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Sony PDW-700: The Swiss Army Knife of HD

   
 
   
 

The Sony PDW-700 is the predecesor of the Sony F800. (Basically, Sony included all the options available for the 700, and rebranded it the F800.) This camera does it all, and most importantly, does it with spectacular images and flexibility of recording formats. This camera records to a rugged and affordable blue-ray disc cartridge, a system that has been field tested by news crews since 2003. A 23gb disc costs just over $20, and can record 44 minutes of XDCAM422. The dual-layer XDCAM disc can double that amount of record time. If you've been using a Sony EX camera for your projects, call me. My 700 can shoot the same XDCAM codecs you're accustomed to, but with a much better image resolution.

  pdw-700  
  Formats:      
 
XDCAM HD 422
XDCAM HD 420
IMX (SD)
DVCAM (SD)
     
 
- 50 Mbps
- 35/25/18 Mbps
- 50/40/30 Mbps
- 25 Mbps
     
 
- 16x9
- 16x9
- 16x9 or 4x3
- 16x9 or 4x3
     
 
- 1080/59.94i
- 1080/59.94i
-525/59.94i
-525/59.94i
     
 
- 1080/29.97P
- 1080/29.97P
- 525/29.97P
- 525/29.97P
     
 
- 1080/23.98P
- 1080/23.98P
- 625/50i (PAL)
- 625/50i (PAL)
     
 
- 1080/50i (PAL)
- 1080/50i (PAL)
- 625/25P
- 625/25P
     
 
- 1080/25P (PAL)
- 1080/25P (PAL)
     
 
- 720/59.94P
- 720/59.94P
     
 
- 720/50P
- 720/50P
     
         
  CineAlta 24P:      
 
Just like the Sony F800, my PDW-700 also includes the CineAlta 24P option. The full HD 1920x1080 pixel 24P images are amazing. This feature in a disc-based camera system is a real asset for the documentary film maker.
     
         
  Workflow:      
 
Tired of hiring a data-wrangler? Waiting for CF, SD or P2 cards to be downloaded before moving on to the next shot? Worried that USB drive might fail before your footage is ingested to your edit suite? I hear that alot from my network clients.The PDW-700 offers a better way to look at your media ingest worklows:
- For those with either XDCAM decks or drive units, the workflow is familiar...grab the discs and head for the airport. The data is already stored on an affordable media which can be archived for decades or reused hundreds of times.
- No XDCAM at home? No problem. I can emulate that media card to USB drive workflow you're already comfortable with, but with a bonus. We don't need to erase the media after the transfer. Just pop in another affordable XDCAM disc and keep rolling. After we transfer the data to USB, the discs stays safe and sound in our office until YOU say to recycle it. Believe me, you'll sleep much easier on the plane ride home.
     
                     
 

     
 
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