Sep 242013
 

Here are some photos I took of Sony’s new $6500 4K camera, the PXW-Z100

Sony PXW-Z100 4K camcorder features:

- 20x zoom lens
- 1/2.3 inch sensor
- 422 10-bit 4K (4096×2160) or UHD
- 50 or 60P
- up to 600 Mbps (at 60P)
- XAVC format (like the F55)
- XQD cards
- $6500
- will also do HD

I should mention that the 20x zoom range is very impressive.
I look forward to shooting some footage with this camera.

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Sony Z100 recording formats -thefilmbook
The recording formats: up to 4K 50P for $6500

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Sony Z100 output formats -thefilmbook
The ability to output 4K via HDMI is crucial, as it may allow for external recording with better quality than the native XAVC compression.

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Sony Z100 left side -thefilmbook-
The left side has all the controls.

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Sony Z100 left side controls -thefilmbook-
Detail of the left side controls

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Sony Z100 rear -thefilmbook-
The back of the camera

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Sony Z100 rear media slots-thefilmbook-
The SD slot hints at the un-announced possibility of recording HD video for editing simultaneously with the 4K stream.

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Sony FZ-64 GB XQD cards -thefilmbook-
The Z100 will record 4K on to XQD high-speed cards. These 64GB are rated at 180 MBytes/second.

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Sony Z100 rear connectors -thefilmbook-
The HDMI output has 4K, while the SDI BNC below it is limited to 2K

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Sony Z100 right side -thefilmbook-
The right side of the camera has no controls

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Sony Z100 matrix menu -thefilmbook
The ability to import Log curves would be helpful.

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Sony Z100 info on screen -thefilmbook-
The screen information — not including thefilmbook :)

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Alvaro Ortiz from Sony Europe with Sony Z100
My thanks to Alvaro Ortiz from Sony Europe for giving me a great demo of the camera.

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LINKS

Jon Fauer’s report on FDTimes

Alister Chapman’s report on XDCam-Users.com

Studio Daily’s report points out that the Z100 is priced to compete with Black Magic’s new 4K camera, which is $4K without a lens.

Newsshooter.com’s informative video report features Alistair Chapman saying future version will allow you to simultaneously record HD on SD cards, while recording 4K on the XQD

sony.co.uk: Matt Davis’ in-depthreview

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