SONY PDW 700
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SONY PDW-700 HIRE - CAMCORDER HIRE LONDON UK

Sony's PDW 700 camera hire

The PDW-700 will take XDCAM HD performance to a new level. It will record stunning quality HD images at up to 50Mb/s onto 50GB Dual Layer Professional Discs. The PDW-700 will have three 2/3-inch progressive CCD sensors each with full 1920 x 1080 resolution using newly developed technology. 14 bit A/D conversion, 4:2:2 sampling and recording, and advanced digital signal processing will ensure superb picture quality.

The PDW-700 will also support recording in both 1080 and 720-line formats.The PDW-700 has been designed to increase the appeal of XDCAM HD for applications such as news, European TV drama, documentary and mainstream entertainment programmes that required a high quality look.File-based acquisition onto Professional Disc, with thumbnail and proxy operation will also make the PDW-700 ideal for fast-turnaround news and live applications where speed of production is a critical requirement.

• Three 2/3-inch Power HAD™ FX CCDs for RGB image capture, each with 2.2Mpixel resolution

• Support for existing XDCAM HD and XDCAM SD formats

• 4 channels of digital audio

• Dual-layer Disc (50GB) and Single-layer Disc (23.3GB) support

• 3.5-inch colour LCD

• Thumbnail operation

• Proxy recording and metadata

• Compact and lightweight at 4.2kg (without viewfinder, lens, microphone and battery)

• Dual HD/SD-SDI output and composite/HD-Y output

• Built-in up-conversion to HD from SDI input when recording

• HD/SD conversion and cross conversion between 1080 and 720 at the camcorder output during playback

• Pool-feed input (HD/SD-SDI and composite) option