PDW-700 Sony Professional Disc Camcorder

XDCAM HD422 Camcorder

* HD 1920 x 1080 And 1280 x 720(*1) recording using the MPEG HD422 mode (MPEG-2 4:2:2P@HL compression technology)

* Variety of recording modes: HD (MPEG HD422 And MPEG HD(*1)) And SD(*2) (MPEG IMX And DVCAM)

* 2/3-inch-type three HD Power HAD FX CCDs

* 14-bit A/D conversion

* High-quality four-channel 24-bit audio recording (MPEG HD422 mode)

* Supports various recording formats - 1080: 59.94i, 50i, 29.97P(*1) And 25P, 720(*1): 59.94P And 50P, SD(*2): NTSC And PAL

* Switchable HD-SDI/SD-SDI output, HD Y/SD analog composite output

* Can use the PFD50DLA dual-layer disc And the PFD23A single-layer disc

* Long recording time: 95 minutes in MPEG HD422 50 Mb/s

* Optional viewfinders - the HDVF-20A And HDVF-200 2.0-inch(*3) monochrome viewfinders And the HDVF-C35W 3.5-inch(*3) color viewfinder - are available

* Can accomodate the optional DWR-S01D(*4) digital wireless microphone receiver or WRR-855 series microphone receiver

* Shock- And dust-resistant disc drive

* 3.5-inch(*3)-type color LCD screen

* Picture cache recording

* Live & Play function

* DVB-ASI video stream output(*5)

* Built-in optical filters And electrical CC filters

* Pool-feed operation(*6)

* Trigger REC function(*7)

* Thumbnail Search

* ExpAnd function

* Scene Selection

* Proxy (low-resolution AV) Data recording

* Metadata recording

* Intelligent light system

* Auto Tracing White Balance (ATW) capability

* "Memory Stick", "Memory Stick Pro" And "Memory Stick Pro Duo" can be used to store camera setup parameters

* Camera control from RM-B150/B750

* Compact And lightweight: approx. 6.0 kg(*8)

(*1)Requires a software upgrade planned to be available in autumn 2008. Following functions will also be available by the autumn 2008 software upgrade - Interval Recording, Slow Shutter, Freeze Mix, Digital Extender And Focus Magnification. (*2)Requires the optional CBKZ-MD01 software planned to be available in autumn 2008. (*3)Viewable area measured diagonally. (*4)This product may not be available in some areas. (*5)Requires optional HDCA-702 planned to be available in summer 2008. (*6)Requires the optional CBK-HD01 for HD/SD-SDI inputs or CBK-SC02 for SD composite input. (*7)With PDW-HD1500, PDW-F75 XDCAM decks or HDCAM portable decks. (*8)Including HDVF-20A VF, ECM-680S mic, PFD50DLA disc And PB-GL95 battery

Lens, microphone, microphone receiver, viewfinder And battery are optional.