Sony opens world of 3D to new users

Singapore - Sony has launched the HXR-NX3D1P NXCAM Professional 3D Compact Camcorder in Asia Pacific, the latest addition to its NXCAM series.

The HXR-NX3D1P will open up the world of 3D to a wider group of professional users, allowing them to create 3D footage of new types of content– such as independent budget productions, digital signages, weddings, events and corporate videos in 3D.

The ‘ready-to-go’ camcorder supports the user-friendly and widely used AVCHD codec, along with twin Sony G Lenses, and ‘Exmor R’ CMOS sensors, and image processors, to deliver professional quality 3D shooting, while 1920x1080 full HD left and right images enable realistic HD recording.

Several features have been included to ensure an efficient workflow: double full HD recordings are encoded in the H.264 MVC (Multi-Views Coding) then packed into a single file. When the file is imported to compatible editing software such as Sony Vegas Pro 10.0d, it can be treated as L and R synchronised images without importing twice. Also, the supplied Content Management Utility 2.1 software is able to split the single 3D file into L and R video stream files which can be edited in AVCHD compatible 3D editing software.

The launch of the NXCAM Professional 3D Compact Camcorder is planned to be available in Asia Pacific from July 2011 onwards.