* AVCCAMs Configured for Studio Use and Production/Instruction *

SECAUCUS, NJ (October 29, 2009) – Duluth Public Access Community Television (PACT), serving the populace of Minnesota’s fourth largest city, recently purchased 10 Panasonic AG-HMC150 professional handheld AVCCAM camcorders that are available to its members for both studio and field production. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (October 27, 2009) – HuskerVision, the high-tech video production unit for the University of Nebraska Athletic Department, recently upgraded its HD video production capabilities with the addition of Panasonic HD Studio cameras and P2 HD camcorders. The equipment roster includes four Panasonic AK-HC931B HD studio cameras, two AK-HC1500G 2/3” multi-format 1080i/720p HD multi-purpose cameras, as well as five AJ-HPX2000, two AG-HPX300 and two AG-HPX170 P2 HD camcorders. more

Diane Phelan, Rebecca Weiner, Jesse Johnson, Emily van Fleet, Jill Gorie, Scott Denney, Kristopher Lowe and DP Raoul Germain with Panasonic AG-HPX500. Credit:Ryan Mueller.

SECAUCUS, NJ (October 26, 2009) – Clear Blue Tuesday, a highly original cinematic response to the events of September 11, 2001, blends heightened narrative and original music to follow the lives of a group of New Yorkers over seven Septembers as they relearn their city and themselves. The full-length feature, which had its world premiere last month at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, was shot with two Panasonic AG-HPX500 P2 HD camcorders. more

Director/Cinematographer Jerry Simpson on location at Tanglewood Music Festival with Panasonic AJ-HPX3700

SECAUCUS, NJ (October 26, 2009) — Veteran Director/Cinematographer Jerry Simpson, principal of production company Simpson Films (Long Island City, NY), has recently shot a pilot for a documentary profiling drummer Steve Gadd with the VariCam 3700, Panasonic’s premier solid-state P2 HD VariCam camcorder.

Offering the ultimate in image quality, the VariCam 3700 (model AJ-HPX3700) advances the art of high-end cinematography by teaming VariCam’s renowned filmic-look, variable frame rates, and subtle tone control with master-quality, 10-bit 4:2:2 AVC-Intra recording as well as Dual link RGB 4:4:4 output. more

Panasonic’s new solid-state
AJ-HPM200 P2 Mobile HD
Recorder/Player

SECAUCUS, NJ (August 26, 2009) – Panasonic introduced its new solid-state AJ-HPM200, a P2 HD mobile recorder/player featuring an exciting range of new editing, recording and AV/IT connection functions, and multi-format compatibility including optional AVCHD support.

The HPM200 offers all of the popular features found in its predecessor, the AJ-HPM110, and adds new functionality including: enhanced cuts editing with separate source and record windows, full-frame rate playback from external disk drives, AVCHD compatibility (with the AJ-YCX250G option card), up-conversion of live video inputs in real time, FTP and Giga-bit Ethernet interfaces for expanded network connectivity and 24p Time Code input for production applications, including use as a source for a traditional dailies process. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (September 29

Photo courtesy of the United States
Naval Academy.

, 2009) – The Navy Midshipmen football and men’s lacrosse teams, representing the United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD) in NCAA Division I college competition, have purchased six Panasonic AG-HPX500 P2 HD camcorders equipped with BTLH80WU 7.9″ color viewfinders/production monitors for coaching analysis. more

DP Eddie Marritz on set of “Gap Born to Fit”
shoot with Panasonic AJ-HPX3700
P2 VariCam. Photo courtesy of Late
Night and Weekends.

SECAUCUS, NJ (September 29, 2009) — Manhattan-based creative services company Late Night and Weekends (New York, NY) has produced a wide-ranging advertising initiative for Gap 1969 premium jeans that features theatrical and web video elements shot with the VariCam 3700, Panasonic’s premier solid-state P2 HD VariCam camcorder.

Offering the ultimate in image quality, the VariCam 3700 (model AJ-HPX3700) advances the art of high-end cinematography by teaming VariCam’s renowned filmic-look, variable frame rates, and subtle tone control with master-quality, 10-bit 4:2:2 AVC-Intra recording as well as Dual link RGB 4:4:4 output. more

DP Phil Wright shoots commercial spots
for largest Ford dealership in Virginia
with Panasonic AJ-HPX3000 P2 HD camcorder.
Photo courtesy of DBL Productions.

SECAUCUS, NJ (September 29, 2009) – Driven by Life (DBL) Productions (Norfolk, VA), providing a broad range of creative and professional services for film, television, documentary, and commercial production, recently upgraded to HD acquisition with the purchase of Panasonic’s AJ-HPX3000 native 1080p one-piece P2 HD camcorder. DBL has utilized the HPX3000 to shoot commercial spots for the largest Ford dealership in Virginia, a television pilot, and a video presentation for the annual meeting of NISH, a nonprofit that creates job opportunities for the severely disabled. more

Cardinals

SECAUCUS, NJ (September 17, 2009) – The Arizona Cardinals, the current National Football Conference champs, have boosted the image quality and turnaround of their coaching video with the implementation of two Panasonic AJ-HPX2000 2/3” 3-CCD P2 HD camcorders. The team is using the cameras along with an AG-HPG20 P2 Portable recorder. The Cardinals, based in Glendale, AZ, are the oldest continuously run professional football club in the United States. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (September 29, 2009) – Earlier this year, the Salvation Army USA Eastern Territory equipped its new Gregg Media Center with three Panasonic AG-HPX500 P2 HD camcorders in studio configuration, an AJ-HPM110 P2 Mobile recorder/player and AV-HS400A multi-format HD/SD switcher. More recently, the Eastern Territory Media Bureau purchased two AG-HPX300 P2 HD camcorders to handle its varied field production needs. more