rentals: Mobile Gear: Cameras

Panasonic's handheld P2 HD camcorders are packed with advanced video technologies. The AG-HVX200 is widely praised as a professional production tool for an array of applications, from filmmaking through broadcasting. The P2 features the DVCPro HD codec's high image quality, variable frame rate recording and the HD/SD multi-format capability, with a built-in DV tape drive. The P2 records HD video with outstanding image and audio quality onto a P2 card in file format. The DVCPro HD codec, thanks to a low compression ratio at a video bit rate of 100 Mbps (1080/59.94i, 720/59.94p), and the easy-to-edit intraframe compression system, is suitable for recording fast-moving subjects with no motion artifacts other than motion blur. The 4:2:2 sampling rate minimizes jaggies at chroma edges and is advantageous in image compositing and motion tracking. Sound quality is excellent too, thanks to DVCPRO HD's uncompressed 16-bit, 4-channel digital audio recording capability.
(Text cribbed from a Panasonic brochure.)

Accessories:
Lens cap
Remote control
1 battery
4GB P2 memory card
4GB P2 memory card
Eye cup
6 to 4 pin Firewire cable
Video component cable
Portabrace carrying bag