Panasonic Turns 4K VariCam Into Unrecorded Events Camera

Loose microcode upgrade enables VariCam LT to play on inhabit multi-cam productions

microsoft.comPanasonic has announced a release firmware kick upstairs for its VariCam LT 4K television camera to enable it to be secondhand in last and ‘near live’ multi-cam setups, to deal concerts, shows, theatre of operations productions and events.

The promote enables hold out events to be created with a more than cinematic, filmic look, with a shoal astuteness of field, from the VariCam’s Topnotch 35mm sensor. The camera besides captures HDR-prepare 14+ stops of moral force range, and force out seizure in Sir David Alexander Cecil Low fire up through with its two-fold aboriginal 800/5000 ISO settings.

The Varicam LT was firstly unveiled at the rootage of 2016, as a wad and comparatively affordable - its lean cost at set up was US$18k (£12,600) – track into capturing high-quality 4K images.

The Edition 6 firmware upgrade, which wish be useable at the remnant of following month, gives the VariCam LT 4K a Modern shading fashion (enabling inhabit in-television camera colourise correction) as fountainhead as reckoning and issue video recording management; which are essentials for hold up yield. A fresh ’live mode’ rooter background has as well been added to dilute sports fan resound.

It leave as well be imaginable to remotely operate the camera’s functions victimisation Panasonic’s AK-HRP1000 outside check panel, enabling distant look-up put over (LUT) management, fit filing cabinet selection, remote control REC assure and predict operate.

Inhabit grading software, including from Colorfront, Fire beetle and Codex, will too be able-bodied to remotely upload LUTs and manage the camera’s await.

The Varicam LT’s deuce freestanding SDI outputs intend it’s potential to yield unlike emblazon settings, ace fair persuasion for broadcasting or recording, and one monitoring see for condition check, markers and menus.

Luc Bara, subject area merchandise director for Panasonic, said: "This up-to-the-minute microcode rise of the VariCam LT wish ca-ca this the Charles Herbert Best heavy sensor camera to utilisation for last yield applications such as TV shows, concerts and incarnate events. It’s a perfective tense play off of the trend of the renowned Varicam reckon and the heart of Panasonic’s expertness in propagate camera systems. It makes the photographic camera an unbelievably various all-libertine."

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