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We look at the decision making behind the HD upgrade and the details of how it will all work together.
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Watch the below exciting air ‘combat’ footage to see how well ground and POV cameras can cut together, then read the below article to find out how it was done.
“It’s about getting everybody to understand what makes for good 3D shots. In 2D you can get away with faster panning and jumps versus 3D – for 3D it’s what we call ‘linger longer’. If you’re jumping between shots, the depth is way in and then way out and, if you don’t have a small depth transition between shots, that creates a lot of eye strain.”
“Having a third HD studio available at Television Centre I hope will support our ambition to work with both independent and in-house producers to increase the amount of BBC programming we can bring to audiences in HD quality.”
“With our HD Cineflex systems now placed strategically around the world, we’re confident we have the world wide resources to support any natural history production at an affordable production cost.”
“Gearhouse Broadcast was selected for their expertise and their determination to provide a comprehensive solution with excellent client service.”
“We had 13 cameras there in total – 12 of them Sony HDC-1500 and one HDC-1500 with a HKC-T1500 CCD extension adaptor.”
“Right from the start, we knew we had to use a manufacturer with a big reputation. The cameras had to be ready for anything. Outdoors, indoors, humidity, snow, whatever. We are enamoured with the Sony products.”
“I feel extremely good about using these HD cameras. The wonderful thing with HD is that the picture gives you a 3D feeling, because the stage lighting gives a 3D feel.”
“3D is a natural progression for broadcasters. It is cutting edge and broadcast has always been at the forefront of such developments.”
“At the beginning, we said, ‘Can it be done?'. We carefully evaluated everything on paper and concluded that we could, and then we dove in and did it. It turned out to be an amazing project from beginning to end.”
“What appealed about the Anycast was the flexibility as well as the portability. It can also double up as fly-away kit, so if there’s no parking for your seven ton vehicle you can take it off with a couple of cameras and can do something on location as well.”
Anycast offers a mini OB facility in a case, so you can edit a four-camera shoot on the go.Pippa Considine reports.
“Hot Spot is now confirming where on a batsman the ball made contact while new slow motion cameras are giving us incredible super slo-mo replays.”
Delivers first HD OB van to the CIS regionAdds new single-format HDC 1450 camera to line-up
In this competition, some of the world’s most talented pilots are up against each other in a race based on speed, precision and skill. Shooting this high-speed action demands the right kit, in this case HDCAM and a Super Motion camera.
The benefits of Sony were compatibility, flexibility and also expertise; this notably included vital expertise in the construction of mobile production units.
M6 wanted to replace the cameras used on one of their 12-50 production sets in order to obtain an extremely sophisticated image quality.