New Modules FOR JVC's DV5000 Camcorder
February 07, 2003
Wayne, NJ - At a press conference during which several new products were unveiled, JVC Professional Products announced two new production modules that take its three-CCD professional camcorder -the GY-DV5000- to the next level.
The GY-DV5000U and either of its two companion modules – a hard drive and an mpeg encoder reduces the time needed for post-production by creating a clip log automatically in MPEG-4, or video can be digitally recorded in a variety of native linear editing (NLE) formats, the company describes.
New products are scheduled for delivery in May 2003.
The DR-DV5000 records the DV signal onto a user removable, standard 2.5" compact hard disk. An 80G hard drive will deliver over 61/2 hours of digital recording time, offering extraordinary flexibility, particularly when used in the field. Most remarkably, the DR-DV5000 can be pre-configured by the user to record in the native file format of any major non-linear editor (NLE), including: Avid OMF-DV, QuickTime-DV, RawDV, AVI Type 1-DV, AVI Type 2-DV, AVI Type 2C-DV, and Matrox AVI-DV.
In addition, when recording to tape, a user can utilize the DR-DV-5000 for automatic digital back-up recording, eliminating any chance of losing critical footage.
The DR-DV5000 is fully integrated with the GY-5000U, providing extensive status information and plays back through the viewfinder and LCD display. The DR-DV5000 was co-developed by JVC and Focus Enhancements, Inc., Campbell, CA.
Following in the footsteps of the GY-DV300U Streamcorder, the GY-DV5000U encodes MPEG-4 files in real-time using the KA-DV5000U MPEG-4 pack. For traditional production work, the KA-DV5000U boasts a feature called "Scene Capture" which automatically stores a scene log containing an MPEG-4 video clip and the start and end time code locations of each recorded scene on the tape into a CF memory card. Bundled software named Scene Viewer displays the time codes and the MPEG-4 video clips as well as the time codes corresponding to all the scenes recorded on the DV videotape.
The KA-DV5000U has a built-in unicast server for Web streaming. Up to ten clients can connect directly to the camera using a simple Media Player. The KA-DV5000 also has a built-in Web Server that allows controlling the camera, viewing and/or capturing a video stream remotely just using a Navigator. There is no intermediate software necessary to stream, using a direct connection from Windows Media Player.
Using three 1/2-inch CCDs with micro-lenses and spatial offset, the GY-DV5000U offers high-end picture quality with more than 800 lines of horizontal resolution and refined user controls at a fraction of the price of traditional broadcast or studio cameras. The camera quality is made possible by 12-bit analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion and 24-bit digital signal processing.
JVC's 12-bit A/D conversion provides more dynamic range between bright and dark scenes as well as superior gamma correction. As a result, the camera can process 400 percent of the normal video signal and accurately reproduce colors with fine details normally lost on cameras in this price range.
The GY-DV5000U leads the industry in low light performance with a sensitivity of F:13 at 2000 lux. The camera will produce 100 percent video at 0.4 lux.
For more information, visit
http://pro.jvc.com
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