Top Broadcast-Ready Equipment To Own In 2022

Lumens VC-TA50 AI Auto Tracking Camera

With state of the art AI-Powered human face recognition supported by its Smart AF feature, Lumens offers 3 tracking modes with auto framing, 20x Optical zoom in 1080p in 60 fps, all wrapped up in a conveniently small broadcast camera with a 5 year warranty promise.

These tracking modes range from; Everywhere Tracking Mode to following the presenter of any subject you choose with just a simple click for quick and easy changes on broadcast; Partition Tracking Mode, switching to preset angles and zooms when a presenter is in a user-defined partition area which when left will follow the presenter autonomously; and Stage Tracking Mode, whether it in auto-tracking or manual mode the VC-TA50 can smoothly pan, tilt and zoom at whatever speed is needed to keep up with your presenters and cinematography needs. Even better, All these tracking modes are kept in crisp quality by the Smart AF feature recognising human faces and keeping the presenter’s faces in focus even as they move across the stage.

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Models

Introducing the improved generation of handheld broadcast cameras in 11 popular languages, the Blackmagic Pocket 6K Cinema Camera truly captures the magic on an almost instant startup by efficiently providing that professional clean and crisp “Hollywood Look” with its native 6144 x 3456 resolution to revolutionise your projects all in a lightweight carbon fibre polycarbonate camera. Available to be controlled wirelessly through Bluetooth remote control for hard to reach locations from 30 feet away, this camera is broadcast ready for the live studio, long-term projects and more. While being kept perfectly in sync and on time with the rest of the team as its built-in timecode generator gets fast multi camera shoots in perfect sync, rest assured whatever you do will be captured in your style as the Blackmagic pocket camera is compatible with cinema and photographic lenses and will make your subjects pop with the latest generation 5 colour science for stunning skin tones and faithful colour reproduction.

Its multi-functional grip with intuitive fingertip controls allows you complete command of frame rate, zoom, back-shots and more for the best high-resolution shot, be it in bright sun or none at all in all light conditions with its built in ND filters, Dual gain ISO and high resolution cinematic digital film sensor. Gone is the need to scour tiny menu screens as settings can be controlled on the Blackmagic’s large and bright 5” LCD monitor both by fingertip grip and the convenient touch-screen for fast setup so you can adjust to your heart’s content to upload your files in post-production friendly file formats. Or if physical buttons are more your style, the back panel controls can quickly change shooting speed with multitudes of fps options, zoom like a magnifying glass and access setup menus for playback shots. Powered from batteries, 12V DC and rechargeable via USB-C, this camera includes DaVinci resolve studio for all post-production needs in professional editing software, colour correction, Audio Post, and VFX with all versions of DaVinci Resolve studio, the same software used in Hollywood movies, televisions shows, commercials, features and more.

Though small and portable, the Blackmagic camera can connect to a wide range of audio, monitoring, power and more! Like its full size HDMI connector allowing connection for display on set, with or without overlay, your custom rig is easily integratable with its mini XLR for professional microphones, easy headphones connection and with a convenient USB-C for recording directly to external media discs. Or, you can reliably trust the Blackmagic’s 4 built-in microphones and professional audio inputs as the 6K pro model features 2 mini XLR connections for recording 2 separate audio tracks using 2 mics without an external mixer as well as all built in mics having extremely low noise floor and are shock and wind resistant for capturing the best sound in any location needed which can all be reviewed by its built-in speakers and headphone jack. This tricky location filming can be aided by the Blackmagic’s optional viewfinder to make outdoors and handheld shooting accurate and easy with critical status information on frame guides, proximity sensor readings and more to fit your wants.

AJA ColorBox

The powerful AJA ColorBox allows an extensive custom interface suited to any of your needs, be it on-set broadcasting or meticulous post-production, with extensive management capabilities and editing potential for your project. ColorBox easily integrates with a large variety of applications to fit your methods and introduce variety for quality live-broadcast with ColorBox’s unique processing capability eliminating partial frame LUT processing. It even provides extensive options for on-set adjustments, highest quality display calibration, colour grading and references at any time needed.

With an elegant and sleek design which can fit comfortably on your desktop with little footprint (or optionally, you can rack mount up to four ColorBox devices in just 1RU for easy addition to both production and post installations,) ColorBox offers a mighty large array of integration across a variety of applications for modern workflows. These integrations include 4K/UltraHD SDR and HDR for quality live broadcasts and conversions to other delivery formats. Continuing its compatibility with your other applications, for hardware-based control, SKAARHOJ and CyanView have integrated native management of ColorBox into their control panels. Even Pomfort’s Livegrade Pro and Studio and Assimilate Live Looks, and Live Assist integrate easily, offering innate control of ColorBox in real time.

Save time on after-effects as ColorBox covers the wants, needs and visions of any Cinematographer,  Director of Photography, colourist, costume and lighting designer, and editor on the production with its On-set look management and colour grading. ColorBox enables easily managed workflows to load multiple looks, make adjustments as needed and save reference images (up to 4K) for dailies, post-production and later use. Or if your methods are less hands on, ColorBox features an extensive API that allows 3rd parties to control the ColorBox Frame Store and its ability to output 12-bit RGB test patches for high-quality monitor calibration applications.

But what really sets ColorBox apart from the rest are its unique features. For example, it is made even more remarkable by its efficient full frame processing capability, which eliminates partial frame LUT processing with ultra-low latency giving you all you need as quickly as you need it. Similarly, unique features are aside from harbouring the largest onboard libraries available as well as advanced ANC Metadata Management and Overlay, something truly special to a device in its class, Colourbox has incredible frame capture allowing you to capture 16 full-resolution images locally with an option to include the overlay if needed of pre or post-processed reference images to ensure consistency and can be stored locally on ColorBox or saved to a computer running 3rd party software.

For the best professional quality for live events, the Lumens VC-TA50 AI Auto Tracking Camera is the way to go. For that professional Hollywood-inspired look, try the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Models and to tie everything together on set or later in production the ColorBox can fulfil all the needs of the crew, management and project. For more solutions on how to improve your broadcast workflow and see more high-quality, productive and efficient products contact sales@3dbroadcast.co.uk .