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The Sony DSR-PD100 was one of the first really small three-CCD camcorders that put professional features into a consumer-sized package. It first came out as the DSR-PD100 and quickly received a minor upgrade to the DSR-PD100A. This particular model was targeted at low-end professional users, such as event videographers, TV news stringers, and corporate and government video departments. There is a consumer version with a different part number that is very similar - the biggest differences are that the PD100 came standard with a 0.7x wide-angle adapter and a professional XLR microphone connection adapter. The consumer unit is DV format only, while the PD100 plays back in both the consumer DV and professional DVCAM (25 Mbps) formats, and records only in DVCAM. This is an important consideration, because a 60-minute DV videotape will record for only 40 minutes at the faster DVCAM speed of the PD100. There is no image quality difference between the DVCAM and DV formats, but DVCAM uses wider tracks and is considered more rugged, thus its "professional" status. The DSR-PD100 is a curious amalgam of both the consumer and professional worlds, and packs a large number of features into its tiny case. The unit uses 1/4-inch 380,000 pixel CCDs for a resolution of 500 lines. There are two viewfinders: a small eyepiece color LCD viewfinder and a foldout 3.5-inch LCD monitor. The foldout monitor is very crisp and quite versatile, and it gives the PD100 a lot of shooting flexibility. It also works well as a playback monitor to check your shots. Neither viewfinder is up to the resolution of the camera, so manual focusing is a bit of a gamble. Automation is available for many camera functions, including iris, focus, white balance and gain. An image stabilizer dramatically reduces the amount of shake in handheld shots.

Sony Digital Camcorder Model DSR-PD100A DVCAM

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$720

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$164.98

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$104

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$720

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hello youtube today I've got another camera of you this one's a bit special and kind of rare scene so when let's get this open and I'll show you the unit this is the PD 100 it was an entry real entry into the DV cam format Saints DV cam it does not record in the DV mode and if you're thinking that looks familiar you're right because this is the TRD heath 900 which was the consumer model basically at the camera this is the one that most consumers would buy it's very popular skaters if he look TVR 900 it comes up got those how many hundreds of skater videos and then Sony at that sort of time back then we're doing very commonly doing a professional model of their most popular consumer on so this is the prosumer model and as I say it's quite a rare camera I've only ever seen this come up once more on eBay and I saw it and I put in a bid for it and actually ended up winning it for about 36 p