WAYNE, NJ — JVC Professional Products Company (pro.jvc.com) has introduced the GY-HMQ10, a new handheld 4K camcorder. Powered by JVC’s Falconbrid large-scale integration (LSI) chip and a 1/2-inch CMOS imager with 8.3 million active pixels, the unit delivers realtime 3840×2160 footage at 24p, 50p or 60p.
JVC’s Falconbrid LSI processing takes raw image data from the camera’s CMOS device and dematrixes (deBayers) it in realtime. The GY-HMQ10 is able to output 4K images to a monitor or projection system in realtime with virtually no latency. Using MPEG-4 technology and a variable bit rate H.264 codec operating at up to 144 Mbps, the GY-HMQ10 records up to two hours of 4K video to economical SDHC or SDXC memory cards. The GY-HMQ10 also captures and records 1080i or 1080/60p full HD. HD is recorded on a single memory card in a format compatible with most editing systems.
Similar in size to JVC’s GY-HM150 ProHD camcorder, the GY-HMQ10 includes a built-in F2.8 10x zoom lens with optical image stabilizer, as well as a color viewfinder and 3.5-inch touch LCD monitor with a new, intuitive user interface. JVC has set the price of the HMQ10 at $4,995 and will begin making deliveries in March.
