Panasonic launches three new 4K 60p professional camcorder

The new cameras-in-one HC-X1500, HC-X2000 and AG-CX10, for their lightness and ease of use, are emerging as options to take into account for certain professional uses.

Coinciding with the beginning of the year, and the celebration in Las Vegas de CES 2020, Panasonic He has announced the launch of three new 4K 60p professional camcorder. The new cameras are the HC-X1500, HC-X2000 and AG-CX10 And although the current trend seems to point to S35 models and full frame, these all-in-one cameras are emerging for their lightness and ease of use as options to take into account for certain professional uses.

These new cameras have a MOS Sensor of 1/2.5 (inches) and a Fixed objective F1.8 - 4.0 24x Leica Dicomar. Its usability is guaranteed with Two manual rings (approach and zoom), an ND filter (1/4, 1/16, 1/64, OFF), a incorporated LED light and recording of audio PCM lineal high resolution of 24 bits.

The AG-CX10 It is compatible with the file format P2 MXF Broadcast environments, including AVC-Intra100 y AVC-Intra50 that will arrive at the camera through a future update in the summer of 2020.

The models also have a High precision AFN and the ability to work at 4: 2: 2 10-bit of internal recording using the HEVC codec with several recording formats. Also for coverage in live events, your Wi-Fi integer It allows distributing events in high definition streaming from the camera itself. At the same time the use of NDI protocol | HX, offers a high degree of connectivity as a live camera in IP configuration environments.

The integrated objective offers a 24x optical zoom that goes from a large angle of 25mm to a 600mm teleobjective while incorporating the function of “detection of AF/AE faces” facilitating the approach. The I.zoom reaches 32x in a 4K resolution, and 48x in FHD. The 4 album lens system promotes the four lens groups independently.

Design

One of the aspects that Panasonic has most cared for in the design of these new cameras in their refrigeration since it has a new development fan that has allowed such a small and light unit with integrated lens to be able to record 4K 60P. The fan introduces fresh air from the rear of the body scattering it efficiently to the front. In addition, you are using technology Venus Engine, the same one that uses in the development of its popular Lumix and that allows an internal recording of 4: 2: 2 of 10 bits with a maximum of 29.97p in UHD and up to 59.94p in FHD.

When configured for 10 -bit recording, cameras can capture 4K 60p 4: 2: 2 10 bits through HDMI. The HEVC recording (Longgop/10-bit 4: 2: 0/MOV) is also compatible with the recording of 59.97p at a 200 Mbps bit rate. Regarding the file formats, in addition to MOV, MP4 y AVCHD, the AG-CX10 also supports P2 MXF For Broadcast applications. The AVC-INTRA100/50 codec support is planned for the future. The recording of all P2 formats requires a microp2 card.

In FHD mode, it is possible Slow camera recording at 120 fps (for 59.94 Hz)/100 fps (for 50 Hz). 10 bits recording is admitted, and complete frame images are obtained with the image of the image without trimming, even at high frame speeds.