Camera Corps launched its new Q3 advanced robotic pan/tilt/zoom/focus head
at NAB 2014.
The Camera Corps Q3 retains the compact spherical housing that users of the
Q-Ball will recognise. All commonly used HD formats are accommodated –
interlaced and progressive – at up to 60Hz frame rate. An enhanced
pan/tilt/zoom drive gives producers the freedom to match the precise
acceleration and deceleration of much larger robotic heads when tracking
moving performers on air. Initial interest and sales have surpassed all
expectations.
The Q3 can perform an unlimited number of 360 degree lateral rotations, with
3GB per second video being transferred over high-quality slip rings to ensure
complete freedom from cable-snagging. Pan and tilt speed are adjustable from
an ultra-slow 360 degrees in 90 minutes to 90 degrees per second. Motion
control sequences of up to 25 seconds duration can be stored to internal non-
volatile memory.
Minimum illumination requirement for the Q3 is 0.5 lux (colour mode) or 0.02 lux
(monochrome). Camera alignment features include gamma correction, white
balance, 16-step edge enhancement and a 2 second to 1/10,000 second
shutter. A genlock input with user-adjustable sync timing offset is provided. The
camera can be locked to external C sync or tri-level HD sync. An optional optical-
interface provides data control, genlock and 3 gigabits per second video over a
pair of single-mode fibres.
