Sony NXCAM -- Announcement Coming November 18th

Sean Woods · November 17th, 2009, 02:35 PM

The PMW-350 was announced last month.

Barry Green · November 17th, 2009, 02:37 PM

The 350 was already introduced. The announcement tomorrow is for something else.
EDIT: too slow...

Ethan Cooper · November 17th, 2009, 02:47 PM

350 with 2/3.5" sensors? You know how Sony likes incremental changes.

Matt Buys · November 17th, 2009, 05:16 PM

With my budget right now, I'm hoping for a really big announcement in the cybershot dept.

Aaron Fowler · November 17th, 2009, 06:10 PM

http://www.sony.jp/professional/News...b20091118.html

http://translate.google.com/translat...n%26safe%3Doff

Horray! It's Here! It's NXCAM!

Paulo Teixeira · November 17th, 2009, 06:24 PM

So I guess Sony doesn't think that AVCHD is strictly a consumer format any longer.

Now all we need is the price. I'm not so sure it'll be nearly as cheep as the HMC150.

There should be a camera test between this, the EX1 and the Panasonic HMC40 in good lighting.

Andrew Stone · November 17th, 2009, 06:41 PM

[Good news for the Z1/Z7 crowd that have been waiting for a "tapeless" replacement.

Chris Barcellos · November 17th, 2009, 06:56 PM

Not a lot of new tech. 1/3 inch chips, same as in Z5, no tape drive, Avchd. Non-interchageble lens in this model. But a lot of frame rates, including 60p for slowmotion potential. The 7D does that too, though at $ 1,700. You would think to be competitive it will come in under in the 3k range... but this is Sony... I am guessing about $ 4200 MSRP.

Dave Blackhurst · November 17th, 2009, 07:09 PM

Um, pretty cool... waaay out of my Christmas tree league... oh well... maybe if they do an "NFX" version for the prosumer!

Since it sounds like a Z5 core, maybe they'll have something like the FX1000 for the new economy class?

And I guess if this was "it", we won't see a GH1/5DMk2/7D competitor... sigh.

Ron Evans · November 17th, 2009, 08:06 PM

Close to what I expected. Wish it had big hard drive and no mention of if the sensors are the 'R" variety like the XR500/520. The price really has to be close to the competition of HMC150.

Ron Evans

Chris Hurd · November 17th, 2009, 08:15 PM

Thread title edited.

Greg Boston · November 17th, 2009, 08:23 PM

Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can say that it has a few other goodies. It's got one heck of a high res view finder. Has image flip capability for those using DOF adapters, over/under crank, etc.

There will be more info coming along, I am going from memory of the powerpoint I saw a month or so back.

-gb-

Ron Evans · November 17th, 2009, 08:38 PM

I have been hanging on to my FX1 hoping that something like this would appear as the image from my XR500 and even the SR11 is very good. With the HMC150 gaining popularity Sony needed to come out with some competing product. The obvious starting point was the Z5 and upgrade the recording section. Can't wait to see if I can afford it!!!! Though they will miss the boat if its too different from the HMC150.

Ron Evans

Rob Katz · November 17th, 2009, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg Boston

Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can say that it has a few other goodies. It's got one heck of a high res view finder. Has image flip capability for those using DOF adapters, over/under crank, etc.

There will be more info coming along, I am going from memory of the powerpoint I saw a month or so back.

-gb-

greg-

interval recording (time lapse)?

thanks in advance

be well

rob

Chris McMahon · November 17th, 2009, 09:12 PM

*wonders how it will do in low light*

November 17th, 2009, 02:47 PM	#33
Ethan Cooper Trustee Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Houma, La. Posts: 1,400 Images: 5	350 with 2/3.5" sensors? You know how Sony likes incremental changes. __________________ ∅ -Ethan Cooper

November 17th, 2009, 06:10 PM	#35
Aaron Fowler Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 129	http://www.sony.jp/professional/News...b20091118.html http://translate.google.com/translat...n%26safe%3Doff Horray! It's Here! It's NXCAM! __________________ Aaron Fowler PMW-EX1 / EOS 60D / EOS 550D / FCS2 / CS4 PP

November 17th, 2009, 06:24 PM	#36
Paulo Teixeira Trustee Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,773	So I guess Sony doesn't think that AVCHD is strictly a consumer format any longer. Now all we need is the price. I'm not so sure it'll be nearly as cheep as the HMC150. There should be a camera test between this, the EX1 and the Panasonic HMC40 in good lighting. __________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/PhotoVi...esEtc/featured https://www.pond5.com/artist/paulot

November 17th, 2009, 06:56 PM	#38
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Not a lot of new tech. 1/3 inch chips, same as in Z5, no tape drive, Avchd. Non-interchageble lens in this model. But a lot of frame rates, including 60p for slowmotion potential. The 7D does that too, though at $ 1,700. You would think to be competitive it will come in under in the 3k range... but this is Sony... I am guessing about $ 4200 MSRP. __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

November 17th, 2009, 08:15 PM	#41
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November 17th, 2009, 02:35 PM	#31
Sean Woods Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 50	The PMW-350 was announced last month.

November 17th, 2009, 02:37 PM	#32
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	The 350 was already introduced. The announcement tomorrow is for something else. EDIT: too slow...

November 17th, 2009, 05:16 PM	#34
Matt Buys Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Asheville NC Posts: 426	With my budget right now, I'm hoping for a really big announcement in the cybershot dept.

November 17th, 2009, 06:41 PM	#37
Andrew Stone Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 975	[Good news for the Z1/Z7 crowd that have been waiting for a "tapeless" replacement.

November 17th, 2009, 07:09 PM	#39
Dave Blackhurst Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Apple Valley CA Posts: 4,874	Um, pretty cool... waaay out of my Christmas tree league... oh well... maybe if they do an "NFX" version for the prosumer! Since it sounds like a Z5 core, maybe they'll have something like the FX1000 for the new economy class? And I guess if this was "it", we won't see a GH1/5DMk2/7D competitor... sigh.

November 17th, 2009, 08:06 PM	#40
Ron Evans Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,220	Close to what I expected. Wish it had big hard drive and no mention of if the sensors are the 'R" variety like the XR500/520. The price really has to be close to the competition of HMC150. Ron Evans

November 17th, 2009, 08:23 PM	#42
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can say that it has a few other goodies. It's got one heck of a high res view finder. Has image flip capability for those using DOF adapters, over/under crank, etc. There will be more info coming along, I am going from memory of the powerpoint I saw a month or so back. -gb-

November 17th, 2009, 08:38 PM	#43
Ron Evans Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,220	I have been hanging on to my FX1 hoping that something like this would appear as the image from my XR500 and even the SR11 is very good. With the HMC150 gaining popularity Sony needed to come out with some competing product. The obvious starting point was the Z5 and upgrade the recording section. Can't wait to see if I can afford it!!!! Though they will miss the boat if its too different from the HMC150. Ron Evans

November 17th, 2009, 09:12 PM	#45
Chris McMahon Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Jose, CA,, USA Posts: 144	wonders how it will do in low light