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The PXW-Z100 is a 7 lbs handheld camcorder with an integrated 20x 4K-compatible zoom lens. The PXW-Z100 is the first "prosumer" camera that uses Sony's XAVC recording format. MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression is used for HD (1920×1080), QFHD (3840×2160) and 4K (4096×2160) content. Image sampling is
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4:2:2 10-bit, with an intra-frame system that compresses each frame individually at a maximum bit rate of 500 Mbit/s or 600 Mbit/s during 4K 50fps or 60fps recording, respectively, and 223 Mbit/s during HD 50fps or 60fps recording.
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In February 2015, Sony launched the consumer video camera, FDR-AX33, which uses XAVC S. It provides a maximum resolution of 3840 x 2160 and increased the bit rate to 100 Mbit/s. It provides 10X optical zoom and records to a
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In March 2014, Sony launched the consumer video camera, FDR-AX100, which uses XAVC S. It provides a maximum resolution of 3840 x 2160 with a 60 Mbit/s bit rate. It provides 12X optical zoom and records to a
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cameras which are the Sony PMW-F55 and Sony PMW-F5. Both cameras record XAVC with a color depth of 10-bits and 4:2:2 chroma subsampling. The Sony PMW-F55 can record XAVC with 4K resolution at 60 fps at 600
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PRO+ media card can record up to 20 minutes of 4K resolution XAVC video at 60 fps, up to 40 minutes of 4K resolution XAVC video at 30 fps, and up to 120 minutes of 2K resolution XAVC video at 30 fps.
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On April 7, 2013, Sony announced that it had expanded XAVC to the consumer market with the release of XAVC S. XAVC S supports resolutions up to 3840 × 2160, uses
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and 2K resolution at 120 fps at 400 Mbit/s. The Sony PMW-F5 can record XAVC with 2K resolution at 120 fps at 400 Mbit/s.
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on October 30, 2012. XAVC is a format that will be licensed to companies that want to make XAVC products.
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10, Pinnacle Studio 18 Ultimate and Sony Movie Studio Platinum support it for editing and production.
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XAVC can record 4K resolution at 60 fps with 4:2:2 chroma subsampling at 600 Mbit/s. A 128
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camcorder which gives the camcorder the option of recording in XAVC S format in addition to
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On November 14, 2012, Sony stated that it might release consumer products that use XAVC.
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as well as some consumer stills cameras with movie support (e.g. the
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Sony has announced that cameras that will support XAVC include two
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XAVC allows for a wide range of content production including
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SDK. Sony announced that XAVC licensing information and a
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Index

Sony
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
4K resolution
frames per second
color depths
Chroma subsampling
Material Exchange Format
digital container format
intra frame
group of pictures
MP4
AAC
LPCM
Sony FDR-AX100
Sony HDR-AS100V
Sony α7S
Sony RX10

CineAlta
Mbit/s
Gigabyte
SxS
SDXC
SDXC
firmware update
HXR-NX3
AVCHD
Sony Vegas Pro
Adobe Creative Suite
Avid

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