A Decade of Game Changers, Part 1: Cameras
By Adam Noyes
Streamingmedia.com has posted a great look back on the game changing cameras to come out in the past decade. The list included some great picks such as the Panasonic CX350– one of our favorite camcorder options here at Broadfield. This is a 4K NDI Camcorder from Panasonic that delivers a clean, sharp picture.
Check Out this Excerpt from the Article, Below:
Anthony: Late in the decade, Panasonic introduced the AG-CX350 (Figure 2, below), the first prosumer camcorder with integrated NDI. This is not just a streaming protocol that can be picked up by other streaming apps, this is the NDI standard with automatic discoverability, multicasting, and more. An Ethernet port right in the body of the camcorder signifies the evolution from point-to-point HDMI and SDI connections (which the camcorder also has) to the camcorder being a networked device.
Figure 2. The Panasonic AG-CX350
While the NDI|HX in this camcorder is HD only at this point, the CX350 is the first step towards networked camera production where all the cameras are connected on an ethernet backbone and directly addressable and viewable by multiple devices, no patch bay needed.
Shawn: The 1” sensor Panasonic CX350, despite being a 2019 release, overcomes our arbitrary technology inflation adjustment by offering way more features than anything else in its class, with fewer trade offs, and for a very reasonable price ($3,695 at B&H). The CX350 features HEVC codec support for 2160p60 and a 20x f/2.8-4.5 lens with 32x intelligent zoom. The best part about the lens is that it starts off wider than all competitors at 24.5mm. I do wish that the NDI support was for the full NDI version, and not NDI|HX (which has more latency), and that the SDI output wasn’t limited to HD resolutions at 3G SDI, but at least the HDMI and SDI can be used simultaneously.
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