Panasonic AG-HMC80 3MOS AVCCAM HD Shoulder-Mount Camcorder with HD and SD Recording

Panasonic AG-HMC80 3MOS AVCCAM HD Shoulder-Mount Camcorder with HD and SD Recording
Professional videographers and camera operators looking for a solution that combines solid-state DV with HD recording should consider the Panasonic AG-HMC830. The HMC830 professional should-mount camcorder features stunning Full-HD capture at 24fps and 30fps with four professional AVCCAM HD recording modes. The HM830 also comes with a super sharp 12x optical zoom (fixed lens) with a 40.8mm angle of view at its widest point.

Key Features

• Records stunning 1920 x 1080 or 1280 x 720 AVCHD video with high sensitivity
• Four professional AVCCAM HD recording modes
• Supports the following HD formats in PH mode at 60Hz: 1080/60i, 1080/30p, 1080/24pN, 720/60p, 720/30p, 720/24pN; in HA, HG and HE modes, it records in 1080/60i
• User-assignable manual focus ring functions (Focus/Iris/Zoom) for added control
• Two wired remote control terminals (for zoom, focus, iris, REC start/stop controls)
• Lens system captures super sharp images at up to 12x optical zoom
• Features a 40.8mm (35mm lens equivalent) wide-angle setting
• Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) for smooth stable shooting
• Dynamic Range Stretch (DRS), which helps compensate for wide variations in lighting

If you demand super sharp images without degradation and dropouts while still having the flexibility of using a DV workflow; consider the Panasonic HMC830. It’s a great solution whether you’re shooting weddings and events or even sports film, the HMC830 can deliver high-resolution Full-HD in a variety of formats that will fit your needs.

From the Manufacturer

A professional AVCCAM HD shoulder-mount camcorder that features solid state DV as well as HD recording capabilities, making it ideal for customers who desire both formats. The HMC80 with its high-resolution 3-megapixel imager offers multiple AVCCAM recording formats and enhanced professional functions for stable, shoulder-mount shooting.

The HMC80 uses MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 high profile encoding which provides a doubling of bandwidth efficiency and improved video performance over the older MPEG-2 compression based formats (e.g. HDV) so recordings look clean and crisp, even during fast motion, without image degradation or dropouts. The camera offers useful solid-state recording functions including pre-record, interval recording, shot marker and metadata capture. Additional features include waveform monitor display, focus assists such as focus bar display and enlarged display, auto focus with face detection, white balance, mode display, zebra display, color bars, tally lamps, slow smooth zoom and soft landing, slow shutter and synchro-scan shutter functions and three programmable user buttons. A wireless remote is also included.

It can also take 10.6-megapixel still images and store them as standard JPEGs on the solid state card. AVCHD recordings and stills can be directly played back from the SD card on a wide range of low-cost players including Panasonic Blu-ray players, laptop PCs and advanced game consoles. Using just one 32GB SDHC memory card, a user can record three hours of full resolution 1920 x 1080 video and audio in PH mode, four hours at HA mode and 5.3 hours at HG mode. In the HE mode, the camera can record up to 12 hours of 1440 x 1080 HD content on a 32GB SDHC card. Up to 2 hours of DV content can be recorded on a single 32GB SDHC card.