Sony PMW500 Camcorder

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3 months warranty

Sony's PMW-500 Solid State Memory Camcorder is a 2/3" shoulder-mount camera that combines the 4:2:2 color space and high 50Mbps bitrate of the PDW-F800 with the SxS media recording of the PMW-350--introducing a lightweight, low power-consumption HD powerhouse to the world of professional broadcasting.

What makes the higher bitrate and wider color space such an advantage? In a

word: elasticity. A straight comparison of 35Mbps/4:2:0 to 50Mbps/4:2:2 footage may reveal few differences to the naked eye, but in post-production--where video images can be subjected to a wide degree of processing, color correction, compression and other digital abuse--it's the more robust PMW-500 images that will come out the other side (i.e., on your TV screen) with their original sparkle intact.

Those original images, of course, will match Sony's highest broadcast standards, having been captured on the same 2/3" 2.2MP full-HD progressive 3CCDs as used in the PDW-F800. Whether recording in 1080i or 720p, HD or SD (optional), undercranked or overcranked, in the studio or in the field, you'll have a bevy of picture and format options to choose from. Add to that the solid-state simplicity of recording to SxS Memory Cards, which can be formatted to record in either UDF or FAT format (using MXF or MP4 file wrappers)--plus all the high-end features you've come to expect in a CineAlta camera--and the PMW-500 is ready to take its place among the ranks of Sony's top video capture devices.

This equipment is located in GB