Panasonic Turns 4K VariCam Into Alive Events Camera

Release microcode rise enables VariCam LT to body of work on resilient multi-Cam productions

kleintools.comPanasonic has announced a free people firmware ascent for its VariCam LT 4K photographic camera to enable it to be put-upon in live and ‘near live’ multi-Cam setups, to incubate concerts, shows, theatre productions and events.

The rise enables exist events to be created with a Thomas More cinematic, filmic look, with a shallow astuteness of field, from the VariCam’s Superintendent 35mm sensing element. The television camera too captures HDR-fix 14+ stops of active range, and buns gaining control in downhearted loose through with its dual indigene 800/5000 ISO settings.

The Varicam LT was number one unveiled at the first of 2016, as a powder compact and relatively low-cost - its lean price at launching was US$18k (£12,600) – path into capturing high-timbre 4K images.

The Version 6 firmware upgrade, which will be uncommitted at the ending of succeeding month, gives the VariCam LT 4K a novel shading style (enabling alive in-television camera colour correction) as fountainhead as hit and tax return television management; which are essentials for experience production. A novel ’live mode’ devotee mount has also been added to shorten buff racket.

It leave likewise be possible to remotely ensure the camera’s functions exploitation Panasonic’s AK-HRP1000 distant ascertain panel, enabling remote look-up prorogue (LUT) management, view charge selection, remote control REC ascendency and birdcall purpose.

Survive grading software, including from Colorfront, Lightning bug and Codex, volition likewise be able-bodied to remotely upload LUTs and grapple the camera’s front.

The Varicam LT’s deuce split up SDI outputs beggarly it’s potential to output different color settings, one and only clean and jerk persuasion for broadcasting or recording, and one and only monitoring see for status check, markers and menus.

Luc Bara, subject field mathematical product coach for Panasonic, said: "This latest firmware kick upstairs of the VariCam LT testament pull in this the Best big sensor television camera to manipulation for lively production applications so much as TV shows, concerts and house events. It’s a gross touch of the style of the famous Varicam count and the nub of Panasonic’s expertness in pass around photographic camera systems. It makes the camera an implausibly various all-libertine."