Bradley And AltaSens Join At IBC For New 4K Camera Module

Bradley Engineering has collaborated with AltaSens Inc. to create a design for a new 4K camera module that the two companies will show to visitors at this year's IBC.

The design is based upon Bradley’s dome-shaped Camball camera head with a pan-tilt mechanism, and uses AltaSens’s 4K CMOS image sensor technology.
The move follows the announcement earlier this year by AltaSens of a sensor that delivers industry standard 4K cinema frames in 12 bit or 10 bit resolution at up to 72 frames per second. The demonstration uses the AltaSens AL41410C sensor which has a Super-35 size image sensor with 5.2 µm pitch pixels.
Bradley’s Cam-Ball is a Pan Tilt Zoom camera with 99 pre-set positions that can be memorised and recalled. It has a lightweight, weather proof carbon fibre housing and all of the camera functions and movements can be controlled remotely, including the Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Iris, Focus and the activation of infrared mode and the colour balancing elements. All this is done using Bradley’s remote control panel RCP3.
David Bradley says: "AltaSens makes the highest quality image sensors on the market today. We undertook this research project to explore how we will work with 4K technologies in our future products, and to demonstrate what it will be like to use a 4K camera."
Darren Paulson, VP of Business Development and Compliance for AltaSens explains: "Bradley Engineering is well known for designing ruggedized leading-edge cameras for remote sensing. They are hence the ideal company to advise us regarding key design aspects and to subsequently deliver a superb integrated solution for 4K cinema or UHD broadcast, or even for sports broadcast where slow-motion playback is required. In addition, the sensor’s extensive programmability enables extremely fast frame rates in many optical formats, creating additional uses for this technology in scientific, military and consumer markets."
The miniaturized 4K camera module integrated in the remote-controlled Camball head will also be on view at IBC, along with the 4K sensor at the module’s visual cortex. Both the 4K mini-modules and sensor are available separately through AltaSens. Representatives from Bradley Engineering and AltaSens will be available to answer any questions.

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