Movie Simulation Mode, Wide Recording | Panasonic AGDVC30E5 guide

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HighOutstanding Image Quality, SensitivityQualityand Wide-Angle Framing — Plus Extra Versatility

Wide-Angle, High-Magnification Leica 16x Zoom Lens

The AG-DVC30's Leica Dicomar 16x optical zoom lens answers a broad range of shooting needs, delivering superb results from 39.5mm wide angle all the way to 632mm telephoto (both 35mm lens equivalents). In wide-angle performance — critical in broadcast and other professional applications — this lens is tops in its class. Behind this outstanding performance are the

advanced optical technologies and expertise that have made Leica Camera AG one of the most respected names in the camera world. This new 16x optical zoom lens system uses low-dispersion glass and aspherical lenses to reduce colour aberration and boost resolution. Use of a special multi-coating process dramatically reduces flare and ghosts. The result: sharp, crisp, beautifully rendered pictures with vivid colours, delicate nuances, and exceptional shading.

Optical Image Stabilizer

Movie Simulation Mode

The AG-DVC30 can capture and reproduce images that are strikingly similar in tone to film images, thanks to Panasonic's unique Cine-Like gamma curve and a 25-fps frame recording function that electronically interpolates interlaced images to create frames with no time differences between fields.* Settings for this mode are preset in the Movie-Like scene file.

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Gamma Curve and Images (conceptual)

*The resulting images are not the same as native progressive images recorded with a progressive CCD.

aspherical lens

*Leica and Dicomar are registered trademarks of Leica Microsystems IR GmbH.

Optical Image Stabilizer Compensates for Hand Shaking

The AG-DVC30's advanced Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) compensates for hand shaking that occurs as you shoot. A gyrosensor detects hand-shake and sends signals to a linear motor, which adjusts the lens to compensate.

Because this process takes place prior to the CCD image capture (rather than in the downstream electronic processing), it virtually eliminates any effect of hand-shake on resolution and screen angle. The OIS can also be helpful when zooming or shooting in dim lighting.

1/4-Inch, 470,000-Pixel 3CCD Image System: High Sensitivity, Low Noise

To assure a level of picture quality suitable for professionals, the AG-DVC30 uses a 3CCD image system that delivers the highest sensitivity in its class. Its high S/N ratio and extremely low noise (in darker areas of a picture) combines with high sensitivity to

High-Sensitivity Slow Shutter

The slow shutter function uses image accumulation to allow shutter speeds with frame rates reduced by half or more. The accumulation method provides bright-colour images with

less noise than those captured using conventional gain-up, so you get the higher sensitivity needed for nighttime shooting without illumination. The slow shutter function can also be used to obtain movie-like effects.

16:9 Wide Recording

The aspect ratio can be set to either 4:3 or 16:9 to accommodate wide-image recording.

In 16:9 recording, you can select either letterbox or squeeze mode, giving you more

possibilities in downstream editing and playback.

Gain Up Image

4:3

deliver excellent image quality even when shooting indoors under dim lighting. When shooting in sunlight or under bright spotlights, this 3CCD system offers low smear.

16:9 Letter Box

16:9 Squeeze

12-bit A/D and RGB Gamma Processor

The AG-DVC30 features an A/D converter that uses the same 12-bit processing as

Zero Lux IR Mode (Super Nighttime Shooting System)

broadcast-quality camera-recorders. This, combined with an RGB gamma processor that uses Panasonic's unique gamma curve function, helps assure high-image-quality processing. In fact, the AG-DVC30's A/D converter and RGB gamma processor are the

same ones used in our popular AG-DVX100B, which has won acclaim as the industry's highest image quality DV camera.

A Digital Zoom for Professionals

Engineered for professionals, the AG-DVC30 is equipped with a digital zoom that instantly magnifies the image by any of

five fixed values — 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x, 5x or 10x. Use it

The AG-DVC30 is the world's first* 3CCD camera-recorder to offer B&W recording in the dark using infrared light. This opens the door to a host of new possibilities in nighttime monitoring, surveillance and news gathering. The built-in infrared light makes it possible to record at a distance of about 5 m*.

*According to Panasonic testing

Date/Time Superimpose Function

*Image of Zero Lux IR Mode and date/time superimpose.

together with the 16x optical zoom lens, and you get super-telephoto magnification

equivalent to a 160x zoom. Image degradation during the digital processing is particularly low in the 1.25x magnification mode, so you get superb zoom quality all the way to 20x.

The AG-DVC30 can superimpose the date and time onto the video signal as you shoot. This is especially useful and in many cases a requirement for depositions, court reporting and surveillance recordings. The date and time cannot be replaced during dubbing or editing operations, as can happen with most other cameras.