Sony shows 3D HD footage at NAB

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April 16, 2007

By Heath McKnight

Sony got down to business by showing 3D HD footage shot on the PACE Pace/Cameron Fusion 3D System, developed by Vince Pace (who was in attendance) and Oscar-winning director James Cameron. We slipped on 3D glasses and watched via Sony’s SXRD 4k projector, amazing 3D footage of NBA stars going crazy on the courts.

After that, Sony made some very interesting announcements as part of their “HD For All: Real Systems. Right Now” campaign. They covered everything from ENG cameras (the HDC-1500—records multiple frame rates at 1080i/p and 720p resolution and the more affordable HDC-1400 which records at 1080i/720p resolution), to projection (the above-mentioned SXRD 4k projector) to XDCAM HD cameras (and media, now dual-layer discs that store 50 gbs of HD footage, or 4.5 hours total) to HDV (no new announcements) to digital cinema solutions (the F23 camera—Band Pro purchased 100 of these monsters) and a little something new in the XDCAM segment.

The XDCAM EX seems to compete directly with the Panasonic HVX200, offering 1080i/p and 720p resolution, multiple frame rates (including the coveted 24p), Slow and Quick Motion and all stored on SxS flash-based PC cards. (That’s S by S, in case you were saying S X S.) The camera promises to have ½” imaging sensors, but there was no indication if it’s CMOS or CCD. The cards, by the way, are 16 gb and hold 1 hour of HD footage, each. Two cards can fit in the camera.