Sony PXW-Z150 All In One - 1" 4K with 10 bit 4:2:2 HD

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philiplipetz

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http://www.newsshooter.com/2016/02/...nch-sensor-12x-optical-zoom-and-4k-recording/

"Sony have today launched their latest XDCAM professional camcorder. The PXW-Z150 is an all-in-one 4K camera with fixed zoom lens, on the outside looking a lot like a 4K version of the recent NX100 HD camcorder. The sensor is 1-inch and coupled to a 12x optical zoom. It records up to 30P 4K in the professional XAVC Long format at a maximum of 100Mbps (as opposed to XAVC S, used by the a7S). It can also record Full HD in XAVC Long 4:2:2 10-bit at 50Mbps, plus legacy MPEG2HD at 50Mbps and 35Mbps. Slow motion HD shooting at 120 fps is in there too, but not the lower resolution 960fps option of the RX10 II. There are dual SD card slots for recording."



http://www.redsharknews.com/product...50-the-camera-you-should-always-take-with-you

"For a start, it uses Sony’s Stacked Sensor technology. This is quite different from Sony’s previous 1” type camera , the PXW X70, which is itself a very good performer. Stacked Sensor Technology means that all the processing is in a layer that’s parallel to and close by the light-sensing elements. This makes it fast. While it doesn’t mean that you can film bullets slicing through peaches, it does give you a very useful 120 fps in HD resolution (30 fps max in 4K). And there’s very little rolling shutter, unless you do things to deliberately provoke it. These are things that you mostly wouldn’t do in your everyday work as a video maker."


"The pictures were’t particularly cinematic, but that’s not what you’re typically looking for with this type of camera. But what it did give you was some very good “broadcast-like” pictures that I can’t see anyone complaining about. The point is that you can get good, saturated pictures straight out of this camera, without needing complicated log workflows."


No Log S
3 rings
No mechanical zoom
G lens
ND filter
10 bit 4:2:2 HD
HD SDI out, 60FPS max
4K HDMI out
Wifi control
Low res proxies
f2.8-4.5
2x increase in sensor readout
no binning at 4k
at least one model with NTSC to PAL switching world model



$3,595


the following is a picture supposedly of the Z150. However this picture and the pictures at RedShark and NewsShoot show cameras clearly marked with a 18x lens, not 12x. The Sony press release says it is 12X.

Edit: the Sony Professional video below also shows a 18x lens.
 

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Lens mystery solved: From CVP:

To maximise the quality of your images, the Z150 has a stunning optical 12x zoom lens that offers high resolution and contrast across the entirety of the image. Sony’s advanced Clear Image Zoom feature doubles magnification to 18x when shooting in 4K QFHD and 24x in HD, to fully exploit the imaging capabilities of the Z150’s large 1.0 type stacked sensor.
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clearly there is crop in 4K mode.
 
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one inch, aps-c, full frame are the "new" standards in chip sizes.

the footage from the one inch sensor is quite "video-y" but looks like the norm for eng gathering.

perhaps if the sharpness and detail were turned down, the result would be more pleasing.

any idea what the base iso would be on such a camera?

the ability for these one inch sensors to gather in enough light to make quality images is impressive.

be well.

rob
smalltalk.productions
 
The fashion video looks kind of noisy and the lens has quite a bit of barrel distortion. I think this segment looks better on paper than in real life. Imho the lens technology is not quite ready to make these all in one type video cameras out of larger sensors. This camera (just like its 1/3" counterparts) needs a very fast lens to get the best out of sensor, like an f1.6-f2.8. Otherwise they have to up the noise reduction and things get strained. Outdoor usage would be a different story and it probably looks great.
 
I found the NewsShooter comparison to the DVX interesting, because before I read the article, that was my thought as well. It seems like a good competitor, trading sensor size and log for 10bit 4:2:2. And a 1"/S16 sized sensor really isn't anything to sneeze at.

I've got to say, I really do have to marvel at the choices available out there right now. I could see this cam getting picked up by a lot of cable shows.
 
This is about the right size, 4 lbs vs 6 for the DVX200. If it can shoot high quality 120 fps with audio, that would be useful
 
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