The Sony DSR-400

A small review of the Sony DSR-400, the last (professional) DVCAM camera from 2005.
Edited with kdenlive, deinterlaced with ffmpeg.
Music: "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod.

[@stevecoatesdotnet]

Looks like a nice camera, and some good test footage. Just out of curiosity, is the sensor actually a 4:3 sensor? Or are they using a 16:9 sensor and just cropping the sides off? I was just wondering as I thought I read something once about this model being hackable to widescreen, but I might be mixing it up with something else.

[@robbi-blechdose]

Sony doesn't mention the aspect ratio of the sensor for either model anywhere. But the resolutions are identical between the 16:9 (450) and 4:3 (400) models and only differ between regions. I've also heard of a widescreen hack being possible, but haven't tested it myself.

[@Idefix3M]

that cam is older than u!🤣 close...