Film Equipment News

Rolls Royce’ of cameras

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:02

The Harambe Technologies stand at Mediatech Africa showcased products including the GFCAM from Ikegami.

According to Harambe Technologies’ Adriaan Shipalana, the GFCAM from Ikegami is the ‘highest specced ENG camcorder on the market’. “You’ve got everything in terms of functionality. This is the Rolls Royce of cameras,” said Shipalana.

The hybrid, tapeless, broadcast-grade camera features a 58 DB signal-to-noise ratio and in certain applications it can be adapted for use as a studio camera.

“The camera itself has no moving parts, so it does not need a service level agreement, which makes it quite unique,” he explained. “Ikegami waited a long time to gather feedback from the industry to make it as user friendly as possible.”

The camera uses flash memory through a GFPAK designed by Toshiba, which offers a range of benefits. “Software is updated through the USB and you can also put the metadata on your cell phone and Bluetooth it to the camera. If you save your settings on USB, the camera will recognise it and you can also use the settings on other GFCAMs,” noted Shipalana.

“Free software allows you to view files and do simple editing on a laptop when you’re in the field. Because the camera is software based you can also configure different buttons to do different things,” said Shipalana. Through the USB the camera can also connect directly to a computer and work with software like Adobe, Avid and Final Cut.

The stand also featured the Evertz OvertureRT LIVE channel playout, which was described by Evertz’s Robert Peter as a master control playout channel and one rack unit with built-in server, live input, switching, branding and digital video effects.

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