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The PDW-F350 is designed as the perfect bridge between today's DV/SD world and tomorrow's advanced AV/IT HD workflow. For the price of a standard definition tape-based camcorder you're ready for all the opportunities of High Definition and file-based production.

Enhanced Productivity

No matter how you work, the PDW-F350 offers productivity improvements impossible with tape-based media:

• The Professional Disc can be loaded and ready to shoot faster than tape
• No need to worry about accidentally overwriting precious content
• ' Essence Mark' key scenes at the touch of a button
• Thumbnail images representing key scenes can be browsed and instantly accessed using on-camera colour screen
• No frantic fast-forward/rewinding to find the clips you want to review
• Edit content on the camera itself - no need for a PC!
• Up to two hours recording at 18Mb/s MPEG HD - the longest recording time for any current HD camcorder
• High quality 2" 16:9 viewfinder (PDW-F350 only)
• HD-SDI output with audio embedded (PDW-350 & PDW-F70 deck only)
• Audio XLR out (PDW-F350 & PDW-F70 deck only)
• TC IN/OUT (PDW-F350 & PDW-F70 deck only)

Cost Effective

Cost of ownership is critical. The PDW-F350 is designed to offer you the lowest total system cost in its class due to:

• Highly competitive pricing for camcorder with or without lens
• Compatibility with existing SD or HD ½" lenses ensures wider choice of configurations at an affordable price-point
• Compatibility with most DVCAM accessories maximises existing investments
• Compatibility with all existing DV-based NLEs via i.LINK DV Stream
• Versatility - HD/SD, NTSC/PAL etc. - means with one camcorder you really can cover almost any assignment
• Little or no maintenance costs due to revolutionary optical drive
• Traditional Sony build quality and design ensures high reliability
• Professional Discs can be reused for 10,000 rewrite cycles, equivalent to 30 years at one use/working day - all for the same price of a single tape!
• Multiple suppliers of Professional Disc media

Compatibility with today and tomorrow's workflow

The PDW-F350 is built around support for existing standards such as DV/DVCAM and open standards like MXF so you've got the maximum flexibility to use it just the way you want:

• Stay with DV/DVCAM format to work with existing non-linear editors via traditional i.LINK interface
• HD-SDI i.LINK, analogue video, analogue/digital audio interfaces for connectivity to a wide range of editing systems
• i.LINK File Access Mode (FAM) interface for high-speed, file-based in/out connectivity to a PC
• MXF open standard ensures maximum compatibility with new generation NLEs
• Long-term accessibility - storing content as files means you will always be able to access data in the future

Faster, Smarter Archiving

You don't need an expensive IT-storage system to revolutionise the way you store, retrieve and manage your archive material. While Professional Discs costs the same as tape, they're a true high-speed, non-linear media with a wealth of advanced meta-data automatically generated in camera:

• Import metadata and/or low resolution proxies onto your PC hard drive for a smart, searchable mirror of your high resolution archive
• Locate, watch and even edit proxy clips quickly using fast search of metadata, then instantly locate the archived high resolution content
• Non-linear media means faster, more reliable access to valuable archive content
• Professional Discs will retain information for 50 years in normal conditions
• Because information is stored as data files, there's no worries about video standards not being around in years to come