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InFocus

High-Grade Cost-Effective
Broadcast Quality - Ikegami
I

n the world of broadcasting, the
picture tells the story. That is why a
camera for broadcast use must always
provide superior performance.
Only critical evaluation of the picture
conveys the true value of the camera.
Ikegami, a leading brand in the
broadcasting industry, is introducing
the HC-HD300, which like uncountable
models before will prove its true value
over its lifetime.
A broadcast quality camera for users
without a broadcast budget - this is
the idea behind the creation of HCHD300. It provides superior image
performance which has been reﬁned
at major broadcasters from all over
the world, together with an affordable
price. This camera system provides the
overall low cost of ownership you are
longing for.
It embodies the features which are
valued in the broadcasting industry
around the world. Even though the
price is affordable, the care taken, to
ensure performance, functionality, and
robustness, is the same.
That is the concept of HC-HD300. In
addition to the advanced functionality
of an Ikegami camera, newly
developed full HD 1920 x 1080 2.5
million pixel 1/3" CMOS sensors realise
1000TVL resolution, 58dB signal-tonoise ratio at F11 sensitivity and wide
dynamic range of more than 600%.
Dockable Camera Body
As a part of the UnicamHD product
family a wide variety of accessories,
such as ﬁbre, triax, wireless or camera

adaptors, can be mounted without the
use of any external cables.
Advanced
Full
Digital
16-bit
Processing: This camera is
designed from the start based
on 16-bit DSP to maximise the
beneﬁts of high bit quantization.
Especially for the dark areas of
the picture, the higher gradation for
gamma and other circuits improves
the reproduction, providing for more
natural colour in the
shadow areas of
the picture. Up to
38-bits are used
within the DSP.
For
High
Definition,
1080/59.94i
and 1080/50i as
well as 720/59.94p
and 720/50p are natively
supported. In addition, Standard
Deﬁnition 480/59.94i (NTSC) and
576/50i (PAL), is available too.
An Automatic Lens Chromatic
Aberration Compensation function
(ALCC) is newly incorporated for
minimising the blur and coloured
edges caused mainly by lens chromatic
aberration. Both horizontal and
vertical Detail Correction circuits
for red, green and blue signals are
independently and digitally processed.
One can obtain the full resolution of a
high quality picture with extremely low
noise, even under low-light shooting
conditions.
Built-in advanced digital Knee
function compresses high-light signals
without changing the hue. It gives
you more saturation and a naturally
highlighted picture rather
than washing out the
colour.
The Quick EZ
Focus
Assist
function is a newly
incorporated
useful
tool,
providing
very distinct
enhancement

The Ikegami HC-HD300 aims to offer
a cost-effective broadcast camera system

to the viewﬁnder signal to enable the
camera operator to make critical focus
adjustment. The size of area, area
colour, edge colour, and display time
on the viewﬁnder are adjustable in the
camera menu.
Fibre Based Remote System
This new system allows for
affordable and ﬂexible integration.
Unlike bulky multi-core cables, only
a duplex lightweight single mode
ﬁbre or hybrid ﬁbre cable is required
between the camera adaptor and
base station. This provides robust
two-way communications and to carry
all of the required signals necessary
for operation of the camera and
associated production equipment.
Three new products, FA-300 Fibre
Adaptor, BSF-300 Base Station and
PSU-300 Power Supply Extension unit,
have an OpticalCON DUO connector for
ﬁbre cable connection. It can accept
either a common optical LC-Duplex
connector for single-mode ﬁbre cables,
or OpticalCON DUO connector for
hybrid cables. This enables affordable
and ﬂexible integration for a variety of
applications.
The lightweight and compact size

(1.5 RU) BSF-300 is easily integrated
into any studio, mobile truck, or
portable ﬂypack. When using hybrid
ﬁbre cables, the base station provides
power to the ﬁbre adaptor and the
camera itself. The maximum cable
length between the FA-300 Fiber
Adaptor and the BSF-300 Base Station
is 250 metres with power supplied
from the base station. Supplying local
power to the camera enables the use
of single ﬁbre transmission up to 10
kilometres. It is possible to combine
powered system with hybrid cable
and unpowered system with single
mode ﬁbre cable, with PSU-300 power
supply extension unit.
Many accessories have been
prepared to allow our customers
to optimise the integration of the
camera. The HC-HD300 is ﬁrst and
foremost a system camera for multicamera operation in studios and in
the ﬁeld. By the aid of camera adaptor
accessories, it is equally suited as
a self-contained camera, a wireless
camera or a camcorder.
It is possible to put together a
system with consistent Ikegami quality
from image acquisition to image
display.

The HC-HD300 is
part of Ikegami's
UnicamHD
family
Ikegami BSF-300 Base Station - compact ﬁbre connectivity
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