iQ now integrates with Panasonic HD cinema camera

Quantel have announced that their iQ product now supports the Panasonic AJ-HDC27 Varicam HD Cinema camera.
The Panasonic variable frame rate camera brings under or over-crank flexibility to video acquisition and iQ now adds the same flexibility in post production.
Tapes from the AJ-HDC27 Varicam HD Cinema camera can be loaded into iQ to produce slow or fast motion 24fps clips, just as would happen with the traditional film process.
iQ then makes full use of the information from the camcorder and speed changes are handled automatically. iQ's resolution co-existence allows the 720p clips from the camcorder to be used in HD or SD projects without any pre-processing.
Quantel's Marketing Director, Nigel Turner, said: "Quantel are all about innovation and we recognised instantly that the Panasonic HD Cinema camera brought something new to the video world.
"We know our post customers want to work with tapes from the variable frame rate camera and the flexibility of iQ now allows them to deliver that capability."
Michael Brinkman, Director of Strategic Development, Panasonic Broadcast, added: "iQ is unlike any other system; not only does it handle everything automatically, it also allows material from the variable frame rate camcorder to be used in projects of any format. It beautifully complements in post the flexibility that the Panasonic HD Cinema camera delivers in acquisition."
iQ's purpose-built, open-programmable hardware and software architecture allowed the necessary changes to the video processing to be made in software without costly hardware modifications. Variable frame rate camera support is also standard with every iQ system.
Quantel, www.quantel.com
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