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High Definition Video System
TM
Sony Digital Camcorder
HDW-750
HDW-750P
HDW-730
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1/2-Inch Platform Advances to Greater Heights 2
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™ Since introducing its first models, Sony has continually enhanced the BETACAM Series of products, each offering the highest possible performance and always preserving a consistent half-inch platform. The excellence of the analog ™ ™ BETACAM /BETACAM SP formats introduced an entirely new set of opportunities ™ to ENG and EFP, while the use of digital processing in the Digital BETACAM , ™ ™ BETACAM SX , and MPEG IMX formats brought standardized 4:2:2 digital recording into both news gathering
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Technical Innovations – Enhance Shooting in the Field The compact and stylish body of the HDW-750/730 contains many technological innovations. They are brought together to enable the creation of some of the most versatile and outstanding in-the-field visual experiences of the new century, while ensuring durability and ease of use for the challenging conditions of field shooting. HAD Sensor Technology The well-established innovations of CCD technology already incorporated in Sony’s HDC-900 Ser
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10-bit A/D and Advanced Digital Signal Processor The HDW-750/730 uses the 10-bit A/D converter and Advanced Digital Signal Processing (ADSP) proven in their predecessor, HDW-700A. They ensure low-power operation and superb picture quality. A 600 % wide dynamic range and excellent tonal reproduction, combine with creative manipulation of picture parameters for “in-camera effects”, which were pioneered by Sony and are now widely accepted among Digital Cinematographers. The well known Memory Stic
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Technical Innovations – Enhance Shooting in the Field Slot-in Wireless Microphone Receiver Turbo Gain (Built-in UHF Synthesizer Receiver Unit) The inherent sensitivity of the HDW-750/730 is high The optional WRR-855A/855B Wireless Microphone enough to capture images under various low light Receiver can be fitted directly to the HDW-750/730 conditions, but in some situations it is necessary to camcorder using a slot-in mechanism that gives a cable image in unusually low light conditions. The Tu
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Technical Innovations – Enhance Shooting in the Field HD SDI Output for Field Monitoring The HDW-750/730 directly provides an HD-SDI output with four channels of embedded digital audio. You can monitor all image capture in the field as high quality HD images without any adapter. Electronic Shutter Extended Clear Scan The electronic shutter helps in capturing clear images The Extended Clear Scan function is particularly useful of fast-moving objects by selectively minimizing when shooting scenes
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Processing Innovations – Enhance Creative Image Capture Menu-driven set up that enables creative image making in the studio or field has been widely accepted. To help this creative process, we have made it very easy to customize the settings of many image parameters, and then digitally save these settings. A simple and intuitive menu driven set up has freed camera adjustments from being a purely engineering exercise into a uniquely creative process. Various setup parameters can be stored and
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Colorimetry The HDW-750/730 produces pictures with astonishing color reproduction capability and offers controls that offer further creative color manipulation. Multi Matrix Multi Matrix offers unique possibilities for creative control by allowing selective color enhancement or alteration. It allows a particular color to be selected and its hue changed over a range of approximately 22.5 degrees. The level of saturation can also be modified. This control allows very interesting “in camera” effect
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Contrast Range The HDW-750/730 can handle a very wide contrast range. A number of useful features are readily available to aid the operator to more precisely reproduce any given scene. Creative possibilities are offered by modifying “gamma settings”, offering a great advantage to achieving a desired ‘look’. Selectable Gamma Curves A vital factor in achieving an appropriate contrast range is the gamma curve. Gamma determines the transfer characteristic of a normal exposed scene. For Sony’s dig
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Processing Innovations – Enhance Creative Image Capture Highlight Handling Sony Advanced TruEye™ processing allows much improved highlight handling, with faithful color reproduction. Adaptive Highlight Control (Auto Knee mode) The Sony ADSP system intelligently monitors the brightness of all areas of the picture and automatically adapts the knee point/slope for optimum reproduction within given areas of the scene area. A typical example is the ability to shoot an interior scene which includes a
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Processing Innovations – Enhance Creative Image Capture Definition – Picture Sharpness The new HDW camcorder produces rich pictures having natural sharpness with fine details. Each RGB 2.2-million pixel CCD in combination with wideband digital recording on the 1080-line HD format ensures faithful image capture. The HDW-750/730 facilitates very precise control of picture texture and image enhancement. Triple Skin Tone Detail control the HDW-750/730, correction is not restricted to areas of Skin
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Meta-data Handling Since the early days of film and television, meta- data such as shot number, slate information and other production notes has been used increasingly during the production process. While much of this data has been generated and stored on paper, the use of computers for storage and management of meta-data has grown significantly. However the lack of a unique identifier for each segment of material recorded on the filed tape has made it difficult to link this meta-data to the act
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Meta-data Handling GPS Unit ---- HKDW-704 (Optional) Tele-File™ System Utilizing the Meta-data capability of the HDW-750/730 The Sony Tele-File system stores and recalls various types of camcorder, the HKDW-704 GPS unit has been introduced to production data, such as shot data and shot marks, onto and enhance the ability to store Global Position information in from an optional cassette label with a built-in memory IC. association with the field recorded material. The HKDW-704 The camcorder is eq
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For More Conveniences Remote Control Unit – RM-B750 Picture Cache Board (Optional) The optional HKDW-703 Picture Cache Board provides up to (Optional) seven seconds (HDW-750)/eight seconds (HDW-750CE) of The RM-B750 Remote Control Unit has been designed to loop recording using solid state memory. Thus, when the establish a highly mobile and fully controllable camera sys- REC start button is pressed, everything that happened up to tem in the field by integrating control capability equivalent to s
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For More Conveniences HD-SDI Camera Adapter (Optional) The HDCA-901 Camera Adapter provides an additional two HD-SDI outputs and also enables access to all four audio tracks provided by the HDCAM format. Tracks 1 and 2 are accessed via the AUDIO IN Ch-1/Ch-2 connectors on the camcorder, and tracks 3 and 4 are accessed via the AUDIO IN Ch-3/Ch-4 connectors on the HDCA-901. A 5-pin stereo XLR connector and a headphones output connector (stereo phone jack) are also incorporated. The HDCA-901 can be
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System Configuration Internal light system HKDW-704 WRR-855A/855B (option) (option) (option) HKDW-702 Monitor (option) BKW-401 HKDW-703 (option) (option) MSA-8A/16A/32A/64A BKDW-701 (option) (option) AC-550/550CE HDVF-C750W HD-SDI Monitor, etc HDCA-901 Viewfinder HDVF-20A 2-inch type HD B/W Viewfinder BP-L60A/L90A BP-M50/M100 VCT-14 Battery Chargers AC-DN2B 8-pin BC-M50 (BP-L60A/L90A/M50/M100) RM-B150 RM-B750 Video Cassettes BNC BC-L120 (BP-L60A/L90A) BCT-40HD/22HD Monitor BCT-HD12CL 19
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HDW-750/750P/730 Specifications General HDW-750 HDW-750P HDW-730 Mass Approx. 3.7 kg (8 lb 3 oz): Main Body Approx. 5.4 kg (11 lb 14 oz) (with MIC, VF, BCT-40HD, BP-L60A) Dimensions (WxHxD) 127 x 206 x 308 mm (5 x 8 1/8 x 12 1/4 inch) Power requirement DC 12V + 5.0 V/-1.0 V Power consumption 34 W (with 12 V power supply, REC mode, without VF) 33 W (with 12 V power supply, REC mode, without VF) Operating temperature 0 °C to +40 °C (+32 °F to +104 °F) Storage temperature
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Optional Accessories Sony VCT-14, Sony BVM-D9H5U, Sony VF-508, Sony Memory Stick, Tripod Adapter Color Video Monitor Monitor ENG kit for Sony 9-type MSA-8A/16A/32A/64A monitors Sony AC-DN2B, Sony BP-L60A/L90A, Sony BP-M50/M100, Sony BC-L120, AC Adapter Lithium-ion Battery Ni-MH Battery Battery Charger Sony BKDW-701, Sony BKW-401, Sony BC-M50, Sony RM-B150, Servo Filter Unit Viewfinder Rotation Bracket Battery Charger Remote Control Unit for HDW-750 Sony WRR-855A/855B, Sony WRR-862A/862B, BC
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©2002 Sony Corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without the written permission of Sony is prohibited. Features and specifications subject to change without notice. All non-metric weights and measures are approximate. Sony, HDVS, CineAlta, HDCAM, Digital BETACAM, BETACAM, BETACAM SP, BETACAM SX, MPEG IMX, Memory stick, TruEye, Power HAD and Tele-File are trademarks of Sony. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. 24P is used as a generic name i
