Superb Full-HD Image Quality
ASmall Camcorder That's Packed with Image-enhancing Technologies 3MOS System with Full-HD Sampling and Pro Tuning
Sharp, Crisp Rendering of Every Subject
New Leica Dicomar Lens
Featuring 13 elements in 10 groups, the newly developed Leica Dicomar lens is ideal for full-HD recording. The new lens system uses low-dispersion glass and aspherical lenses to reduce color 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 colors, delicate nuances, and exceptional shading. This advanced lens also lets you
Highly Nuanced Image Expression
3.05-megapixel Progressive 3MOS Sensors
The progressive 3MOS image sensors record full-HD images with an effective motion-picture resolution of 2.51-megapixel (approx.). This produces full-raster HD images with high resolution and superb image quality. Because each of the three separate image sensors receives one of the three primary colors of light (red, green and blue), they render more precise images and more faithful colors than the single light-receiving 1MOS sensor.
High-quality Digital Stills
Still Shots with 10.6-megapixel Resolution (approx.)
The new 3MOS sensors also combine with Panasonic's proprietary Quad-Density Pixel Distribution technology to achieve a resolution that is equivalent to 4 times the normal level. The AG-HMC40 captures still images with approx. 10.6-megapixel
Highly Detailed Image Composition
Advanced Pro Tuning Functions
•Matrix settings
Lets you choose basic color hues that convey the desired overall image mood.
capture 40.8mm wide-angle shots (35mm lens equivalent) - unusual for such a compact unit.
HD Lens Unit (13 Elements in 10 Groups)
Low-dispersion Glass | Highly Refractive Lens |
Reduces color aberration to | Makes it possible to fit a 12x optical zoom |
produce clear images. | in a compact unit. |
What's the 3MOS System?
1MOS
Light
RGB filter
Image sensor
Light of any color other than the filter color is absorbed.
3MOS Light
Prism
Image sensor
The 3MOS system offers three times the light utilization of a 1MOS system.
resolution (in still image mode, 3:2 aspect ratio), which approaches the level of a
Image with still shotshigh-performance digital still camera.
For example, you can use it to shoot both motion and still images for a website.
*The AG-HMC40 is not equipped with a flash function. The digital zoom cannot be used.
| Matrix settings |
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NORM1 | For colors suited to shooting outdoors or under halogen lights. |
NORM2 | For colors more vivid than NORM1. |
FLUO | For colors suited to shooting indoors under fluorescent lights. |
CINE-LIKE | To reproduce colors similar to those in movies. |
Multi-coated Lens |
Surfaces |
Reduces flare and ghosts. |
Aspherical Lenses |
Enhances resolution and contrast. |
Up to 120x Zoom Power
12x Optical Zoom and 10x Digital Zoom
Even at the 490mm zoom setting (35mm lens equivalent), this advanced
12x optical zoom lens is free of image degradation. And the AG-HMC40 is also equipped with a digital zoom that instantly magnifies the image by any of three fixed values. 2x, 5x or 10x. Use it together with the 12x optical zoom lens, and you get super magnification equivalent to a 120x zoom, without the drop in light intensity that happens when using a lens extender.
*The image quality decreases as the digital zoom magnification increases.
Image with Wide-angleImage with 12x optical zoom Image with 12x optical zoom x 10x digital zoom (120x)
Take Clear Shots While Walking or Zooming Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS)
Because the hand-shake correction is done by actually driving the lens, there's none of the image degradation that occurs with electronic stabilization. You can capture beautiful, high-quality shots even in situations where hand-shake is typically a big problem - such as when zooming, shooting indoors in dim lighting, or shooting outdoors at night.
*Hand-shake from strong vibrations may remain. Also, visible differences may be slight under some conditions.
3MOS (metal-oxide semiconductor) image sensors process the three primary colors of light (red, green and blue).
Suppresses Blocked Shadows and Blown Highlights
Dynamic Range Stretch (DRS)
A gamma curve and knee slope are estimated to match the contrast of each pixel, and applied in real time. When dark, bright, and intermediate shades are all contained in the same scene, this produces excellent gradation for each shade and minimizes blocked shadows and blown highlights.
The images that result are enhanced by a visually wider dynamic range.
Images with the Dynamic Range Stretch (DRS) Effect
Image with DRS OFF | Image with DRS ON |
•Knee point settings
Controls the highlights within the frame. (AUTO/LOW/MID/HIGH)
•Adjustable H detail level, V detail level, detail coring and skin detail
Corrects edges and removes image noise.
•Adjustable chroma level, chroma phase, color temp and master pedestal
Sets the basic levels for brightness and other signals.
•Two scene files
The AG-HMC40 can save two sets of camera settings as scene files for instant recall later in similar shooting conditions.
Cine-like Gamma Curves
7-mode Gamma for Richer Gradation
Drawing on technologies developed for the VariCam HD camcorders for digital cinema, Panasonic has equipped the AG-HMC40 with advanced gamma functions that address seven different shooting scenarios and enhance your creative abilities. This includes the cine-like gamma, which produces the characteristic warm tone of film recordings.
Image with VIDEO GAMMAImage with CINE-LIKE GAMMA
AG-HMC40 Gamma Modes
