Sony PMW-320K/L

[Shaun Roemich]

Originally Posted by Erik Phairas

HA, you'll be lucky to get the body only for 15k.

Remember that the 350 WITH kit lens is "only" $19k...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/657503-REG/Sony_PMW_350K_PMW_350K_XDCAM_EX_HD.html

[Tom Roper]

The link describes sensitivity of F12 and S/N 59db, yet if you open the .pdf brochure, that's only for the PMW350, the PMW320 retains the F10 and S/N 54db of the EX3.

...and moreover, the specs mention for both cams, image stabilizer, on/off selectable shift lens. My PMW350K doesn't have this. So is this a misprint, or has the feature been added?

[Olakunle Olanrewaju]

Unconfirmed report mentioned a sony rep. saying the cameras will be ready by september
can any body confirm that

[Erik Phairas]

Originally Posted by Shaun Roemich

Remember that the 350 WITH kit lens is "only" $19k...
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I don't know the difference between the K and L 350s but this one with no lens is nearly 18 grand.

I still say 15k for body only is a good guess.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/657502-REG/Sony_PMW_350L_PMW_350L_XDCAM_EX_HD.html

[Shaun Roemich]

The kit lens is cheap BUT pretty darned good for ESSENTIALLY a "free" lens... Saw the demo at a local Video retailer in December and was reasonably impressed. Will it kill a $40k lens? No but for $1500... it's a GREAT start to get people into a 2/3" world.

[Ed David]

looks like this camera is very similar in sensitivity and low-light capabilities to the ex3. And if Barry Greene's tests are accurate, with the new Panasonic HPX370 tieing or even outperforming the EX3 in low-light, then things are going to be very interesting.

For me, having the awesome Panasonic color matrix feel (which feel more organic to me) and having 4:2:2 10-bit colorspace in the codec for a camera that will probably cost less than the PMW-320 and you have Panasonic with the better camera.

Things have just again gotten very interesting.

[Steve Harryman]

Check this out---prices and timeframes too.

http://pro.sony.com/bbsccms/ext/Broa..._newexcams.pdf

[Chris Hurd]

Thanks Steve -- I've added the press release copy to the first post of this thread.

[Shaun Roemich]

Originally Posted by Ed David

For me, having the awesome Panasonic color matrix feel (which feel more organic to me) and having 4:2:2 10-bit colorspace in the codec for a camera that will probably cost less than the hpx370 and you have Panasonic with the better camera.

Things have just again gotten very interesting.

Without making a point of one over the other, I must say that one thing I've noticed in the past 5 or so years is that the client/end user support for Panasonic or Sony SEEMS to be heavily regional (excluding those of you/us who live in a MAJOR metropolitan area). In my former home "on the Prairies", Sony buy-in was virtually ubiquitous whereas now that I live in a Film-centric city, the Panasonic crowd is certainly numerous (at least compared to what I'm "used" to).

[Andrew Stone]

Read the original post carefully, you will see the prices posted. One config with a lens is MSRP at $14800. Sony is ALWAYS less in cost when the camera comes to market.

Something else to note on a POSITIVE side, the camera will have the "paint" controls of the PMW-350 as opposed to the EX1r/3. It will have the ins & outs of the 350, the switches of the 350 and the viewfinder of the 350. I think the audio is 48K 24 bit as well, not 16 bit but someone might want to verify that.

Way too much bellyaching.

[Shaun Roemich]

Originally Posted by Andrew Stone

Read the original post carefully, you will see the prices posted.

Originally Posted by Chris Hurd

Thanks Steve -- I've added the press release copy to the first post of this thread.

Andrew, Chris ADDED the Press Release after much of this discussion took place.

[Andrew Stone]

Yes I see that now Shaun. Apologies to the bellyachers.

I see you have noticed the Panasonic juggernaut in Vancouver. I lived in Winnipeg as well. Sony had things wrapped up pretty tight there. I say "No" to the P2 card tax.

[Erik Phairas]

So body only should be about 10k. That's a lot of camera. Better than I thought but my EX3 still looks like the right choice for me.

[Jim Forrest]

Originally Posted by Colin Corwin

Looks like, Sony is introducing, a new EX series camera, at NAB this year.
It's called the PMW-320 its basically a 1/2" imager version of the PMW-350

Sony Business Solutions & Systems - Featured

Accidental post

[Alister Chapman]

I've been told it's got an all new sensor block, not EX3 sensors, and has better than EX3 image quality. HDMI or SDi not both at same time, same as 350. I hope to play with one later today. PMW-320 has a blue hand grip. Unless the lenses have been changed there is no image stabilisation, don't know why it implies that there is in the PDF.