Bradley's 30 x Zoom Cams To Appear At IBC

Bradley Engineering has announced it will be showcasing some of the very first miniature remote camera heads with 30 : 1 zoom at IBC this year.
The latest version of the company’s miniature rotating Cam-Ball has 30 x zoom lenses and a new high resolution sensor with increased low light sensitivity. It can provide High Definition broadcast images up to 1080p.
The new lens gives a zoom range of 30:1, equal to 65 degrees – 2.5 degrees, with a horizontal angle of view, MOD 10cm wide with less than 3% distortion, and more than 200 increments to control Iris: F1.6 – 28.
Bradley has added a new feature to help match the image with the others in multi-camera productions.
The operator can control the red and blue pedestals and make fine adjustments to the black levels in the picture.
The Cam-Ball 3 replaces Cam-Ball 2 and is a Pan Tilt Zoom camera with 32 pre-set positions that can be memorised and recalled. It is contained inside a lightweight, weather proof carbon fibre housing, but the front seal can still be removed to attach a wide angle lens.
All of the camera functions and movements can be controlled remotely, including the Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Iris, Focus and the activation of infrared mode.
The colour balancing elements, auto white, manual white, preset white, Rgain, Bgain, Detail, Master Pedestal, Red Pedestal and Blue Pedestal, are also remote controlled using Bradley’s RCP3.
The Cam-Ball 3 is backwards compatible with Bradley’s other cameras and operates with all of the company’s accessories and RCPs.
This year, Bradley has invited some close associates to join them at the IBC stand, to display a variety of applications which use Bradley’s cameras. These are AirFilms, who supply UAV filming services, Versatile, a supplier of a specialist remote head for crane operations, Blackcam, who supply dollies, rigs and rails for remote controlled camera systems, and CamMate which builds high quality cranes for the film and video industry.
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(IT/CD)