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Canon HD Camcorder Lens for Broadcast and Professional

The HJ14 combines an extended 14 times zoom range and unprecedented 4.3mm-wide angle, while also improving on the exceptional optical performance of its predecessor. In addition, the lens newly developed Digital Drive unit provides improved operability and ergonomic advances for user comfort and convenient control of lens functions.
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The HD Quality Puzzle

by Mark Schubin By almost every measure, small-format HD cameras should be worse than their larger counterparts. So why do their pictures seem so good? They are HDTV and do use technologies available 25 years after the first broadcast solid-state camera. But, can a 1/6-inch-format $200 HD camcorder, or even a 1/3-inch-format $5,000 HD camcorder, [...]
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Case Study for Hamilton College on Canon’s REALiS projectors

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- Canon Captures the Big Game
  03 January 2012 11:14 PM | No Comments
  From 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 Comments
  From 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 Comments
  From 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 Comments
  From 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 Comments
  From 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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