The Panasonic AG-HCK10 camera head features a 12x optical zoom lens, Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) and a newly developed 1/4.1-inc, approx. 2-megapixels (Effective image pixels), progressive 3MOS. By connecting the AG-HCK10 to AG-HMR10 compact portable recorder with a cable, the iris, focus and zoom can be remotely controlled from the front panel of the AG-HMR10. The HCK10's small size makes it ideal for use in law enforcement, medicine, education and more; and its compactness allows it to be easily mounted to cranes and other devices to acquire unique angles for TV programming and other types of content creation.

Allows Operation from a Distance - Teams with AG-HMR10 Series Recorder
Zoom, focus, iris, shutter speed and white balance adjustments, as well as camera setup, can all be made from the AG-HMR10 Series. Its built-in stereo microphone also lets you adjust the audio levels. The camera head option cable (optional) comes in 3 m (9.84 ft) (AG-C20003G) and 20 m (65.62 ft) (AG-C20020G) lengths to match your application.

Highly Detailed Image Capture - A Progressive 3MOS Sensor with Approx. 2.51 Megapixels
The progressive 3MOS image sensors record full-HD images with a total, 3.05-megapixel (approx.) resolution [effective motion-image resolution of 2.51 megapixels (approx.)]. This produces full-raster HD images with high resolution and superb image quality. Because each of the three separate image sensors receives one of the three primary colours of light (red, green and blue), they render more precise images and more faithful colours than the single light-receiving 1MOS sensor.

Up to 120x Zoom - Power HD Lens Unit
Even at the 490 mm zoom setting (35 mm lens equivalent), this advanced 12x optical zoom lens is free of image degradation. And the AG-HMR10 Series is equipped with a digital zoom that instantly magnifies the image by any of three fixed values. 2x, 5x or 10x. Use it together with the 12x optical zoom lens, and you get super magnification equivalent to a 120x zoom, without the drop in light intensity that happens when using a lens extender. This advanced lens also lets you capture 40.8 mm wide-angle shots (35 mm lens equivalent) — unusual for such a compact unit.

Take Clear Shots While Walking or Zooming - Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS)
Because hand-shake correction is done by actually driving the lens, there's none of the image degradation that occurs with electronic stabilization. You can capture beautiful, high-quality shots even in situations where hand-shake is typically a big problem — such as when zooming, shooting indoors in dim lighting, or shooting outdoors at night.

Suppresses Blocked Shadows and Blown Highlights - Dynamic Range Stretch (DRS)
A gamma curve and knee slope are estimated to match the contrast of each pixel, and applied in real time. When dark, bright, and intermediate shades are all contained in the same scene, this produces excellent gradation for each shade and minimizes blocked shadows and blown highlights. The images that result are enhanced by a visually wider dynamic range.

Cine-like Gamma Curves - 7-mode Gamma for Richer Gradation
Drawing on technologies developed for the VariCam HD camera-recorders for digital cinema, Panasonic has equipped the AG-HCK10G with advanced gamma functions that address seven different shooting scenarios and enhance your creative abilities. This includes the cine-like gamma, which produces the characteristic warm tone of film recordings.

Quick, Easy Focusing - HD Focus Assist Function
In addition to the centre zoom function, which enlarges the centre area of the image for easier focusing, a focus bar can be displayed to indicate the focus level by the length of the bar. A peak hold function in the focus bar makes it easy to find the optimal focus position. The One-Push Auto Focus mode also lets you temporarily switch to AF mode during manual focusing.

Wide Range of Settings - Slow Shutter and Synchro Scan Functions
The slow shutter function uses image accumulation to allow shutter speeds with frame rates reduced by half or more. The accumulation method provides bright-colour images with less noise than those captured using conventional gain-up, so you get the higher sensitivity needed for night time shooting without illumination.