Camera Will Ship Later This Month at $1,450
Panasonic announced fairly aggressive pricing this week for the shoulder-mounted AVCCAM AG-AC8, which it debuted at IBC. Aimed at event videographers and documentarians, the AG-AC8 will ship later in October at a suggested list price of $1,450, the company said. At that price, it looks to be a competitive player in the sub-$2,000 camcorder market.
The camera has a wide-angle 28mm f1.8 lens with a 21x optical zoom and a 1/4.5-inch sensor. Recording can take place simultaneously to two SD cards for back-up purposes, or the recording can be daisy-chained across cards to extend recording times.
Panasonic Professional Video: www.panasonic.com/broadcast
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I see no mention of:
– connectivity (USB? HDMI? Firewire? Other? Any?)
– audio connections (Stereo? XLR?)
– Date/Time Stamp (for legal video)
It looks strikingly similar to their old SD, mini-DV-only cam, the DVC20P.
Perhaps the same body re-purposed to AVCCAM and SD card use?
There’s nothing on the Panasonic site either, I’d love to know if it has an HD-SDI connector.
http://www-images.panasonic.com/business-solutions/pdf/AG-AC8-Brochure.pdf gives some more detail of what it’s got, including diagrams of the connection panels. One has RCA jacks for video, audio and component, the other has power, headphone, dual SD, dual USB (one host, one device) and HDMI. Finally there’s a stereo microphone jack on the top.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJi_OeEt_IY
You can see it all in this you tube video