Glimpse of worlds 1st professional HD Camera Recorder with Four Thirds optical system

The AG-AF100 is the worlds first professional HD Camera Recorder equipped with the micro Four Thirds optical system used in DSLR’s. It is capable of recording up to 12 hours of video using its two SDXC compatible slots. It offers AVCHD 1080 and 720 video recording in frame rates of 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 or 23.98p with the top two rates interlaced in 1080 mode. The camcorder also features industry-standard HD SDI and XLR connectors.

To top it all off the AG-AF100 is compatible with the company’s line up of Lumix G lenses, filters and adapters for using 35mm lenses which will let you capture a weatlth of film-like images with distinctive lens characteristics like shallow depth of field.

It will be a $6,000 (affordable) rig for professional users and a potential option for semi-professionals with cash in their pocket.

The bitrates are a crucial bit of information that is sadly not given but I think I want one.

Read Panasonic’s latest release info

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