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Canon Captures the Big Game
03 January 2012 11:14 PM | No CommentsFrom TV Technology Game Creek Video, who will provide coverage of this year’s Super Bowl XLV, announced plans to use long-zoom lenses from Canon for all telephoto shots. The company’s 100-times XJ100×9.3B long-zoom HD lenses will be mounted on all of the 18 fixed-position Sony HD field cameras. Portable cameras will use a [...]
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Canon HD Broadcast Lenses Chosen as Part of Major University’s HDTV Sports Production Facilities Upgrade
03 January 2012 11:03 PM | No CommentsFrom TV Technology OKLAHOMA CITY: Whether it’s on the gridiron, the baseball diamond, the basketball court, or other competitive arenas, the University of Oklahoma (OU) is going into the 2011 season with high expectations for its successful athletic programs. OU also has high standards for its in-house video coverage of these events, as evidenced [...]
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Panasonic introduces AW-HE120 3MOS PTZ camera
03 January 2012 10:59 PM | No CommentsFrom Broadcast Engineering Panasonic has unveiled the AW-HE120, a pan/tilt/zoom camera delivering full HD video capture an integrated PTZ system. Featuring a fast 20x zoom lens and three 2.2-megapixel ULT MOS imagers supporting HD imaging, the compact HE120 produces high-quality video in a wide range of shooting conditions. Suited for demanding applications such as sports, staging, house of [...]
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Telestream Builds HD Instant Replay System for NASCAR
03 January 2012 10:56 PM | No CommentsFrom TV Technology NEVADA CITY, CA.–Telestream has created a new high definition instant replay system for NASCAR race control officials. Developed for the start of the 2012 racing season, Telestream combined its new Replay multichannel video player combines with its Pipeline HD video capture system to provide instant capture and display of [...]
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Canon Unveils Latest Super-telephoto Lens
03 January 2012 10:51 PM | No CommentsFrom TV Technology LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.: Canon U.S.A., Inc., introduces a new-generation of super-telephoto lens, the XJ95×8.6B, which provides a combination of the widest angle of view of any HD field lens presently in the broadcasting industry with an augmented 95x focal range. Canon says it developed the XJ95×8.6B lens in response to the [...]
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Trends in Photography
From Gordan Haff of CNET news, A photographic landmark of sorts took place at the end of 2010. Dwayne’s Photo accepted the last roll of Kodachrome slide film for processing. Kodachrome was long a favorite of many professionals and advanced amateurs but required a unique and complex development process; Dwayne’s was the last lab [...] -
Industry Sees Camera Growth Continuing
From Greg Tar of This Week In Consumers Electronics Despite a relatively saturated U.S. penetration rate, digital camera sales enjoyed a year that was among one of the consumer electronics industry’s healthiest in 2010, and industry observers expect more of the same in the year ahead. According to U.S. camera sales estimates from Chris Chute of IDC [...] -
New More Affordable Professional Camcorders
From Business Wire. Canon U.S.A., Inc, a leader in digital imaging, announces the new ultra compact XA10 Professional Camcorder, ideal for situations where mobility while shooting is critical. This feature-rich, professional model records Full HD [...] -
Nikon’s newest Kutchercam: the Coolpix S80
Judging by the user reviews for the Coolpix S70, people either loved it or wanted to find a Nikon executive nearby so they could personally smash them in the face with it. Its update, the Coolpix S80, hopefully inspires more of the former and less of the latter with a new [...] -
Nikon lights up Coolpix S8100 megazoom
Nikon has a decent 10x compact megazoom in its 2010 Coolpix lineup, the S8000. Its photo quality definitely falters in low-light conditions, which could be corrected with the S8100. Along with using the company’s latest image processing engine, the Expeed C2, this 10x compact (30-300mm, 35mm equivalent) is packing a 12-megapixel, [...] -
Canon doubles up on compact megazooms
How do you like your compact megazooms? As small as possible and loaded with features or more affordable with a basic feature set and powered by AA-size batteries? Regardless of your answer, Canon now has a model to fill both needs. The $349.99 SD4500 IS is the very compact, full-featured one, packing [...] -
Nikon unveils new D3100 Entry-level DSLR
It may have taken Nikon almost three years to replace its much beloved entry-level D40 digital SLR with the popular D3000 last July, but just over a year later, the company has announced a new updated version, the Nikon D3100. The new model sports a similar body to the [...] -
NIKON S1100PJ,S5100: TWO NEW COOLPIX DIGICAMS
Nikon Inc. has today announced two new digital cameras that refresh existing models — the Coolpix S1100pj replacing the S1000pj, and the Coolpix S5100 updating the S570. The Nikon Coolpix S1100pj is Nikon’s second camera to include a built-in projector. Compared to its predecessor, the S1100pj’s projector has increased brightness, allowing [...] -
Panasonic introduces their lightest*1 full-HD Consumer Camcorder
Panasonic introduces the new HDC-SDX1, the world’s lightest*1 full-High Definition (HD) camcorder, featuring an ultra-compact body and weighing in at just under 0.41 lbs. With its stylish and lightweight design, the new Panasonic SDX1 features a 35.8mm wide-angle lens*2, 23x Intelligent Zoom and can also double as a Web camera with [...] -
Canon Introduces The KT17ex4.3B IRSE: A 1/3-inch Portable HD Zoom Lens
BUILT-IN 2X EXTENDER TO WORK WITH COST-EFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL HDTV CAMCORDERS The New KT17ex4.3B IRSE Provides Outstanding Optical Performance and Operator Convenience in an Ergonomically Redesigned, Compact, and Lightweight Portable HD Lens With HD production activity expanding, the popularity of 1/3-inch HD camcorders has grown, thanks to their impressive performance and modest pricing. In response to this trend, [...]
