Panasonic comes to NAB bearing P2 HD goodies
As Apple's keynote no doubt illustrated, NAB is for the most part concerned with one thing: HD video. Panasonic doesn't seem to have missed that point one bit with its slew of announcements, including a good amount of P2 HD products for us flash-memory fanboys to drool over. Panasonic is going to be releasing its 16GB P2 card in May for $900, and promises a 32GB version by the end of the year. If you haven't been tracking with this stuff, P2 is a PCMCIA-based storage format that allows for large amounts of flash memory to be swapped in and out of pro digital video cameras on the fly, perfect for quick turnaround jobs such as news editing. Along with the new cards, Panasonic is announcing the AJ-HPX3000 1080p, five-slot P2 HD camera, for $48k, and the AG-HPX500 four-slot 1080i / 720p camera (pictured) for $14k. Other related products to be released this year include a pair of "specialty cameras," and a portable P2 HD viewer going for $4k.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kadajawi @ Apr 17th 2007 3:37AM
hmm, what makes thes cmeras better than the RED ONE? which seems to be cheaper?
Seth @ Apr 17th 2007 6:41AM
These are built for broadcast, less than film or commercial production.
Darren Wilson @ Apr 17th 2007 6:51AM
I'll take 5 along with 3 Hasselblad dslr's........
Jasenn @ Apr 17th 2007 8:58AM
The 14K flavor of the AG-HPX500 only includes the body and the viewfinder. A more complete package, including Canon or Fujinon Lens, 4x 16GB P2 cards and tripod plate has an MSRP of around 27K-32K. It's selliing online for just over 20K, which is an awesome, awesome deal, considering the camera has HD-SDI output.
GadgetGav @ Apr 17th 2007 9:08AM
"NAB is for the most part concerned with one thing: HD video."
Wow. What insight. Thanks Engadget. I never would have guessed that 'NAB 2007, The World's Largest Electronic Media Show' would mainly be concerned with HD video. This is the National Association of Broadcasters after all.
Why not just report on Panasonic's announcements without having to tie it to Apple or make out like it's a surprise that they talking about HD products..?