New 410,000-Pixel, 3CCD Image System Provides F11 Sensitivity for Superior Image Quality
Panasonic designed the AG-DVX100 to deliver the highest sensitivity and picture quality in its class. At its heart is a 3CCD RGB system comprising three 1/3-inch, 410,000-pixel progressive CCDs developed especially for broadcast and professional applications. The new on-chip lens design achieves high F11 sensitivity, allowing
the AG-DVX100 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.
Wide-Angle/Zoom Lens Answers Professional Needs
Previous handheld video cameras lacked sufficient wide-angle capabilities for professional applications. To make up for this shortcoming, videographers often had to carry a big, heavy wide- angle conversion lens. The AG-DVX100 eliminates this problem with a newly developed zoom lens that also covers the wide-angle range that professionals need most. Extending all the way to 4.5mm (equivalent to 32.5mm on a 35mm lens), the lens captures wide- angle shots for news close-ups, recording in small rooms, and self- recorded interviews. And because there's no need to haul around a wide-angle conversion lens, you get the full benefit of the handheld camera's outstanding mobility.
Superb Image Rendering with the Leica Dicomar™ Lens
The AG-DVX100's Leica Dicomar™ lens incorporates the optical technology of Leica Camera AG, creator of many world-renowned cameras and lenses. This fine lens system employs 15 lens elements in 11 groups, including two aspherical lenses, to render sharp, crisp images with subtle nuances and remarkable shading. A Leica multi- coating process is also applied to the lenses to reduce flare and ghosts. The Leica Dicomar™ lens is manufactured under a quality control process authorized by Leica Camera AG. It meets the strict Leica quality standards for
resolution, contrast and other characteristics.
*Leica is a registered trademark of Leica Microsystems IR GmbH.
Dicomar is a registered trademark of Leica Microsystems IR GmbH.
Highly Reliable DV Mechanism
Panasonic chose a DV mechanism for the AG-DVX100 because of its superior mobility, low running costs, extended recording capability, and easy tape availability. However, for the AG-DVX100 we developed a greatly enhanced, vastly more reliable mechanism than the ones used in home DV cameras and recorders.
To minimize dropout and head clogging, we incorporated the same forward cleaning head and automatic head cleaning function found in DVCPRO models. The sturdy loading system allows quick tape changes.
World's First 24p Mode and Cine-Like Gamma — Handheld Camera for Filmmakers
The AG-DVX100 is the world's first handheld camera designed with cinema specifications. With its superb, film-like picture quality, the AG-DVX100 stands as a revolutionary development for independent filmmakers and anyone who produces short movies or streaming video for online distribution.
•World's First Handheld DV Camera with 24p Shooting Mode* The AG-DVX100 gives you a choice of three shooting modes. Select 24p (24 fps, progressive) for images with a movie film-like look and motion, 30p (30 fps, progressive), or standard 60i (60 fps, interlace). Images captured in 24p mode can be 2:3 pulldown-converted (24p Mode) or 2:3:3:2 pulldown-converted (24p Advance Mode) and recorded onto tape in the standard 60i TV format. They can also be played back using an ordinary DV VTR and TV monitor and edited with a DV system.
*As of September 2002.
*True 24p editing will require a non-linear editing system that is compatible with the 24p Advance Mode and provides reverse conversion from 60i to 24p. Development of such a system is now being planned by a Panasonic manufacturing partner. Use of a non-linear editing system compatible with the 24p Advance Mode pulldown results in less image degradation than 24p Mode, due to digital compression during reverse conversion from 60i to 24p.
• Cine-Like Gamma Curve
The AG-DVX100 lets you select from four gamma curves according to the image tone desired.
CINE-LIKE: | Film-like images |
LOW: | Images with strong black contrast |
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NORM: | Standard video gamma |
HIGH: | Bright images with enhanced gradation in dark portions |
| and soft contrast |
