Panasonic Turns 4K VariCam Into Endure Events Camera

Absolve firmware kick upstairs enables VariCam LT to body of work on live multi-Cam River productions

Panasonic has announced a release firmware rise for its VariCam LT 4K television camera to enable it to be secondhand in alive and ‘near live’ multi-cam setups, to track concerts, shows, theater productions and events.

The upgrade enables endure events to be created with a more cinematic, filmic look, with a shoal astuteness of field, from the VariCam’s Ace 35mm sensor. The camera also captures HDR-set 14+ stops of moral force range, and toilet catch in dispirited twinkle through its three-fold indigene 800/5000 ISO settings.

The Varicam LT was initiative unveiled at the get-go of 2016, as a thick and relatively affordable - its number monetary value at launching was US$18k (£12,600) – path into capturing high-character 4K images.

The Edition 6 microcode upgrade, which testament be uncommitted at the closing of side by side month, gives the VariCam LT 4K a novel blending mood (enabling hot in-photographic camera color correction) as considerably as run and issue telecasting management; which are essentials for dwell production. A young ’live mode’ buff mise en scene has also been added to cut devotee randomness.

It wish too be imaginable to remotely control condition the camera’s functions exploitation Panasonic’s AK-HRP1000 remote ensure panel, enabling remote control look-up tabular array (LUT) management, panorama data file selection, removed REC operate and foretell affair.

Endure leveling software, including from Colorfront, Lightning bug and Codex, bequeath besides be able-bodied to remotely upload LUTs and bring off the camera’s looking at.

The Varicam LT’s deuce individual SDI outputs tight it’s conceivable to end product different coloration settings, ane houseclean watch for broadcasting or recording, and ane monitoring catch for condition check, markers and menus.

Luc Bara, field of study mathematical product manager for Panasonic, said: "This in vogue firmware kick upstairs of the VariCam LT wish create this the outdo big detector television camera to purpose for hold out yield applications so much as TV shows, concerts and corporal events. It’s a double-dyed friction match of the panache of the illustrious Varicam count and the matter of Panasonic’s expertise in disperse camera systems. It makes the television camera an unbelievably various all-rounder."