The PMW-350 draws upon Sony’s award-winning and unrivalled expertise in camcorder design. It uses three 2/3-inch Exmor™ CMOS sensors with 1920×1080 resolution for full HD imaging. Sensitivity is F12. The camcorder also features DVCAM recording via the CBK-DV01 option and is studio-configurable, with timecode in/out, genlock in, and HD-SDI and HDMI out.

Its design offers the best of both worlds in shoulder-mount technology: a low centre of gravity and light in weight to ensure stability on the shoulder; all while maintaining the familiar operational layout for which Sony camcorders have become renowned for. Another key feature is an ultra-economical power consumption of 15W, thus offering longer operation on a single battery, along with a reduced carbon footprint.

The camcorder will be available in two versions, the PMW-350L, a body-only model and PMW-350K which comes with lens. The lens supplied with the PMW-350K has been developed by Fujinon and offers auto and manual focus with a 16x zoom and a 2/3-inch bayonet mount. Independent focus, zoom and iris rings; auto focus mode; manual focus assist and a focal length of 8 to 128mm (equivalent to 31.5 to 503mm on a 35mm lens) are also key features.

“There’s no doubt that the PMW-350 will appeal to many users who want to migrate to HD and file-based workflow from tape-based DVCAM. It is an exciting addition and along with Sony’s Professional Disc-based XDCAM HD family, represents our strongest ever tapeless line-up” added Mr. Matsufune.