that is one hefty beast to lug around. The lower power consumption of the later cameras means lighter batteries and lighter sticks. Total weight saving becomes quite significant, more so if you're in a "GUN!....RUN" situation.

Bob.