Panasonic P2 Series manual P2 Products Help Protect Environment

Get ready to take a leap beyond the conventional, a leap beyond today's limits. Get ready for Panasonic's DVCPRO P2 Series equipment.

At the heart of the P2 Series is the innovative P2 (Professional Plug-in) card. This solid-state card is neither tape nor disc and requires no moving parts. The P2 card is extremely rugged, and it brings outstanding anti-vibration and anti-shock performance to the P2 camera-recorder. Its high data transfer speed, ruggedness and expandability usher in an entirely new era of mobility.

The P2 records in MXF – a file format whose exceptional PC versatility is transforming the news production workflow. The P2 card mounts directly into the PC card slot on a PC, so you have instant access

for nonlinear editing and for faster data transferring into the network. The P2 is a fusion of the very best of the AV and IT worlds. It goes way beyond today's generation of equipment. The P2 introduces a new era in news acquisition – one in which conventional ENG gives way to a more mobile, reliable and faster IT-based news gathering (ING).

Panasonic has now taken P2 even further with the P2 HD series. Offering HD/SD multi-format capability and multi-codec recording, the new P2 HD cards take you to an era in which HD is fast becoming the mainstream for news gathering and content production.

P2 Products

Help Protect

the Environment

Recyclable Media

A P2 card can be used repeatedly. Simply copy the files on a P2 card to a hard disk drive for nonlinear editing or archiving, and the card is ready to be used again. IT-based broadcast systems do not consume large amounts of media the way tape-based systems do.

Low Power Consumption

The AJ-SPC700 P2 camera-recorder consumes only 17 W when recording

–lowest in its class. This high energy-efficiency is possible only with memory cards, because they require no moving mechanism. Future P2 products will offer this same power-saving advantage.

Less Maintenance

P2 systems have no heads, tape travel mechanisms or other moving parts. This means there are no consumables or other parts to replace regularly, and maintenance frequency is greatly reduced.

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