Are you planning to go in the professional movie business, or you're already a part of it and want to upgrade your gear? Well, it seems that Sony might have a solution for you, since the Japanese company has just unveiled the SRW-9000, which is its first professional camcorder built entirely around the HDCAM SR movie format, used mostly in television, commercial and motion picture production.

According to Sony, this full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution camcorder uses 2/3-inch CCDs with a 14-bit A/D converter and digital signal processing to capture up to 1080/60P images with a high level of detail. In standard configuration, the camcorder is capable of 4:2:2 10-bit recording at 1080/23.98P, 24P, 25P, 29.97P, and 1080/50i/59.94i, but, with a little tweaking, it can also record 4:2:2 1080/50P/59.94P videos.

Besides the basic configuration, users will be able to equip this pro-grade camera with a series of option cards available for additional performance and features. For example, the HKSR-9001 option board adds dual-link HD-SDI outputs and an extra AUX input port, while a picture cache board (HKSR-9002) will allow the camcorder to capture and record images with variable speed (SR Motion capability) from 1 to 60 fps.

Furthermore, with the optional HKSR-9003 RGB 4:4:4 processing board, the camcorder offers full-bandwidth digital 4:4:4 high-definition RGB recording and output capability. The option also offers S-LOG Gamma, which is essentially a “digital negative,” allowing users to flexibly tailor their images during post-production in the same way they would in a film-based workflow.

If you're already seriously considering purchasing such a product for your movie studio (or personal use), you should know that you'll have to wait quite a long time for it, since it will only become available in December, at a price point yet to be announced (but expect it to be a very, very high one).


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