Sony PDW700

The PDW700 camcorder is equipped with three 2/3-inch type CCDs - a newly developed Power HAD FX progressive CCD with 1920 x 1080 effective pixels. Stunning-quality HD images can be captured by this high-resolution CCD in conjunction with the 14-bit A/D converter and advanced digital signal processing incorporated in the camcorder.

• Three 2/3-inch type Power HAD FX CCDs, each with 1920 x 1080 effective pixels
• High-quality four-channel audio recording
• 3.5-inch type* color LCD display
• Compact and lightweight at 4.2kg (without viewfinder, lens, microphone, and battery)
• Dual HD/SD-SDI outputs and composite/HD-Y output
• Pool-feed input (HD/SD-SDI and composite) option
• Ethernet interface
• i.LINK interface
• Compatible with the new DWR-S01D digital wireless microphone receiver, which can be directly mounted in the camcorders slot
• HD recording at up to 50 Mb/s using MPEG HD422 (an MPEG-2 4:2:2P@HL compression technology)
• Support for existing XDCAM HD and XDCAM SD formats
• 1080i and 720P recording
• Dual-layer disc (50 GB, PFD50DLA) and single-layer disc (23.3 GB, PFD23A) support
• Long recording time (at 50 Mb/s) - Approximately 95 minutes on dual-layer disc and 43 minutes on single-layer disc
• Thumbnail operation
• Proxy data and metadata recording
• Built-in up-conversion to HD from SDI input when recording
• HD/SD conversion and cross conversion between 1080 and 720 at the output during playback