Pro Video: Panasonic is Showing Tape the Way Off-Stage
Panasonic has just released their new professional camcorder, the AG-HMC40. That mouthful of letters and numbers is different from many others in the space in two important aspects: its lightweight design (2.6 pounds) and solid-state recording. What does that mean? It means that filmmakers will get more shooting flexibility with this camera: lightweight means it’s easier to transport and utilize for handheld shots where necessary, and the solid-state recording functions allow for some efficiencies you don’t get with tape. Such functions as:
- Shotmark: Add a mark to the thumbnail image for each clip, you then can sort/play clips with shot marks
- Pre-Rec: This eliminates the just missed it moment. You actually will capture the three seconds *before* you hit the REC button.
- REC check: one-touch checking the end of your most recently recorded clip
- Last clip delete: no need to store a bad footage, delete the last clip with one-touch
- Meta-data recording: allow for easy sorting by stamping data with date, operator, location, title or other data
The camcorder shoots in AVCHD (on a SDHC memory card) which allows for greater pixel count recording than HDV (1920 x 1080 with AVCHD as opposed to 1440 x 1080 with HDV) and the latest H.264 motion image compression (twice the compression of MPEG-2 with HDV). Shooting on a memory card also gives you more durability with this camera. The AG-HMC40’s stated operating range is -13ºF to +185ºF. Now, I am not certain who is going to record inside a convection oven as they warm day-old pizza, but I am sure the option is nice to have.
Along with standard features, a few other enhancements and improvements caught my eye with this camcorder:
Lens and Zoom
The Leica Dicomar lens is a necessity for shooting in this level of HD.
The lens gives you a 40.8mm wide-angle shot; I have not seen a pro
video camcorder this small with that wide a range. The 120x
zoom will get you up close, just remember that it's 12x optical and 10x
digital. Be sure to bear that in mind when going for the uber close-up.
Recording Technology
Panasonic’s AG-HMC40 has 3MOS image sensors to capture full-raster HD
images in each of the primary colors. This means that there is a
dedicated image sensor for red, blue and green. When rendered, you get
a more precise image than a device with 1MOS sensor. You also have the
ability to apply Dynamic Range Stretch (DRS), meaning that each pixel
matches contrast with one another. Images with DRS have superior
gradation for each shade because blocked shadows and blown highlights
are suppressed.
Check out more details about the AG-HMC40 in Amazon’s Pro Video store.
--Brandon Baker
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HD (1920x1080) recording make it worthy to make use of it in film making. Panasonic AG-HMC40 is available in $1750 from amazon which is quite cheap for film makers.
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