Sony HDC-1500 - The Sony HDC-1500 portable camera utilises advanced HD Digital Signal Processing with 14 bit A/D converters.The HDC-1500 also incorporates a newly developed CCD imager that creates images in either 1080 50 or 60 frame progressive or 1080 50 or 60 field interlace frame rates, depending on desired final system output. The new CCD and DSP LSI are two key devices that allow stunning image creation in a variety of scanning modes.