Transition to HD production with Sony’s HSC-300 camcorder
At NAB 2009 Sony Electronics introduced a new line of HD studio cameras designed to provide broadcasters a high-quality, yet more accessible entry into HD production.
The new HSC-300 camera is compatible with Sony’s existing large lens adaptors and can be used with triax cable runs of up to 1300m.
It features a 2/3in Power HAD FX CCD with 2.2 million pixels, and is switchable between 1080i and 720P 50/60Hz, with 525i and 625 SD modes available from the camera head and CCU. The camera offers image controls with wide dynamic range and a 14-bit A/D.
The HSC-300 offers a range of automatic features designed to minimize the adjustments necessary during production, including auto iris with multi-zone weighting, auto skin tone detail, auto knee, electronic color correction, focus assist function and hyper gamma.
Its design is consistent with Sony’s HDC-1500 series cameras, so users can share many of the same accessories such as remote control panels and master set-up units. It is compatible with several Sony viewfinders (HDVF-200, HDVF-20A, HDVF-C35W, HDVF-550, HDVF-C730W and HDVF-C950W). The HSC-300 also works with existing Sony build-up kits, allowing several configurations with long lenses and large viewfinders including the HDVF-700A, HDVF-9900 and new OLED HDVF-EL100 viewfinders.
View a video demo of this new, exciting product!
October 24th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
It’s amazing to see the path of Sony over the last 10 years.
As the owner of an HD Production company, Saturnalia Production - http://www.saturnaliaproductions.com/ - I have purchased Sony equipment like the f900 camera during that time and have had extremely few maintenance issues and zero HD workflow issues.
Unlike other manufacturers, they do not release cameras until their HD workflow is in place.
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