Highlights
- Three 2/3-inch-type Power HAD™ FX CCDs, each with 1920 x
- 1080 effective pixels
- MPEG HD422 codec: HD 1920 x 1080 and 1280 x 720 recording
- Wide choice of recording modes: including 23.98P format
- recording and playback as standard
- Built-in up-/down-conversion (HD/SD) and cross-conversion
- (1080/720) system
- Dual-layer (50GB, PFD50DLA) and single-layer
- (23.3GB, PFD23A) Professional Disc media support
- FTP client capability: allows file transfer via Ethernet without a PC
Manufacturer's Description
The PDW-F800 camcorder offers multi-format recording flexibility as standard - including SD recording and a frame rate of 23.98P in 1080 mode. It is equipped with three 2/3-inch type CCDs and a “Power HAD FX” progressive CCD with 1920 x 1080 effective pixels. Stunning-quality HD images can be captured by this high-resolution CCD and advanced digital signal.On top of the exceptional technology, the PDW-F800 offers very high quality HD recording at a data rate of up to 50Mbps using the MPEG-2 4:2:2P@HL compression. It also provides multi-format recording flexibility including 1080i, 720P and SD, which comes with HD/SD conversion and cross conversion between 1080i and 720P. With features such as Slow & Quick Motion (over-crank and under-crank recording) make the PDW-F800 ideal for cinema and TV drama productions, as wel as ENG applications. The Sony XDCAM HD422 series of Optical Disc products have 7 years "Powertrain" Warranty for its laser block. This "Powertrain" Warranty is unprecedented for Sony and demonstrates the confidence Sony has in its XDCAM products.
