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Sony HVR-Z5E

Features

• 1MP Recording Resolution
• 1/3-inch type 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor System
• Enhanced Functionality via the Technology of "Exmor”
• Sony Newly developed “G” Lens
• 25p HDV Native Progressive Recording Modes
• 25p Progressive Scan Modes

Design and Ergonomics

Weighing 2.2kg without batteries, the HVR-Z5E features a newly designed focus, zoom and iris control function to provide convenient lens operation. The iris ring, located next to the zoom ring as with traditional professional lenses, allows users to adjust exposure with great precision. The zoom function is variable and can be controlled by using the lens barrel ring, the lever at the lens grip or lever on the camera handle. Additionally, once you select the high-speed zoom mode, you can zoom from wide to telephoto 1.5x faster than with the HVR-V1E.

The 3.2-inch type XtraFine LCD ,with approximately 921,000 pixels displays virtually 100% of the recorded picture area at 6500K colour temperature.

The 0.45 inch type XtraFine EVF (Electronic View Finder) has approximately 1,227,000 pixels (852x3[RGB]x480) and has three independent LEDs for Red, Green, and Blue colours. This technology allows users to capture footage with good colour reproduction accuracy and resolution. The EVF has a selectable display mode between Colour or Black and White and displays virtually 100% of the picture area at 6500K colour temperature.

Lens and Audio-Visual quality

The 29.5mm wide-angle "G Lens" (equivalent to 35mm film) on the HVR-Z5E offers a field of view that's ideal for shooting situations ranging from broad landscape shots to conditions where sufficient distance from the subject is difficult to obtain. A 20x optical zoom also enables shooting over a wide zoom range.

Two ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements reduce chromatic aberrations caused by differences in light refraction to minimise colour fringing. The advanced 10-group, 15-element lens structure also includes compound aspheric lenses for images that are crisp and clear even when shooting movies at high zoom ratios.

Advanced optical lens technology makes the most of Sony's 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor to realise sharper images with higher resolution and less noise even when shooting in very low light.

The six-blade iris diaphragm is nearly circular, enabling the creation of extremely beautiful background blur.
The HVR-Z5E features versatile audio input selection with a newly designed high-quality built-in stereo microphone, as well as two XLR audio input channels for professional microphones or connecting to an external-line audio source.

By adjusting the INPUT ASSIGN switch located on the side panel of the HVR-Z5E, you can easily assign the 2 audio input channels to the built-in stereo microphone, external-line audio, or dedicate one channel to each and record them separately or mixed. When assigned to one channel, the built-in stereo microphone acts as a wide-directional monaural microphone.

The high quality ECM-XM1 monaural microphone is a supplied accessory with the HVR-Z5E.

Recording System and Features

The HVR-Z5E can switch between HDV 1080i, DVCAM and standard DV recording, providing the ultimate flexibility to suit your production needs.

The HVR-Z5E is ready for HYBRID operation with the optional HVR-MRC1K Memory Recording Unit. In HYBRID operation you can simultaneously record video footage and audio to tape and to a standard CompactFlash (CF) card. This will allow an operator to shoot HD on tape and CF card, SD on tape and CF card or HD on tape and SD on CF card - depending on their requirements.

Technology Features

Sony’s Exmor technology features the column-parallel Analogue to digital conversion technique, which converts analog signals to digital as soon as they are generated, unlike traditional technology that only has one A/D converter on each chip.
In this way eliminates the influence of external noise, resulting in high-quality digital signals with extremely low noise and significantly enhances shooting in low-light environments.

The ClearVid CMOS processor eradicates picture smear and is less demanding on power consumption, thus delivering longer battery life.

The Smooth Slow Rec function of the HVR-Z5E camcorder enables smooth slow-motion playback of images capturing 4x faster than normal (200 fields/s). In this mode, quad-speed images are captured for three seconds, stored in the built-in buffer memory, and then recorded to tape (in either HDV, DVCAM, or DV format) as slow-motion pictures lasting 12 seconds without audio.

This allows recorded images to be checked immediately in the field. Picture quality is slightly degraded due to high-speed capture, but it's much better than converting standard definition images to slow motion using NLE software.

This function is ideal for sports or nature photography, where the action can be viewed more easily in slow motion, and opens up many creative possibilities.

Connectivity

• 10-pin connector A/V OUT jack
• i.LINK interface (IEEE 1394, 4-pin)
• HDMI connector
• Stereo mini-mini jack (ø2.5 mm)
• Stereo mini-mini jack (ø3.5 mm)

In the Box

• HVR-Z5E Body
• DC 7.2 V battery pack
• DC 8.4 V AC adaptor
• Cables

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