apable of shooting in high definition 1080p, the GY-HM790 ships with a 14x Canon HD lens, records to SDHC via dual slots and benefits from a host of modular possibilities. Aimed squarely at the shoulders (and purses) of professional electronic news gathering broadcasters and following on from GY-HM700 introduced last year, the new addition to JVC’s ProHD line also features three precisely aligned 1/3-inch progressive scan CCDs, one each for red, green and blue processing. The GY-HM790 shoots in full 1080p, 1080i, 720p and 480i, has Focus Assist and extensive image customization modes. Like its predecessor, the new addition records to Class 6 or 10 SDHC flash memory cards via hot swappable dual slots and in HQ mode will record at 35 Mbps and in SP at 19Mbps/25 Mbps. It also features a widescreen 4.3-inch 800 x 480 LCD display and a high-resolution 0.45in 852 x 480 x 3 Liquid Crystal on Silicon 1.2 megapixel viewfinder. The camcorder also ships with a microphone and Canon HD KT14x4.4KRSJ 32 to 448mm equivalent 14x zoom lens, with other lenses possible via a 1/3-inch bayonet lens mount.
The GY-HM790 also benefits from applying the patented Adaptive Pixel Correlation Technique (where the blue pixel sensor array is shifted by half a pixel horizontally and the red pixel array by half a pixel vertically with both being referenced to the green array) which is said to achieve “a remarkable improvement in image texture and resolving power in the 1080i/p modes” and “produces resolution comparable to cameras with larger image sensors”. JVC claims that its new camcorder offers the world’s fastest shoot-to-edit workflow, with output being recorded as MP4 or MOV files. The studio adapter sled has been redesigned to incorporate a modular approach to multicore or fiber connectivity for cleaner studio integration and there’s a HD/SD-SDI port for uncompressed 4:2:2 full HD signal for live monitoring. Other studio options include high resolution 8.4in studio viewfinder, 26-pin multicore module and local/fiber remote and a FireWire port also allows painless external backup. There are two XLR inputs with manual level control and phantom power for uncompressed 16-bit/48kHz linear pulse code modulated audio recording. The GY-HM790 ProHD camcorder will be available this summer for a MSRP starting price of US$11,995, including the Canon 14x HD ENG lens and microphone. There will be numerous modular accessories and add-ons available too. For a pre-release preview, it will be on display at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas from April 12-15.
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