Panasonic HC-X1500 UHD 4K HDMI Pro Camcorder with 24x Zoom

Making switches from hd to 4K? The Panasonic HC-X1500 UHD 4K HDMI Pro Camcorder with 24x Zoom is fully capable of balancing your quality needs and can jump straight to 4K at your command. Behind The Scenes footage is the essence of capturing the backbone and heart of any production. Switching your camera quality to capture those BTS shots are now more accessible with the HC-X15000.

Resolution and Quality

The Panasonic HC-X1500 camcorder shoots and records UHD 4K at broadcast-compatible frame rates, so it fits smoothly into your existing broadcast workflow. Resolution at it's finest, the HC-X1500 features a 1/2.5" 8.29M MOS sensor that is consistently shooting at 4K Res. Additionally, the HC-X1500 features a Venus processing engine to scale the 4K image for Full HD delivery, and an HDMI output.

Physical Features

Now that we've gone over quality, lets go over the physical attributes of this remarkable camcorder. The HC-X1500 audio is recorded in up to 24-bit PCM via the built-in microphone. The built-in Leica Dicomar lens features a 24x zoom with its widest angle at 25mm, and it uses the digital iZoom feature to zoom up to 48x. The Face Detection AF feature allows you to track faces and automatically adjusts focus on your subject.

It also features manual control rings, a control dial, and a 5-axis optical image stabilization to keep your shots steady. The 3.5" fold-out LCD features a high-resolution touchscreen. The camera records in .mp4, .mov, and AVCHD codecs and features HEVC compression. The camera incorporates two SD card slots, allowing you to use relay and simultaneous recording. The camera also supports live streaming over 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi via RTP/RTSP/RTMP/RTMPS streams.

Key Features

• Capture up to UHD 4K video and output via HDMI.
• Live stream using RTSP/RTMP/RTMPS streams via Wi-Fi.
• In 4K recording mode, the camera utilizes 5-axis optical image stabilization (O.I.S.).
• The HC-X1500 features dual manual lens rings.
• The camera features built-in selectable ND physical filters.
• The camera records in either MP4, MOV, or AVCHD Progressive.

Small & Compact, Yet Powerful

Professional shooting everywhere: HC-X1500 packs advanced functions in a well-balanced body to excel both in functionality and mobility. A new ultrathin fan disperses the heat to allow the construction of the industry's smallest and lightest 4K/60p-camcorder and a very low power consumption.

Flexible Framing with 25mm* Wide-Angle and 24x Optical Zoom

The lens covers the range from 25mm wide-angle to 600mm tele with a 24x zoom. i.ZOOM achieves 32x zoom with 4K resolution, and 48x zoom with FHD.

High-Precision AF

Face detection helps you keeping the focus on your main subject - even when it is turned sideways to the camera. Distance and exposure are being tracked precicely incorporating the live data read-out from the sensor and sophisticated colour recognition.

5-axis HYBRID Image Stabilisation

n addition to the Optical Image Stabilisation in the lens, Electronic Image Stabilisation detects and corrects camera shake. The lens O.I.S. System incorporates balls to drive the motor, which reduces friction and improves the correction of blurring caused through natural hand held camera shake.

>4:2:2 10-bit Internal Recording

llowing you to capture more colour information in 4:2:2 10-bit, the HC-X1500 supports 10-bit Full HD in 59.94p/50p (100 Mbps) and 4K-recording in 29.97p/25p (200 Mbps) on SD-card. Via HDMI-output, you can record 4K/10-bit files even in 59.94p/50p.