HDC-1500 Sony HD Color Camera

Multi-format HD Camera

The HDC-1500 is the multi-format HD portable camera that offers a broad choice of interlace And progressive formats, great picture quality, And enhanced operational flexibility. It incorporates a newly developed CCD imager And DSP LSI -- two key devices that allow the HDC-1500 to achieve ultimate picture performance in a variety of scanning modes. The new CCD can accommodate all existing interlace And progressive scan formats ranging from 1080/50i And 1080/59.94i to 1080/24P.(*1) It can also capture stunning 1080/59.94P And 1080/50P images -- as well as deliver highest-possible quality 720/50P And 720/59.94P images.

• Newly developed three 2/3-inch type 2.2-megapixel HD progressive CCD
• High-sensitivity of F10
• Excellent signal-to-noise ratio of 54 dB
• A wide variety of capturing modes -- 1080/50i, 1080/59.94i, 1080/23.98P, 1080/24P, 1080/25P, 1080/29.97P, 1080/50P(*1), 1080/59.94P(*1), 720/50P And 720/59.94P
• High-quality 14-bit A/D conversion
• State-of-the-art DSP LSI
• Ergonomic design
• Compact And lightweight -- weighing approximately 4.5 kg (9 lb 15 oz)
• Optical fiber digital transmission
• Versatile interfaces
• Memory Stick storage of camera setup parameters
• Servo-controlled ND And CC filters
• Choice of two camera control systems
• Digital extender
• Multi matrix
• Triple skin tone detail correction
• Knee saturation
• Low-key saturation
• Selectable gamma table
• Variable black gamma Lens And viewfinder are optional.