NEWARK, N.J.—Panasonic will begin shipping its new AJ-CX4000 4K/HDR shoulder-mount camcorder by the end of December, the company announced today.

With a suggested list price of $25,000, the camera is equipped with a B4 lens mount and can be used with interchangeable lenses. Panasonic is targeting the camera at applications in network news, sports, blue-chip nature films and travel documentaries.

The camera offers many of the features and formats supported by Panasonic’s handheld AG-CX350 camera, the company said. It also shares key imaging features with the company’s AK-UC4000 flagship studio camera.

As with the AK-UC4000, the AJ-CX4000 uses a large 4.4K image sensor to achieve UHD resolution (horizontal, 2,000 TV lines), high sensitivity, low noise and a wide dynamic range, the company said. Another commonality between the cameras is LSSIEL technology, which allows a 2/3-inch lens to be used without an external adapter, with the internal lens designed for large sensors.

The camera supports Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) for high dynamic range (HDR) recording in compliance with BT.2100 and BT.2020 standards. It also offers HLG recording assist functions, including SDR Monitoring Gamma, HDR/SDR Parallel Output, VF/LCD HDR/SDR Selector and eight-mode Gamma selection, Panasonic said.

The camera supports a fast, connected workflow, which includes Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMPS) and Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) for live streaming and NDI|HX for live production. The NDI|HX mode allows video transmission and camera control via IP connection without an external converter.

The camera’s HEVC codec provides for extended recoding of 4K/10-bit video with high image quality while reducing bitrate and storage demands. This file format also supports long file names with up to 20 characters, which makes it easier to manage recorded clips, the company said.

It also supports the MXF P2 file format from broadcasting, enabling AVC-Intra or AVC-LongG HD recording on expressP2 cards, microP2 cards or SDXC memory cards. With 24-bit/48 kHz four-channel digital audio, the camera allows an audio source to be selected for each channel. A LAN terminal with a lock mechanism for IP remote control is provided, the company said.

The camera can be connected to a Panasonic AV-HLC100 Live Production Center. When used together with the production center and the HN/UN PTZ cameras, the camera contributes to an end-to-end live video production as well as web distribution, Panasonic said.

The camera’s standard 12G-SDI output terminal delivers UHD 60p (50p) 10-bit 4:2:2 output. Also provided are XLR audio input (2CH) terminals compatible with +48-V phantom power supply, as well as HDMI OUT, TC IN/TC OUT, GENLOCK IN, USB3.0 (DEVICE) and USB2.0 (HOST, wireless module) terminals.

More information about the camera is available on the company’s website.

NEW YORK—Panasonic will feature a next-generation IP/IT platform, 12G-SDI 4K live switcher and 4K/HDR shoulder-mount camcorder at the 2019 NAB Show New York, Oct. 16-17, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

Targeted for a 2020 launch, the next-generation IP/IT-centric platform is based on an open software architecture. Full resolution and format-independent, the platform allows users to allocate processing power with 100% efficiency and achieve a level of performance not possible with traditional hardware-based products. The platform supports one-frame latency processing, Panasonic said.

It also supports uncompressed processing, uncompressed 4K inputs and baseband as well as IP signals, including SMPTE ST 2110 and NDI, simultaneously. It can be used for remote production as well as being integrated into a full IP-based environment, the company said.

Panasonic has designed a fully customizable GUI interface for the platform that enables users to manage an unlimited number of video layers.

The company’s new AV-UHS500 4K live compact switcher is 12G-SDI-compatible. It is designed for use at broadcast stations and in OB vans, houses of worship and in educational lecture and conference halls.

The switcher, scheduled for a February 2020 release, provides for multiformat 4K/3G/HD switching. It offers an equal number of HD inputs and outputs even when operating in 4K, the company said. Additional optional boards can be added to expand inputs to as many as 16 SDI or eight HDMI inputs. Five keyers are built-in, including two chromakey channels and two channels of picture-in-picture.

The AV-UHS500 also supports up and down conversion, HDR-SDR conversion and ITU-R BT.2020/BT.709 color space conversion.

Panasonic’s new AJ-CX4000 4K/HDR shoulder-mount camcorder, scheduled for a December launch, is a B4 lens mount model supporting interchangeable lens for network news, sports, nature films and travel documentaries.

Equipped with a large-sized 11MP image sensor, the camera enables high-quality 4K recording with 2,000 TV lines of horizontal resolution. Supporting HDR compliant BT.2100 and BT.2020, the camera can be used in a fast, connected workflow, including RTMPS and RTSP for live streaming and NDI/HX for live production.

The camera’s HEVC codec provides for extended recording with 4K/10-bit high image quality while keeping storage requirements under control. The camera can also record with the P2 MXF AVC ULTRA codec onto fast, reliable expressP2 cards, cost-effective microP2 cards or low-cost SDXC memory cards. UHD 60p/50p 10-bit 4:2:2 output via a 12G-SDI output is also possible.

More information is available on the Panasonic website.

See Panasonic at NAB Show New York booth N537.