Panasonic Camera-Recorder manual High Image Quality with 12-Bit A/D Conversion

Ultimate Creativity

Image quality that far exceeds anything in its class, plus an evolved 24p/30p progressive function

Superior Image Rendering with the Leica Dicomar™ Lens, Plus OIS

The Leica Dicomar lens featured in the AG-DVX100A incorporates Leica optical technology and know-how. Use of low-dispersion glass reduces color aberration and increases resolution, while a multi-coating process minimizes flare and ghosts. The results are sharp, crisp, beautifully rendered images with delicate nuances and exceptional shading. The lens system features 15 lens elements in 11 groups, including three aspherical lenses. Panasonic's advanced OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer) drastically cuts the blurring caused by hand shake. Optical processing with an automatic correction function helps assure consistently clear, sharp images.

High Image Quality with 12-Bit A/D Conversion

The AG-DVX100A features an A/D converter that uses the same 12-bit processing as broadcast camera-recorders. Precisely digitizing the gradation and colors 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-DVX100A now introduces three new gamma curve settings — Cine-Like-D, Cine-

Like-V, and B.Press — giving you a total of seven to work with.

	NORM
	CINE-LIKE
Output	CINE-LIKE_D
	CINE-LIKE_V
	Input

Optical Image Stabilizer

aspherical lens

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

410,000-Pixel, 3CCD Image System Provides F11 Sensitivity for Superior Image Quality

Panasonic designed the AG-DVX100A 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-DVX100A 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.

Gamma Curve image

CINE-LIKE	Film-like images
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
B.PRESS	Images with even stronger black contrast
NORM	Standard video gamma
HIGH	Bright images with enhanced gradation in dark portions
	and soft contrast

High-Quality, Native Progressive 24p/30p Mode

Choose from three shooting modes: 24p (24 fps, progressive) for images with the look and motion of film movies, 30p (30 fps, progressive), or standard 60i (60 fps, interlace). Thanks to its progressive CCD,

the AG-DVX100A creates native progressive images with outstanding vertical resolution — unlike images produced using conventional electronic interpolation. With its high mobility and low costs,

the AG-DVX100A is the ideal tool for producing indies, shorts, or streaming video.

30p image	60i image
(30 progressive frames per second)	(60 interlace fields per second)