Panasonic P2 Series User Manual

Get ready to take a leap beyond the conventional, a

leap beyond today's limits. Get ready for Panasonic's

DVCPRO P2 Series equipment.

At the heart of the P2 Series is the innovative P2

(Professional Plug-in) card. This solid-state card is

neither tape nor disc and requires no moving parts. The

P2 card is extremely rugged, and it brings outstanding

anti-vibration and anti-shock performance to the P2

camera-recorder. Its high data transfer speed,

ruggedness and expandability usher in an entirely new

era of mobility.

The P2 records in MXF – a file format whose 

exceptional PC versatility is transforming the news

production workflow. The P2 card mounts directly into

the PC card slot on a PC, so you have instant access

A P2 card can be used repeatedly. Simply copy the files on a P2 card to a

hard disk drive for nonlinear editing or archiving, and the card is ready to be

used again. IT-based broadcast systems do not consume large amounts of

media the way tape-based systems do.

The AJ-SPC700 P2 camera-recorder consumes only 17 W when recording

– lowest in its class. This high energy-efficiency is possible only with

memory cards, because they require no moving mechanism. Future P2

products will offer this same power-saving advantage.

P2 systems have no heads, tape travel mechanisms or other moving parts.

This means there are no consumables or other parts to replace regularly,

and maintenance frequency is greatly reduced.

for nonlinear editing and for faster data transferring into

the network. The P2 is a fusion of the very best of the

AV and IT worlds. It goes way beyond today's

generation of equipment. The P2 introduces a new era

in news acquisition – one in which conventional ENG

gives way to a more mobile, reliable and faster IT-based

news gathering (ING). 

Panasonic has now taken P2 even further with the P2

HD series. Offering  HD/SD multi-format capability and

multi-codec recording, the new P2 HD cards take you to

an era in which HD is fast becoming the mainstream for

news gathering and content production.