Panasonic Varicam High Definition Variable Rate Camera Includes lens, mic, viewfinder, tapes. Ready to Roll!! Start Price USD 17,950.00 Current Price USD 17,950.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, October 08, 2008 End Time Saturday, October 18, 2008 Location Plano, Texas See more about 'Panasonic Varicam High Definition Variable Rate Camera' Description This is a camera that is ready to roll! It includes: ***AJ-HDC27VP body, viewfinder and microphone ***HD lens with doubler ***Over 100 presets ***The Goodman's Operator guide ***Five DVCPRO HD videotapes. ***AJ-HDC27VP Camera is in excellent condition. Normal wear marks as you can see in the pictures. Functionally it is in excellent condition. The VariCam HD Cinema Camera brings variable frame rate acquisition to the DVCPRO HD product line up. This is the first high definition production camera that is capable of variable frame rate at the touch of a button. Individual frame rates may be selected from: 4-fps to 60-fps in single frame increments. Frame rates may be changed during recording. Designed as a high quality production camera, this native 720p camcorder can be used for 60-fps or the film-like 24-fps acquisition. When acquiring for 24-fps projects, higher than 24-fps operation can be processed for slow motion effects while slower than 24-fps operation can be processed to speed up motion. Additionally, the variable frame rates and related variable shutter speeds create some very interesting ghost like motion blur effects, warp speed zoom effects, and long exposure still shots typical of what one might see in music videos, sci-fi dramas and dream sequences.The camera has the capability to emulate film's gradual transfer function performance (i.e. CineGammaTM). This function greatly increases the camera's usable dynamic range, especially in traditionally limiting areas such as highlight handling, which until now was a serious limitation for most HD cameras. CineGamma provides the user with a much closer approximation of film's renowned ability to maintain smooth image tonality even when gently compressing extreme highlights. Cinematographers are able through the CineGamma feature to control the camera's gamma transfer function to best optimize control over tonality, from extreme highlights to the lowest of shadow areas. ***HD lens with doubler Fuji Digi Power - HA22x7.8BERM-M28 ***Over 100 Presets I took the Varicamp. Part of the camp included dozens of presets for the camera. I have also included dozens of my own presents, among others. ***The Goodman's Operator Guide (over $100 value) Robert Goodman has now published a complete guide to the Panasonic HDC27 VariCam. Goodman’s Guides are easy-to-use field manuals written from the camera operator’s perspective. Goodman’s Guides are unique because they provide the techniques you need to get the most from your camera in the field. You can instantly access the information you need, and the guides present a complete anatomy of the camera with clear, concise descriptions of every function and feature. Best of all you don’t have to be an engineer to interpret them. Goodman’s Guides demonstrate the capabilities of the VariCam in a section called “Creating Looks.” Recipes produce the gorgeous images depicted in the book. These images illustrate the range of the camera’s color, tone, and detail controls and are presented in a grid for easy comparison. The guides also include useful charts, tables, and notation cards that can be stored in a front box. The book itself is designed to withstand the rigors of field use so you can take it with you no matter where you are shooting. ***Five DVCPRO HD videotapes All you need is power to start rolling beautiful HD images! Place a Bid!