470,000-Pixel, 3CCD Image System Provides F11 Sensitivity for Superior Image Quality
Panasonic designed the AG-DVX100B to deliver the highest sensitivity and picture quality in its class. At its heart is a 3CCD RGB system comprising three 1/3-inch, 470,000-pixel progressive CCDs developed especially for broadcast and professional applications. The new on-chip lens design achieves
high F11 sensitivity, allowing the AG-DVX100B to record in light as dim as below three lux, for example, in nighttime news gathering. Picture quality is outstanding, with a high S/N ratio that means less noise in darker parts of the image and low smear that allows shooting in sunlight or under bright spotlights.
High-Sensitivity Slow Shutter (in cumulative) Function
The slow shutter function uses image accumulation to enable shutter speeds with frame rates reduced by half or more. You get the ultra- high sensitivity needed for nighttime shooting without illumination, as well as dramatic frame-by-frame or soft focus effects.
High Image Quality with 12-Bit A/D Conversion
The AG-DVX100B features an A/D converter that uses the same
12-bit processing as broadcast camera-recorders. Precisely digitizing the gradation and colours captured by the progressive CCD,
this A/D converter supports gamma switching and other fine downstream image adjustments — one of the keys to achieving rich image expression.
RGB Gamma Processor Provides Rich, Cine-Like Tones
Panasonic has greatly expanded the expressive capability of the DV camera by creating unique gamma functions such as Cine-Like gamma curves, which produce images strikingly similar in tone to film images. For each of the RGB signals, the gamma curve settings are processed immediately upstream from the digital signal processing circuit. This helps achieve outstanding image quality. The AG-DVX100B continues with the tradition of the seven gamma curves pioneered with the DVX100A.
| NORM | | |
| | CINE-LIKE | |
Output | | CINE-LIKE_D | |
CINE-LIKE_V | |
| | Input | |
| Gamma Curve image | |
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CINE-LIKE | Film-like images |
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CINE-LIKE-D | The Cine-Like mode shifted to prioritize dynamic range |
CINE-LIKE-V | The Cine-Like mode shifted to prioritize contrast |
LOW | | Images with strong black contrast |
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B.PRESS | Images with even stronger black contrast |
NORM | | Standard video gamma |
HIGH | | Bright images with enhanced gradation in dark portions |
| | and soft contrast |
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High-Quality, Native Progressive 25p Mode
The AG-DVX100B provides two shooting modes: 25p (25 fps, progressive) and standard 50i (50 fps, interlace). In 25p mode, the AG-DVX100B gives images and motions a film-like effect — they look very much like the images and motions of conventional 24fps film. Thanks to its progressive CCD, the AG-DVX100B creates native progressive images with outstanding vertical resolution — unlike images produced using conventional electronic interpolation. With its high mobility and low costs, the AG-DVX100B is the ideal tool for producing indies, shorts, or streaming video.
25p image | 50i image |
(25 progressive frames per second) | (50 interlace fields per second) |
25p Shooting — 50i Recording
The 25p images are split into two frames and recorded onto tape in the standard 50i TV format. They can be played back with an ordinary DV VTR and TV monitor and edited with a DV system. With 25p mode and cine-like gamma, the AG-DVX100B lets you produce video images that closely replicate film images, with a depth not previously possible.
• 50i Mode (Normal)
50i (capture) A A' B B' C C' D D' E E'
50i (record) A A' B B' C C' D D' E E'
• 25p Mode (Cine-Like)
25p (capture) A B C D E F
50i (record) A A B B C C D D E E F F
Digital A/V data
IEEE 1394 Interface cable
AG-DVX100B | Non-Linear Editing System |
Improved Colour Reproduction and Advanced Image Adjustments Built-In
•Optimized colour separation optics help provide true-to-life colours •"Enriched" Matrix setting offers more saturated colours •Adjustable V detail level (edge correction in vertical direction),
H/V detail balance, and detail coring (detail noise removal) •Knee point (luminance compression) settings –
Auto, Low, Mid and High
25p Shooting Functions for Professionals
•Focus assist*
•Gain up (+12 dB max.) •Colour bar display and output
*Auto focus in 25p mode requires slightly more focusing time than in 50i mode.
