Panasonic: Updated 4K professional action cam and 360 recording solution // NAB 2017
[17:12 Mon,24.April 2017 by blip]
What Panasonic shows besides the Varicam-Mini Mockup still on the NAB? Especially special cameras. The two-part camera concept one already knows of Panasonic, both from the consumer and from the Pro area. The now presented at the NAB presents itself as already with the HMR10 / HCK10 from a field recorder (AG-UMR20), which can also record full HD video signals from other cameras via 3G-SDI, as well as the POV camera head UCK20. They are connected with a cable (in 3 or 20m length) and in this combination the recording of higher resolution 4K / UHD is possible (29.97p / 23.98p / 25p)But only with 50Mbps (VBR). Pic1 In the camera part, a 1 / 2.3-type MOS sensor is installed with 12.76MP, plus a 20-fold zoom lens with a focal range of 29.5-612mm (KB-equivalent). The initial aperture is F1.8. In the FullHD mode, a hybrid image stabilizer is applied to five axes. At 4K, there is an optical stabilization. An optical ND filter is also available (Clear, 1/4, 1/16, 1/64). The approx. 650g AVCCAM recording unit has two SD (XC) cardlots with relay recording and hot swap function, a small 3.5 "touch display (which also shows a waveform and vector-head display) Can be connected to the HDMI cable, USB 2.0, mic / line level audio input, loudspeaker as well as a stereo Miniklinke for headphones, the connected camera can be over the recorder, A control and streaming over IP is implemented (similar to the PTZ lineup). The mass of the recorder is 100 mm x 53.5 mm x 104 mm, the camera part measures 64 mm x 72 mm x 131 mm. On the market are the two devices in May for 2,395 dollars (AG-UMR20) and / or 1,995 dollars (UCK20); More info here. For live events and broadcast Panasonic also brings a u003cstrongu003e360 recording combinationu003c/strongu003e , also consisting of a head and a base part (AW-360C10 / AW-360B10). In the header are four camera modules installed, whose images are combined live to an uncompressed 2: 1 acectuctual 360 video in 4K / 30p. When the recordings are computed, it is to be automatically detected if an object