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F&F Productions Buys a Dozen More Ikegami HDK-79EC HD
CMOS Cameras for New HDTV Mobile Unit - set to Debut with
US Open Coverage for CBS
August 31, 2010
Source: Ikegami
F&F Productions has outfitted its entire
mobile fleet with more than 80 Ikegami HDK-79EC camera systems,
all of which employ three 2/3-inch 2.5 Mega-pixel-specified
CMOS imaging sensors combining native multi-format HD performance
with supreme 16:9 picture quality.
Keeping pace with the growing demand for its HDTV production
services, F&F Productions will debut its latest mobile
unit – the new 53-ft. by 16-ft. Double-Expando GTX-16
– at this year’s U.S. Open, August 30-September
12, in Flushing, Queens NY.
“As our business continues to grow, we rely on the latest
HDTV cameras from Ikegami for the flexibility to be able to
produce content in 720p, 1080i, or whatever format our clients
request,” comments George Orgera, President and CEO of
F&F Productions, one of the oldest privately held mobile
production facilities providers in the United States. “With
the Ikegami HDK-79EC and its CMOS technology, we have that
flexibility and are native in all of these formats. The Ikegami
HDK-79EC is the best available. Its CMOS imaging technology
not only delivers sharp, multi-format HD, it’s also lighter-weight
and consumes less power.”
Configurable for either portable use or as a “hard”
field/studio camera, Ikegami’s HDK-79EC’s 1980H
by 1080V active-pixel CMOS sensors are switchable between
interlace and progressive readout modes.
Providing a full 16:9 aspect ratio, the HDK-79EC’s CMOS
sensors provide 1080/60i, 1080/24p, and 720/60p HD as well
as optional 50Hz formats, 1080/50i and 720/50p, high-speed
dual-link 1080/60p, and Super Slow Motion, 720/120p and 1080/120i.
Incorporating Ikegami’s Chip C4 ASIC video
processing technology, the HDK-79EC can be used with either
triax or SMPTE fiber camera cable. Additional system components
include the Ikegami CCU-890M full-digital camera control unit
and SE-79D System Expander for studio camera build up. The
CCU-890M supports multiple camera cable types with built-in
triax and fiber cable transmission systems.
“In this day and age, a lot of stadiums – especially
at colleges – are still triax,” Orgera notes. “We
have Ikegami’s triax adapters and fiber adapters for
the cameras, so we can go either way. Ikegami enables us to
go a lot farther on triax than any other manufacturer. With
Ikegami, you can’t tell the difference between the two.
I have no doubt that Ikegami has the best triax system.”
In addition to its operational flexibility, multi-format HD
performance, and superior image quality, Orgera also noted
the durability of Ikegami’s equipment at F&F Productions’
many locations. “We were in Vancouver for the Winter
Games, and these cameras worked beautifully in the cold with
no problems,” he says. “We also travel throughout
the South, where summer temperatures can be brutal, but our
Ikegami HDK-79EC’s continue to work beautifully.”
Having debuted its GTX-15 mobile HDTV production truck two
years ago at the U.S. Open, F&F Productions is set to
make history yet again when its new GTX-16 truck rolls up
to this year’s tennis championship to provide production
services for CBS. Incorporating the latest and greatest in
HDTV production technologies, F&F’s new GTX-16 offers
nearly 7 feet in headroom and a double blow-out production
area for maximum comfort and convenience of network technical
and production personnel.
“Several Ikegami LCD monitors are also in our new GTX-16
truck,” Orgera adds. These include two of Ikegami’s
lightweight, low-power-consumption, full 1920 by 1080-pixel,
10-bit, 17-inch HLM-1750WR HD monitors. The HLM-1750WR supports
multi-format SDI input as well as DVI-D and VBS inputs as
a standard feature (and 3G-SDI as an option).
The monitor also provides a wide viewing angle, high brightness
and contrast, quick motion response, and superb color reproduction,
as well as a vectorscope and waveform display, adjustable
horizontal or vertical color-coded embedded audio meters,
and – as an option – an embedded audio output. Additional
Ikegami monitors in GTX-16 include three 15-inch multi-format
color CRT monitors.
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