Panasonic showed two new cameras at NAB: The HPX 600, a $16,000 10-bit 4:2:2 shoulder mount camera available this Fall and a pie-in-the-sky 4K VariCam that maybe will be here in 2014.
But I wouldn't rush out and buy this "future proof" HPX 600 this year. The big news at Panasonic wasn't cameras but codecs and how to record them.
Panasonic is touting the new AVC Ultra codec. This codec contains two familiar classes, Class 50 (50Mbps) and Class 100 (100Mbps) and the Class 50 now can support 1080/60P. The is also a two new classes, Class 200 (200Mbps) and Class 444, known as AVC Intra444, which will be a 12 bit codec geared toward both 2K and 4K recording.
The HPX600 will have the option of AVC Ultra in 2013. And in 2013 Panasonic is also coming out with new SD card sized Micro P2 cards in both 32 and 64GB versions. Don't expect to record 4K to these but maybe up to Class 200.
Also pictured is a Micro P2 adapter so you can use SD cards in an emergency.
But I wouldn't rush out and buy this "future proof" HPX 600 this year. The big news at Panasonic wasn't cameras but codecs and how to record them.
Also pictured is a Micro P2 adapter so you can use SD cards in an emergency.
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