JVC GY-HM660RE

The GY-HM660RE is JVC’s most advanced handheld mobile news camera. Small and light enough to be used anywhere, this camera surpasses the performance of many traditional ENG-style units and offers reliable, high quality streaming without the use of a backpack or external encoder. Dual codecs make it possible to record full HD on solid state memory while simultaneously streaming the footage for live broadcast.

Features

• 1/3-inch 12-bit CMOS sensors (1920 x 1080 x 3)
• F13 sensitivity (50Hz)
• Live streaming w/advanced Zixi error correction and adaptive bitrate control
• RTMP protocol lets you stream directly to USTREAM, YouTube, etc.
• Background FTP clip transfers while recording
• High bitrate streaming (up to 12 Mbps)
• SMPTE 2022 Forward Error Correction
• “23x Fujinon auto focus zoom lens with manual functions F1.6-3.0, 23x, f=4.1-94.3mm (35mm conversion: 29 to 667mm)”
• Optical image stabilizer
• SDXC/SDHC memory card recording (two slots for dual-backup, continuous recording)
• 50Mbps H.264 Extreme High Quality mode (XHQ)
• Dual Codec: Recording simultaneously HD + SD or HD + 480 x 270 (for Web delivery)
• “Wide media format compatibility: * MXF with rich Metadata (optimized for asset management) * MOV (Final Cut Pro) * MP4 (XDCAM EX™) * AVCHD with additional lower bitrate AVCHD modes”
• “Multiple encoding formats: * HD MPEG2 (35/25/19Mbps) * AVCHD 1920×1080 60i * 1080/60p recording capability * SD H.264 * 480×270 H.264 (web) * 960×540 H.264 mode * 1280×720 60p / 640×360 60p”
• High performance 2D DNR