Overview

Sony PXW-X500 is the highly modular and open standards camcorder which is ideal for mainstream broadcast operations. The camcorder gives broadcasters a high degree of flexibility, allowing you to shoot in a wide variety of HD and SD formats, including XAVC Intra and XAVC Long GOP, MPEG SStP 422 Lite (HDCAM SR), MPEG HD 422 and MPEG HD 420, as well as MPEG IMX and DVCAM. Options allow the camcorder to record directly in Avid DNxHD and Apple ProRes, offering direct
compatibility with NLEs.
The camcorder also has a host of leading professional features, such as Slow & Quick Motion up to 30 fps for MPEG HD 422 (as standard) and up to 120 fps for XAVC (as an option), wireless operation, picture cache recording, built-in GPS,
Digital Extender, variable ND filter control, HyperGamma, and many more. A wide range of connectors, including 3G/HD/SD-SDI, HDMI and USB, increase the flexibility further.

Key Features:

• Records a wide variety of HD and SD formats, including XAVC
• XAVC Intra and XAVC Long GOP, MPEG SStP 422 Lite (HDCAM SR), MPEG HD 422 and MPEG HD 420, as well as MPEG IMX and DVCAM.
• Direct compatibility with NLEs
• Options allow the camcorder to record directly in Avid DNxHD and Apple ProRes.
• Slow & Quick Motion options
• Up to 30 fps for MPEG HD 422 (as standard) and up to 120 fps for XAVC (as an option).
• Professional features
• Includes wireless operation, picture cache recording, built-in GPS, Digital Extender, variable ND filter control, HyperGamma, and more.

More Features:

• Three 2/3-inch type HyperHAD FX Full HD CCD sensors offer high sensitivity and improved S/N ratio
• High quality XAVC Intra and XAVC Log GOP recordings
• Switchable recordings for greater flexibility
• Real world open workflows with Avid DNxHD codec and Apple ProRes codec recording options
• Slow and Quick Motion function 1 fps to 120 fps at 1080 in XAVC Intra and XAVC Long* and 1 fps to 30 fps in MPEG HD 422
• Wireless operation
• Proxy recording on SD card
• Dual SxS media slots, “Simul” or “Relay” recording, and independent record control
• ND filter control mechanism
• Wide choice of connections
• 2/3-inch lens mount
• GPS functionality
• High resolution 16:9 LCD
• Viewfinder options
• HyperGamma and User Gamma
• Digital Extender
• ALAC (Automatic Lens Aberration Compensation)
• 24-bit four-channel audio recording