Sony DSR-PD170P manual Camera Features, Recorder Features, Professional Picture Quality You Demand

02 DVCAM FEATURES

Camera Features

The Professional Picture Quality You Demand

3CCD Camera System

The DSR-PD170 incorporates three 1/3-inch type CCDs, each with 380,000 pixels, and the DSR-PD170P incorporates three 1/3-inch type CCDs, each with 450,000 pixels. The 1/3-inch size CCDs contribute to the high sensitivity and high signal-to-noise ratio. These CCDs are capable of interlace scan to acquire moving images and progressive*2 scan to capture still images.

*2 Moving images cannot be acquired in the progressive scan mode.

Advanced HAD™ Technology

Advanced HAD technology reduces fixed pattern noise and vertical smear, thus allowing the camera to achieve a high sensitivity and excellent signal to noise ratio.

Low Light Shooting

The minimum illumination has been improved from 2lx for the DSR-PD150/PD150P to 1lx thanks to the use of an enhanced noise- reduction process.

Optical 12x Zoom Lens

The optical 12x zoom lens*3 allows the DSR-PD170 to maintain picture quality even at high zoom ratios.

*3 Digital zoom of 24x or 48x can also be achieved by the proper menu selection.

Optical Super SteadyShot™ System

The DSR-PD170 employs the Super SteadyShot system, in which horizontal and vertical movements are detected independently by the sensors. The prism system located behind the lens adjusts and optically compensates for unsteady camera handling, while maintaining image quality.

Large 180,000-dot LCD Precision Black & White Viewfinder

The 0.44-inch*4type black and white LCD viewfinder provides 500 lines of horizontal resolution. In addition, a large-sized eyecup is used, and the window size of the magnifier has also been enlarged. This allows easier focusing and more comfortable use of the viewfinder.

*4 Viewable area, measured diagonally

16:9 Widescreen Acquisition Mode

The DSR-PD170 is capable of widescreen 16:9 acquisition image capturing (video only), producing true 16:9 images. This is different from the letterboxing view commonly used in many equivalent models.

Recorder Features

High-Quality Digital Recording for Professionals

DVCAM/DV Selectable Recording

The DSR-PD170 adopts the DVCAM format, which uses 8-bit digital component recording with a 5:1 compression ratio and a sampling rate of 4:1:1 (for 525/60) or 4:2:0 (for 625/50). The unique compression algorithm provides excellent picture quality and superb multi- generation dubbing performance. An audio lock mode synchronizes the audio to the video for professional editing results. Should a longer record time be required, the DSR-PD170 is also capable of recording and playing back DV format signals (SP mode only)*5.

*5 The transition from cut to cut may not be smooth between scenes where the recording format is changed from DV to DVCAM, or vice versa. This is a normal and expected phenomenon.

Audio Dub mode is NOT possible when recorded in DV (SP) format.

2 Ch. XLR Audio Input and

Supplied Directional Microphone

The DSR-PD170 provides two XLR audio input connectors

for connecting professional microphones or for feeding an

external audio source. The input level can be selected from Mic/Line/ Mic Attenuator positions. 48 V microphone power can be supplied. INPUT 1 audio can be recorded on CH1 only, or both CH1 and CH2 audio tracks (selected by switch). One directional microphone is supplied.

16-bit/12-bit PCM Digital Sound and

Audio Dub Capability

The DSR-PD170 records two channels of audio with the 48 kHz/16-bit or 32 kHz/12-bit mode. On a pre-recorded tape with two channels recorded in the 32 kHz/12-bit mode, it can dub an additional two channels through the external microphone input (XLR connectors or RCA pin jacks, DVCAM recorded tape only).

Additional Recorder Features

■16:9 recording mode

■Interval recording function