New Sony XDCam now in house!

Just took delivery of a new camera for our production arsenal today. The brand new Sony PMW-100 XDCam is now in hand. This great new full HD (can do full 1080 at 50MB/sec) camera will be a great addition to the toolset.

Here are the specs of this new beauty:

The PMW-100 is Sony’s first handheld camcorder supporting the 50 Mbps MPEG HD422 codec. It is a good companion to the PMW-500 XDCAM HD422 shouldermount camera. With its one 1/3″ (actual size: 1/2.9″) Full HD Exmor CMOS sensor (1920×1280), the PMW-100 is able to achieve high resolution, high sensitivity, low noise, and wide dynamic range in a small camera. The PMW-100 can be used for both SD and HD applications. It can be set to record 50 Mbps MPEG HD422 as MXF files on UDF formatted cards just like the PMW-500 memory camcorder or the PDW-700/F800 optical disc based camcorders. Or you can set the camcorder for FAT mode recording to shoot SxS cards which are compabile with the XDCAM EX format made by the PMW-EX1/R or PMW-320/350. For SD applications you can make DVCAM recordings as either MXF files or XDCAM EX compatible files.
Highlights:

Single 1/3-inch Exmor CMOS sensor (actual size: 1/2.9 – inch)
50 Mbps MPEG HD422 recording as MXF files (UDF mode only)
SD Recording and Playback (DVCAM) standard
10x Fixed Zoom Lens (f= 5.4 – 54 mm) (servo/manual switchable)
Two ExpressCard SxS Memory Card Slots
Record up to 4 hours 50 Mbps MPEG HD422 in camcorder using two 64 GB SxS-1A memory cards (must be purchased separately)
UDF (Professional Disc compatible) or FAT (XDCAM EX compatible) file format mode shooting to have similar high res files and workflows with existing Professional Disc and XDCAM EX camcorders
NightShot Function
Low power consumption
Compact and lightweight at under 4 lbs

16:9, 3.5 inch color LCD
Slow & Quick motion
Focus Magnification for focus assistance
Slow Shutter Function
Shutter Angle Settings
Picture Cache Recording
High-quality four-channel audio recording
HD/SD-SDI output and composite/HD-Y output
USB interface for connecting camcorder as card reader
Six Standard Gamma settings and Four HyperGama Settings