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Superb Full-HD Image Quality
A Wealth of High image quality Functions for the Age of Full-HD
Precise Tuning Lets You Express Images Exactly as You Intend
Sharp, Crisp Rendering of Every Subject
New HD Lens
The progressive 3MOS image sensors record Full-HD images with a total,
3.05-megapixel (approx.) resolution [effective motion-image resolution of
2.51 megapixels (approx.)]. This produces full-raster HD images with high
resolution and superb image quality. Because each of the three separate
image sensors receives one of the three primary colors of light (red, green
and blue), they render more precise images and more faithful colors than
the single light-receiving 1MOS sensor.
Highly Nuanced Image Expression
3.05-megapixel Progressive 3MOS Sensors
The new 3MOS sensors also combine with Panasonic's proprietary
Quad-Density Pixel Distribution technology to achieve a resolution that is
equivalent to 4 times the normal level. The AG-HMC80 captures still
images with approx. 10.6-megapixel resolution (in still image mode, 3:2
aspect ratio), which approaches the level of a high-performance digital
still camera. For example, you can use it to shoot both motion and still
images for a website.
High-quality Digital Stills
Still Shots with 10.6-megapixel Resolution
(approx.)
Drawing on technologies developed for the VARICAM HD camera
recorder for digital cinema, Panasonic has equipped the AG-HMC80 with
advanced gamma functions that address seven different shooting
scenarios and enhance your creative abilities. This includes the cine-like
gamma, which produces the characteristic warm tone of film recordings.
Cine-like Gamma Curves
7-mode Gamma for Richer Gradation
Highly Detailed Image Composition
Advanced Pro Tuning Functions
A gamma curve and knee slope are estimated to match the contrast of each
pixel, and applied in real time. When dark, bright, and intermediate shades
are all contained in the same scene, this produces excellent gradation for
each shade and minimizes blocked shadows and blown highlights. The
images that result are enhanced by a visually wider dynamic range.
Suppresses Blocked Shadows and Blown Highlights
Dynamic Range Stretch (DRS)
Even at the 490mm zoom setting (35mm lens equivalent), this advanced
12x optical zoom lens is free of image degradation. And the AG-HMC80
is also equipped with a digital zoom that instantly magnifies the image by
any of three fixed values: 2x, 5x or 10x. Use it together with the 12x
optical zoom lens, and you get super magnification equivalent to a 120x
zoom, without the drop in light intensity that happens when using a lens
extender.
Up to 120x Zoom Power
12x Optical Zoom and 10x Digital Zoom
Image with OIS OFF
Image with OIS ON
Image with wide-angle
Image with a 12x
optical zoom
Image with a 12x optical zoom x
10x digital zoom (120x)
* The image quality decreases as the digital zoom magnification increases.
* The AG-HMC80 is not equipped with a flash function. The digital zoom cannot be used.
* Still shot is not available in DV mode.
* Hand-shake from strong vibrations may remain. Also, visible differences may be slight
under some conditions.
Because the hand-shake correction is done by actually driving the lens,
there's none of the image degradation that occurs with electronic
stabilization. You can capture beautiful, high-quality shots even in
situations where hand-shake is typically a big problem - such as when
zooming, shooting indoors in dim lighting, or shooting outdoors at night.
Take Clear Shots While Walking or Zooming
Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS)
HD Lens Unit (13 Elements in 10 Groups)
Highly Refractive Lens
Makes it possible to fit a
12x optical zoom.
Aspherical Lenses
Enhances resolution and contrast.
Multi-coated Lens
Surfaces
Reduces flare and ghosts.
Low-dispersion Glass
Reduces color aberration to
produce clear images.
What's the 3MOS System?
Prism
Light
Light
Light of any color other than
the filter color is absorbed.
The 3MOS system offers three times
the light utilization of a 1MOS system.
Image
sensor
3
MOS
(metal-oxide semiconductor)
image sensors process the three primary colors of light (red, green and blue).
3MOS
RGB filter
Image sensor
1MOS
Blocked shadows
are suppressed.
Blown highlights
are suppressed.
Image with DRS OFF
Image with DRS ON
Images with the Dynamic Range Stretch (DRS) Effect
NORM1
For colors suited to shooting outdoors or under halogen lights
NORM2
For colors more vivid than NORM1
FLUO
For colors suited to shooting indoors under fluorescent lights
CINE-LIKE
To reproduce colors similar to those in movies
Lets you choose basic color hues that convey the desired overall
image mood.
•
Matrix settings
Controls the highlights within the frame. (AUTO/LOW/MID/HIGH)
•
Knee point settings
Corrects edges and removes image noise.
•
Adjustable H detail level, V detail level,
detail coring and skin detail
Sets the basic levels for brightness and other
signals.
•
Adjustable chroma level, chroma phase,
color temp and master pedestal
The AG-HMC80 can save two sets of camera
settings as scene files for instant recall later in
similar shooting conditions.
•
Two scene files
Image with VIDEO GAMMA
Image with CINE-LIKE GAMMA
HD NORM
Suitable for HD recording
LOW
Works to flatten out a high contrast scene
SD NORM
Normal setting for SD (This was available in the DVX100 series.)
HIGH
Expands the tone of dark parts and makes a brighter image. The contrast softens.
B.PRESS
Makes the contrast sharper than LOW
CINE-LIKE D
The Cine-like mode shifted to prioritize dynamic range
CINE-LIKE V
The Cine-like mode shifted to prioritize contrast
AG-HMC80 Gamma Modes
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High-quality, Full-HD Image Production
Full
High-Definition
Standard
Definition
Image in
Standard Definition
Image in
Full High-Definition
1080
1920
720
480
Full High-Definition is approx.
6 times the screen resolution of
Standard Definition images.
It displays stunning, high-resolution
images.
Featuring 13 elements in 10 groups, the newly developed lens is ideal for
Full-HD recording. The new lens system uses low-dispersion glass and
aspherical lenses to reduce color aberration and boost resolution. Use of
a special multi-coating process dramatically reduces flare and ghosts.
The result: sharp, crisp, beautifully rendered pictures with vivid colors,
delicate nuances, and exceptional shading. This advanced lens also lets
you capture 40.8mm wide-angle shots (35mm lens equivalent).
