Panasonic AG-DVC62 - Manual (Page 4)

Wide-Angle, High-
Magnification 16x Zoom Lens
The AG-DVC62's 16x optical
zoom lens answers a broad range
of shooting needs, delivering
superb results from 39.5mm wide
angle all the way to 632mm
telephoto (both 35mm lens
equivalents). In wide-angle
performance — critical in
broadcast and other professional
applications — this lens is tops in its class. This new 16x optical
zoom lens system uses low-dispersion glass and aspherical lenses to
reduce colour aberration and boost resolution. Use of a special multi-
coating process dramatically reduces flare and ghosts. The result:
sharp, crisp, beautifully rendered pictures with vivid colours, delicate
nuances, and exceptional shading.
Optical Image Stabilizer Compensates for Hand Shaking
The AG-DVC62's advanced Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS)
compensates for hand shaking that occurs as you shoot. A gyro sensor
detects hand-shake and sends signals to a linear motor, which adjusts
the lens to compensate. Because this process takes place prior to the
CCD image capture (rather than in the downstream electronic
processing), it virtually eliminates any effect of hand-shake on
resolution and screen angle. The OIS can also be helpful when
zooming or shooting in dim lighting.
1/4-Inch, 470,000-Pixel 3CCD Image System:
High Sensitivity, Low Noise
To assure a level of picture quality
suitable for professionals,
the AG-DVC62 uses a 3CCD image
system that delivers the highest
sensitivity in its class. Its high S/N
ratio and extremely low noise (in
darker areas of a picture) combines
with high sensitivity to deliver
excellent image quality even when
shooting indoors under dim
lighting. When shooting in sunlight or under bright spotlights, this
3CCD system offers low smear.
12-bit A/D and RGB Gamma Processor
The AG-DVC62 features an A/D
converter that uses the same 12-bit
processing as broadcast-quality
camera-recorders. This, combined
with an RGB gamma processor
that uses Panasonic's unique
gamma curve function, helps
assure high-image-quality
processing. In fact,
the AG-DVC62's A/D converter
and RGB gamma processor are the same ones used in our popular
AG-DVX100A, which has won acclaim as the industry's highest
image quality DV camera.
A Digital Zoom for Professionals
Engineered for professionals, the AG-DVC62
is equipped with a digital zoom that instantly
magnifies the image by any of five fixed
values — 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x, 5x or 10x.
Use it together with the 16x
optical zoom lens, and you get
super-telephoto magnification
equivalent to a 160x zoom.
Image degradation during the
digital processing is
particularly low in the 1.25x
magnification mode, so you get
superb zoom quality all the way
to 20x.
Movie Simulation Mode
The AG-DVC62 can capture and reproduce images that are strikingly
similar in tone to film images, thanks to Panasonic's unique Cine-Like
gamma curve and a 25-fps frame recording function that
electronically interpolates interlaced images to create frames with no
time differences between fields.* Settings for this mode are preset in
the Movie-Like scene file.
*The resulting images are not the same as native progressive images recorded with a progressive CCD.
High-Sensitivity Slow Shutter
The slow shutter function uses image
accumulation to allow shutter speeds with
frame rates reduced by half or more.
The accumulation method
provides bright-colour images
with less noise than those
captured using conventional
gain-up, so you get the higher
sensitivity needed for
nighttime shooting without
illumination. The slow shutter
function can also be used to obtain movie-like effects.
16:9 Wide Recording
The aspect ratio can be set to either 4:3 or
16:9 to accommodate wide-image recording.
In 16:9 recording, you can select either
letterbox or squeeze mode,
giving you more possibilities in
downstream editing
and playback.
Outstanding Image Quality, Shoulder Mount Reliability, and Digital Recording Functions
Output
NORM
CINE-LIKE
Gamma Curve and Images (conceptual)
x 20 Zoom Image
Wide (x 1)
Image
Slow Shutter Image
Gain Up Image
16:9 Squeeze
4:3
16:9 Letter Box
Optical Image Stabilizer
aspherical lens