White Paper 034 Addendum 58: Tests and Settings on a Sony HDC-P1

Alan Roberts

Abstract

Data for this section is taken from the handbook and examination of a production model (serial number 100197) of the Sony HDC-P1. It is a box-camera, with neither separate control unit nor viewfinder. It has 3 CCD sensors of 1920x1080 pixel dimensions, and can operate at 1080 interlaced or 720 progressive, at both 50 and 59.94Hz. Output is via two HDSDI connections, plus another for SD output via a down-converter.

The unit is medium sized (212x130x86mm excluding the lens), standard B4 mount with F/1.4 optical block, and weighs about 1.7kg. The specification claims sensitivity of F/11, which is normal for this image size and resolution. Apart from its casing, it appears to be very similar to other full-resolution Sony cameras in the broadcast range.

It has two filter wheels, neutrals and colour-corrections, and consumes about 24 watts at 12 volts. Genlock and remote control connectors indicate that it can be integrated into multi-camera production with few problems. There is also automatic correction for chromatic aberration, when used with specific lenses, this was not tested.

There are internal menus for setting the performance, with a structure very similar to that in the HDCAM camcorders. The menus can be accessed directly from the camera head, such that it can then be used without any external controls, or via a remote control, or via an Ethernet connection.

For the test procedures a Canon HJ17ex7.6B lens was used.

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