A second generation HDTV camera

The current Sony high definition camera has been available for some 3 years, during which time it has been used in an enormously varied number of applications. These range from feature film production, to graphic system input source, to multi-camera pop concert shoots. Because of the experience gained from these uses, many of which are commercial productions not laboratory or engineering tests, Sony is able to respond to future needs and requirements. These, together with the technological advances made, result in the new Sony HDVS camera, HDC 300. The technology developed to achieve the new camera is described