Main Features - Panasonic AG-DVX100B Setup

Main Features

New CCD Imaging System
Exceptional picture quality, due to a new 1/3 inch, three CCD progressive imaging system
that has 410,000 pixels per chip. This new system was developed specifically for broadcast
and professional applications. These new CCD's are able to record light as low as three
lux, enabling the shooter to record nighttime events in good detail. The picture quality is
outstanding, with a high signal- to- noise ratio and low smear in bright areas.
Newly developed Zoom Lens
The DVX100 uses a Leica Dicomar ™ lens which incorporates the optical technology of
Leica Camera AG. This lens system employs 15 lens elements in 11 groups, including two
aspherical lenses, to render a shaper image. A Leica multicoating process is applied to the
lenses to reduce flare and ghosts. The 10X zoom has been designed to increase the lens'
wide-angle (f=4.5 to 45mm) capabilities. The zoom lens utilizes a cam-driven manual zoom
ring, with quick, nimble manual zooming as well as a multi-speed servo driven zoom rocker
switch, plus a three-speed handle zoom.
Optical Image Stabilizer Compensates for Hand Held Production
Incorporated in the DVX100 is an OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer) that compensates for slight
hand shaking that may occur when shooting handheld.
A gyrosensor detects handshake and sends signals to a linear motor, which adjusts the lens
to compensate. This process takes place prior to the CCD image capture rather than in the
downstream electronic processing, this minimizes any effect of handshake.
World's First DV 24p Mode and Cine-Like Gamma
The DVX100 is the world's first handheld camera designed with video & cinema looks. You
have a choice of three shooting modes, which are selectable, 24p (24 fps progressive) for
images with a movie-like look and motion, 30p (30 fps progressive) or standard 60i (60 fps
interlaced). Images that are captured in 24p mode, Re converted to either 2:3 (24p Mode)
or (24p Advanced) with a 2:3:3:2 pulldown sequence. And recorded onto the video tape in
the standard 60i Video format, which allows for playback on an ordinary DV VCR and TV
monitor and edited on a DV system.
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