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Enjoy Professional Broadcast Quality With 3CCD

Panasonic's advanced 3CCD video camera system delivers superb colour reproduction, finer detail and richer gradation compared to conventional single CCD systems.

A highly advanced camera system is required to match the remarkable imaging performance of HD video. The 3CCD camera system in the SD1 and DX1 is just such a system. Used in broadcasting cameras all around the world, the 3CCD camera system renders colour, detail and gradation more faithfully than a 1CCD system, so image quality is much improved. HD specifications and the 3CCD camera system combine to achieve an entirely new level of picture quality that is ideal for viewing on a large-screen HDTV.

The CCD (Charged Couple Device) is a chip which acts as the camera's image processing unit. It uses photo sensors to turn a picture into electronic signals. Video cameras with 3CCD processors - such as Panasonic's NV-GS230, NV-GS320 and VDR-D250, feature a chip for each colour element (red, green and blue) for vastly superior picture performance.

Beautiful Colour
Noise can greatly diminish picture quality. Panasonic's 3CCD system reduces noise by about 30%* compared with 1CCD systems, helping deliver stunningly beautiful images with clear, natural colours.

Beautiful Detail
Horizontal resolution in colour is 150%* compared with that of 1CCD systems. The greater colour pixel density means that even finely nuanced colours are rendered distinctly.