-Seamless integration with existing workflows
-Choose the level of operation you need
-Amazing color and imagery with next-generation innovation
Flexible, no-compromise 4K, HD and super-slow motion production. The HDC-P43 is a lightweight Point of View (POV) style camera that integrates seamlessly with existing HD infrastructure, lenses and accessories, while giving you the option to create the finest 4K and super-slow motion productions. Perfect as part of a multi-camera shoot or used as a standalone device, the HDC-P43 can be mounted on a crane or operated as a fixed camera position. As part of Sony’s flexible, no-compromise 4K/HD live system, the HDC-P43 helps you generate maximum returns on today’s production budgets.
Thanks to the 2/3-inch camera mount, the HDC-P43 works directly with B4 lenses. The B4 mount supports both HD and 4K lenses, allowing you to use B4-mount high-power large lenses to capture sports scenes with a deep depth of field. With optional SZC-4001 software key, the HDC-P43 has the function of capturing 4K images exactly like the HDC-4300. The HDC-P43 is equipped with the same three 2/3-inch 4K imagers and ultra-precision alignment technology used to mount the chips to an advanced prism. This optical system supports the wide color gamut of ITU-R BT.2020*, enabling more precise color reproduction in live broadcasts.
The HDC-P43’s real 4K imagers capture at four times the resolution of HD. In HD shooting, this can be used to achieve extreme high-speed image capture at a maximum of 479.52/400fps with the optional software upgrade*. The frame rates of 59.94/50, 119.88/100 and 179.82/150fps are available as standard. In 4K shooting, a maximum of 119.88/100fps can be achieved.
The real-time full digital process is applied to each frame even at high-frame rates in the BPU-4000/4500, producing the same quality in the images as at the normal speed. Captured images can be recorded to the PWS-4400 or the PWS-4500 4K/HD multi-port AV storage unit for super slow motion replay.
Sony’s innovative software technology enables a full HD image to be cut out from a 4K picture in real time. Two modes are available: You can select either Zoom & Perspective mode or Simple HD mode. Keeping the camera in a fixed position, any portion of the captured image can be cropped to provide a close-up HD image to viewers as if the camera had been panned. In Zoom & Perspective mode, one portion can be cut out while performing perspective transformation, according to the lens focal length. In Simple HD mode, two portions can be cut out at the same time.
The HDC-P43 is designed to fit into the growing Sony 4K live production environment alongside the HDC-4300 live camera configurations. With an optional software upgrade, the HDC-P43 enables 4K capture for multiple 4K and HD outputs, working directly with the BPU-4000/4500 baseband processor units and the HDCU-4300 camera control unit.
The HDC-P43 is part of Sony’s acclaimed and widely adopted HDC Series family of live production solutions and benefits from direct compatibility with the companion HDC-4300 system camera and its wide range of accessories, including viewfinders, large lens adaptors, remote control panels and camera control units. The camera is also designed to work with third-party control systems.
The HDC-P43 is compact and lightweight, making it ideal for mounting in many applications, such as on a crane, or operated as a fixed camera position. With low power consumption* and a large fan motor, the camera benefits from lower noise levels.
