Superior Image Rendering with the Leica Dicomar Lens, Plus OIS

• The Leica Dicomar* lens featured in the AG-DVX102BEN incorporates Leica optical technology and know-how. Use of low-dispersion glass reduces colour aberration and increases resolution, while a multi-coating process minimizes flare and ghosting. The results are sharp, crisp, beautifully rendered images with delicate nuances and exceptional shading. The lens system features 15 lens elements in 11 groups, including three aspherical lenses. Panasonic's advanced OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer) drastically cuts the blurring caused by hand shake. Optical processing with an automatic correction function helps assure consistently clear, sharp images.

*Leica and Dicomar are registered trademarks of Leica Microsystems IR GmbH.

High-Sensitivity Slow Shutter (in cumalative) Function.

• The slow shutter function uses image accumulation to enable shutter speeds with frame rates reduced by half or more. You get the ultra high sensitivity needed for night time shooting without illumination, as well as dramatic frame-by-frame or soft focus effects.

25p Shooting - 50i Recording

• The 25p images are split into two frames and recorded onto tape in the standard 50i TV format. They can be played back with an ordinary DV VTR and TV monitor and edited with a DV system. With 25p mode and cine-like gamma, the AG-DVX102BEN lets you produce video images that closely replicate film images, with a depth not previously possible.

470,000-Pixel, 3CCD Image System Provides F11 Sensitivity for Superior Image Quality

• Panasonic designed the AG-DVX102BEN to deliver the highest sensitivity and picture quality in its class. At its heart is a 3CCD RGB system comprising three 1/3-inch, 470,000-pixel progressive CCD's develped especially for broadcast and professional applications. The new on-chip lens design achieves high F11 sensitivity, allowing the AG-DVX102BEN to record in light as dim as below three lux, for example, in nighttime news gathering. Picture quality is outstanding, with a high S/N ratio that means less noise in darker parts of the image and low smear that allows shooting in sunlight or under bright spotlights.

High Image Quality with 12-Bit A/D Conversion

• The AG-DVX102BEN features an A/D converter that uses the same 12-bit processing as broadcast camera-recorders. Precisely digitizing the gradation and colours captured by the progressive CCD, this A/D converter supports gamma switching and other fine downstream image adjustments one of the keys to achieving rich image expression.

RGB Gamma Processor Provides Rich, Cine-Like Tones

• Panasonic has greatly expanded the expressive capability of the DV camera by creating unique gamma functions such as Cine-Like gamma curves, which produce images strikingly similar in tone to film images. For each of the RGB signals, the gamma curve settings are processed immediately upstream from the digital signal processing circuit. This helps achieve outstanding image quality. The AG-DVX102BEN continues with the tradition of the seven gamma curves pioneered with the DVX102A.