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Camera Corps announces LED-ringlight option
for Q-Ball - IBC Booth No. 10.C49
July 27, 2009
Source: Camera Corps
Following trials at a series of recent sports
events in South Africa, Camera Corps has chosen IBC 2009 as
the launch venue for a self-illuminating version of its Q-Ball
all-weather robotic camera head. Designed primarily for commentator-camera
applications, the new Q-Lite option is a multi-element LED
ring luminaire which generates a powerful but non-glare soft
light to illuminate a presenter.
"Q-Ball has only been on the market a matter of weeks
yet has already generated huge demand from all round the world,"
comments Laurie Frost, founder and Managing Director of Shepperton-based
Camera Corps. "Q-Lite can be mounted on any existing
Q-Ball to provide brightly illuminated images from traditionally
dark locations such as sports or stage-side commentary boxes.
LED lighting is tremendously efficient and does not waste
energy projecting heat onto the commentator's face."
Camera Corps' Q-Ball is a full dual-mode robotic colour camera
with high-precision pan and tilt, 10:1 zoom optics and infra-red
night-vision capability, all housed in a robust 115 mm diameter
sphere machined from solid aluminium. Pan and tilt can be
operated at any speed from 4 seconds to 20 minutes per revolution
through an unlimited number of turns. Integral high-precision
low-noise motors allow the camera to be repositioned smoothly
during live shooting rather than merely between shots.
Designed to allow rapid exterior or interior rigging and de-rigging,
the Q-Ball weighs 1.3 kg including mounting shaft and can
be operated at any angle. The integral camera incorporates
a 1/3 inch 2 megapixel 16:9 CMOS sensor delivering 1080i/720p
HD or 625/525 SD, both at 50 or 59.94 Hz and in 16:9 or 4:3
aspect ratio. Signal-to-noise ratio is >50 dB. Focus can
be controlled manually or automatically.
The Q-Ball is fully compatible with Camera Corps' range of
pan/tilt and CCU controllers. Its interface delivers up to
four channels of audio embedded into the SDI feed. It operates
from a 9 to 18 V DC power supply. The machined-aluminium casing
is available pre-painted to match any required colour scheme,
including jungle camouflage.
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