At CABSAT, the main production and broadcast trade show for the Middle East, which was held in Dubai, UAE in March, Sony Professional showcased the company’s “Beyond Definition’ vision through a wide array of cameras, professional monitors and workflow solutions.
The PMW-F55 was an important part of Sony’s exhibition at CABSAT. It forms part of the company’s 4K Live Production solution. A live demo of the 4K Live Production system was demonstrated at Sony’s stand. It included the F55 4K system camera chain configuration and the 4K slo-mo server. For production companies to get the full benefit of this function, Sony offers the BPU-4000 baseband processor and SCZ-2002 slo-mo software and PWS-4400 server as part of the production system. With the knowledge that broadcasters around the world are still transmitting in HD rather than 4K, Sony devised the BPU-4000 processor which works with HD camera Control units to allow producers to exploit 4K production technology in order to maximise their HD productions. The system, in addition to allowing simultaneous HD and 4K shooting, as well as live 4K to HD down conversion, includes useful tools like HD cut from4K footage, which allows reframing, image stabilisation and digital zoom with no loss of HD quality.
As Sony’s official press release on the CABSAT exhibition said: “Being deeply committed to bringing high quality content to the mainstream consumer market, Sony ensures the quality of content recorded in 4K to allow broadcasters, production companies and videographers of all sizes to build a future-proof catalogue of high-end content straight away.’
