14 DAY TRIAL // The battle in the field of professional-grade 3D imaging solutions seems to be heating up, with a new 3D Full HD video camera prototype manufactured by Sony making its way into the spotlight during a recent Japanese tradeshow.
So, the people over at DigInfo, who've visited the InterBEE 2010 show in Japan, caught on video a very interesting twin-lens 3D shoulder-mounted tapeless ENG camera from Sony, deemed a prototype by the company's reps (which, in other words, means that very little actual information on the tech specs has been provided).
As some of you will certainly remember, Panasonic was the first company to announce a full HD 3D camcorder targeting professional users way back at CES 2010, and then continued the trend by rolling out the world's 3D camcorder dedicated to the mainstream consumers, in mid-2010.
This has left Sony in somewhat of a strange spot, since the Japanese company was, after all, the first to officially unveil 3D Bravia HDTVs, back at IFA 2009, and just about everyone is waiting for them to out an imaging solution as well.
While not being able to extract some truly interesting information about this prototype (such as the types of sensors used, recording format, resolution, bit-rate, etc), DigInfo did manage to get Sony's reps to reveal that this professional Full HD 3D camcorder features four SxS memory slots, left and right channel HD-SDI outs, and a dial for adjusting the point of convergence (extremely important when shooting professional videos, in order to keep everything properly focused and also delivered a good-quality 3D experience).
Naturally, since this we're not talking about a RTM model, little information has been provided regarding its estimated arrival on the market, Sony's reps only saying that it should become officially at some point over the course of 2011, at a price yet to be disclosed (will most likely be extremely expensive, though).