Sony PMW-100
XDCAM HD Camcorder

PMW100 incorporates a 1/2.9- type Full HD Exmor CMOS sensor (1920 x 1080) to achieve high resolution, high sensitivity,

low noise, and wide dynamic range. These capabilities are essential to the professional when shooting under severe lighting conditions.

The PMW 100 incorporates 5.4 - 54 mm (equivalent to40 - 400 mm on 35 mm lens) zoom lenses with an Optical SteadyShot™ feature, and – to expand its applications – an optional VCL-HG0737K lens (a 0.7x wide conversion lens). Zoom and focus can be manually controlled with the Lens Control Ring, which includes a selector switch to set the ring for focus or zoom control. There is also an Exposure Control Dial for manual adjustment of camera brightness.

Various functions are provided to help with precise control of focus. These include Color Peaking, MF (Manual Focus) Assist, One-push Auto Focus, Expanded Focus, and the Auto Focus function.

The PMW100 offers a NightShot function, which adopts a built-in Infrared LED. This function helps users to shoot in extremely low light environments without any light sources.

The Picture Profile feature allows you to easily call up customized picture-tonal settings to suit particular shooting conditions, rather than having to readjust the camera each time. Picture Profile data can be saved on SxS™ memory cards, and shared with multiple PMW-100 units.

You can select the best-suited preset gamma curve to handle contrast and give a specific ‘look’ to an image. There are six types of standard gamma curve, and four types of HyperGamma which are identical to those on CineAlta™ cameras.

You can record Full HD video (1920x1080) at up to 50 Mbps using MPEG HD422 compression technology, and enjoy the benefits of proven, high-speed, and intuitive XDCAM HD422 workflow. With the PMW-100, you can also record video in MPEG HD or DVCAM™ format. (Note: Proxy video is not available with the PMW-100.)

By combining the BP-U60 with two optional SBS-64G1A SxS Memory Cards (64-GB SxS-1 cards), you can record continuously for up to four hours. With the high-capacity Lithium-Ion battery BP-U90, you can achieve six hours of continuous operation.

Once activated, the PMW-100 continuously streams audio and video into its internal memory. When you push the REC START button, the content buffered in the camcorder’s memory is recorded onto the memory media at the start of the recording clip. The caching period can be set at up to 15 seconds. This function is useful when shooting a developing situation, such as in news gathering, so as not to miss a critical moment.

By activating the Continuous Recording function, multiple clips can be recorded as a single clip, which makes it easy to ingest the file to a Non Linear Editing (NLE) system.

The SDI connector allows the camcorder to interface with other professional products, and supports down-conversion from HD to SD signals. A domestic-use TV can be used as a monitor with the HDMI connector. The i.LINK™ connector can beused for HDV when SP 1440 (FAT) mode is selected,and for DV when DVCAM (FAT) mode is selected.

The PMW-100 comes equipped with Timecode Input/Output and Genlock Input connectors. These allow you to synchronize the timecode and video with other cameras, enablingeasier multi -camera productions.

The PMW-100 can be connected directly with a PC using the USB inter face. Even wi thout a memory card reader/writer, you can easily ingest shot files from the PMW-100 to PC.