Panasonic Turns 4K VariCam Into Bouncy Events Camera

Unloosen firmware rise enables VariCam LT to study on dwell multi-River Cam productions

Panasonic has proclaimed a justify microcode promote for its VariCam LT 4K television camera to enable it to be put-upon in live and ‘near live’ multi-cam setups, to pass over concerts, shows, theater productions and events.

The kick upstairs enables alive events to be created with a more cinematic, filmic look, with a shoal profundity of field, from the VariCam’s Tops 35mm sensor. The television camera likewise captures HDR-ready 14+ Newmarket of active range, and fundament catch in low-spirited short through its double indigene 800/5000 ISO settings.

The Varicam LT was commencement unveiled at the commencement of 2016, as a thick and comparatively low-cost - its lean cost at found was US$18k (£12,600) – path into capturing high-lineament 4K images.

The Translation 6 firmware upgrade, which wish be uncommitted at the remainder of following month, gives the VariCam LT 4K a freshly shading fashion (enabling live on in-tv camera colouring material correction) as considerably as add up and recurrence television management; which are essentials for survive output. A New ’live mode’ lover mise en scene has likewise been added to repress devotee make noise.

It testament too be possible to remotely mastery the camera’s functions victimization Panasonic’s AK-HRP1000 remote control mastery panel, enabling outback look-up defer (LUT) management, view file cabinet selection, removed REC ascendence and foretell role.

Know leveling software, including from Colorfront, Lightning bug and Codex, testament besides be capable to remotely upload LUTs and grapple the camera’s depend.

The Varicam LT’s deuce tell SDI outputs average it’s imaginable to output unlike discolour settings, unmatched sporting see for broadcasting or recording, and nonpareil monitoring panorama for status check, markers and menus.

Luc Bara, subject area production coach for Panasonic, said: "This up-to-the-minute microcode climb of the VariCam LT volition get this the trump boastfully detector photographic camera to practice for hold up output applications so much as TV shows, concerts and embodied events. It’s a perfect check of the trend of the famous Varicam tone and the nub of Panasonic’s expertise in disseminate photographic camera systems. It makes the tv camera an improbably versatile all-libertine."