Sony PMW400 shoulder mounted XDCam
All I've got comes from twitter so far...
Sony Professional US @SonyProUSA The newest entry to the #XDCAM line is the PMW-400 #SonyNAB pic.twitter.com/KdEXZWs67L |
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Thanks Jim!
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So still no PMW-300 to replace the EX3? Surely it must be the next one on Sony's list.
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Good that XAVC is an option, bad that it's only up to 30p.
I wouldn't be surprised to see the next smaller form factor cam to include XAVC S and XDCAM HD422. |
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Hear any cost? Lens included? Could this be the upgrade to the PMW-350?
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Considering how popular the EX3 has been & the release of all the 4:2:2 XDCams, I am surprised we don't have a 4:2:2 EX3 by now. The EX3 was announced 5 years ago at NAB.
The EX1 was replaced by the EX1R after 2 years. Then the EX1R was replaced by the PMW200 after another 3 years. Yes, the EX3 update is very overdue... Does Sony knows something we don't & has given up on the EX3. Hell, Canon hasn't updated the XH-L1 with their XF codec. Think how popular the XL1 series was. Maybe the semi-shoulder mount market is dead? |
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Is there any difference between the PMW400 and the older PMW500?
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If I remember right, then the PMW350 was followed by the PMW320 - basically the same, but the PMW320 had 1/2" chips, not 2/3". (And is a lot cheaper!)
So can we expect a 50Mbs (and XAVC?) version of the PMW320 before long? I'd like to think so, and maybe such could be the answer to both the EX3 and PMW320 upgrades? |
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My only doubt to this would be, why wouldn't they announce it for NAB?
A 1/2" interchangeable lens shoulder-mount 4:2:2 XDCam seems like such an easy decision & seems long overdue compared to the update history of the EX1. So I feel like Sony has some market research, or limited R&D resources, or something that is preventing this. But still, look at the popularity of the EX3. Look at the popularity of 4:2:2 XDCam. Put the two together. PMW200 uses the same chips & same lens, so Sony doesn't need to do something from the ground up, just a refresh on a good performer. --- What is a little more of a stretch, but what I would love to see is an update to the Z7U. Either XDCam 4:2:2 or NXCam. It would be the only handheld 1/3" interchangeable lens tapeless camera on the market. And a nice compliment / competition to the JVC HM700 series & Panasonic HPX300 series cameras. |
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Match XDCAM422 with the PMW320 and the result then becomes the obvious choice in the budget true shouldermount range. As for why it hasn't happened before, I can only guess that they were protecting their higher range. But with XDCAM422 in lower cameras (PMW100/150/200) AND in the PMW400, it seems inconceivable the same won't happen in a PMW320 revamp. I'm surprised it hasn't happened earlier..... |
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Doug Jensen's video on the PMW400
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