Features:
- Sony's first professional handheld HDV camcorder with an interchangeable lens system
- Comes with a 1/3-inch-type 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor system
- Features a Carl Zeiss 12x optical zoom lens
- HDV, DVCAM and DV recording on a miniDV cassette tape; Switchable HD/SD recording and playback
- Includes a 3.2-inch XtraFine LCD viewfinder
Introducing the Sony HVR-Z7U Professional Camcorder, an industry-leading HDV handheld camcorder that features 1/3-inch bayonet joint interchangeable lenses, native progressive recording, and solid-state memory recording. A streamlined nonlinear editing workflow can be achieved using the supplied Memory Recording Unit, which provides HDV/DVCAM/DV file recording on a widely available CompactFlash solid-state memory card. This groundbreaking new camcorder features 1080/24p/30p HDV native progressive recording modes and also includes an HDMI or HD/SD-SDI output. This next-generation system features the HVR-M35U Video Cassette Recorder,which has HD/SD-SDI output. These new solutions enhance the operational versatility of the Sony's professional HDV lineup, and open up a world of possibilities for high-definition digital video production. Whether it’s for documentaries, mainstream news, low-budget movies, music videos, Internet, education, or a wide range of industrial applications, Sony’s new HDV camcorders are ideal.
