This one's for the serious ones. Serious about movie making, I mean. Sony unveiled the F23 Digital Cinema Camera featuring full HD1080 compatibility with 24 frames-per-second recording which translates to standard film-based movie.

High quality recording is possible in the HD1080/60P mode, and for optimum visual effects the HD RGB 4:4:4 mode is supported. State-of-the-art 2/3 type progressive 3CCD and new CCD circuitry coupled with a 14-bit ADC (analog-to-digital converter) can be found under the F23's hood.

At full 1920x1080 resolution, the camera supports 1080/23.98PsF, 24PsF, 25PsF, 29.97PsF, 50P and 59.94P (for progressive systems) and 1080/50i and 59.94i (for interlaced systems).

Weighing in at 5 kilograms, this baby is a big one. No word on the pricing yet, but you have to wait until May 2007 to get your hands on this.

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