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With Sony HDV, the benefits of HD are accessible to everyone. Its compact, lightweight design, combined with sophisticated functionality and affordable pricing makes Sony HDV the ideal entry-level format choice for HD production. HDV records pictures at full 1080-line High Definition resolution onto standard DV format cassette, reducing media costs significantly while delivering the benefits of tape-based recording and archiving

Sony HVR-Z7E >>

The HVR-Z7E is the world's first HDV handheld camcorder with an interchangeable lens system, native progressive recording, and solid-state memory recording.

A variety of video lenses can be attached to the HVR-Z7E, which is equipped with a universal standard 1/3-inch bayonet mount mechanism for the quick changing of lenses.

Added to this a streamlined nonlinear editing workflow can be achieved using the supplied memory-recording unit, which provides HDV/DVCAM/DV file recording on a standard CompactFlash® solid-state memory card. This offers customers varying levels of flexibility and hybrid operation which is becoming an important requirement in video production.

The HVR-Z7E also features 25p HDV native progressive recording mode and HDMI output.

Sony HVR-Z1E >>

HDV Handheld Camcorder allowing you to record in HDV (1080i), DVCAM or DV. This camera gives you the flexibility to record in either Standard or High Definition depending on your production needs. This camera replaces the successful Sony PD 170 Camcorder