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Sony DSR-PD170 (DVCAM)
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Planned to attract both of
the ardent and professional consumers. The question is that, is the
DVCAM model deserving the extra cost?
Revealed in 2003, Sony's
DSR-PD170 DVCAM camcorder was especially planned to win the DSR-PD150P.
This model have a place in the center of the company's variety of
pro-standard DVCAM productions and employs the higher-capacity DVCAM
format which Draw advantages from particularly-developed tape to record
a track-pitch of 15 microns. The gain in this track pitch produces a
decrease in recording time. That is why the PD170 is able to record just
40 minutes on a tape that can be utilized to record 1 hour of Mini DV
video recording. The DVCAM format is preferable to Mini-DV by television
broadcasters, since these models present equilibrized XLR audio inputs
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Features
Not just this model
present a Color Bar producer, however it also possesses a Zebra pattern
generator that renders a guide to max out white exposure, beside the
essential power to By hand adjust Time code in both Rec Run and Free Run
modes. The second mode above mentioned, also named as Time of Day mode,
that intends that the time code functions without respite, with the
related time being recorded to tape when it's functioning. This is
especially utilitarian whenever over one camcorder is being operated to
shoot and also where the time code beginning points have been
synchronized.
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We
must not proceed further without discussing the PD170's picture
characteristics. 16:9 wide screens are provided as a substitute to the
usual 4:3 ratio photographing. It should be kept in mind that the
camcorder does not bears Sony's latest broad Charge-coupled devices, but
rather employs anamorphic lens methods to press a 16:9 ratio image into
the 4:3 format footage. Replayed on a Television screen the image will
seem elongated in a vertical direction. When several test video
recording was taken thru Fire Wire into Adobe Premiere Pro, the
resultant picture dimensions were 1024 x 576 pixels.
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As with the VX2100, the PD170 also
possesses Progressive Scan feature, but don't become too happy; while it
mixes the interlaced fields that constitute all PAL frame at 25 fps.
Keep in mind that neither the PS nor varying electronic shutter can be
employed on the wide screen recording mode
We experienced the Guide
Frame characteristic utilitarian. This lies over an orthogonal bordering
box into the middle of the viewfinder and Liquid crystal display frame,
forming it utilitarian for the framing of characteristics. It is also
helpful to access the locations of subjects in frame during shooting
16:9 however where video recording may later be changed into Aspect
Ratio Conversion to replay on 4:3 screens. The cam also possesses a Spot
Light (recognized, as Back Light on other Sony products) that depends on
the exposure in favor of near things when framed against strong
background light. The 2-step ND filter is really utilitarian,
particularly during shooting in brilliant light. It features the set up
of reducing the light level at the same time as preserving picture
quality. Setting no. 1 efficaciously reduces light levels by 1/4; on the
other hand Setting no. 2 offers a reduction of 1/32. A reading of the
mode is showed in the viewfinder. The feature of a Sony VCL-HG0758 0.7x
wide-angle conversion lens is also remarkable. At its most helpful
during operating in confined spacious and the place where not only a
broad field of view is needed but also an more depth of focus is needed.
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