BirdDog has announced it is expanding its family NDI PTZ cameras with the launch of the BirdDog P240.
With this announcement, BirdDog is building on the innovations of its P200 series cameras to further advance the category of best-in-class PTZ cameras and setting a new standard in the industry for format support, connection flexibility, and picture quality, while delivering excellent low light performance.
The all new BirdDog P240 introduces an updated Sony Exmor R broadcast sensor to deliver increased light sensitivity and superior image quality and performance, and offers three output options including NDI, SDI, and HDMI for ultimate video flexibility. The new P240 also features Balanced XLR audio for professional audio connections, while IP output options feature multiple flavors of NDI including Full NDI, NDI|HX2, and HX3, SRT, and h.264.
The BirdDog P240 also delivers a number of new features including:
- BirdDog’s custom NDI silicon
- BirdDog Cloud 3.0 integration which unlocks globally connected remote productions
- Four output options including NDI, SDI, HDMI for live production work, and UVC USB for connecting to Zoom & Teams
- Output multiple flavors of NDI including Full NDI, NDI|HX2 and HX3, as well as other options including SRT, h.264, and Cloud Connect (coming soon)
- Support for FreeD output for AR/VR workflows
- An OLED display to show the IP address
- 360° degree mohawk tally, filter thread
- Free Auto-Tracking available
- Camera supports NDI 5.5 natively.
Professional, Broadcast-Caliber Features
The new BirdDog P240 cameras feature a number of capabilities that add significant value to a professional live event production, from live sporting and concert events, to large enterprise corporate event production. Select features include:
- BirdDog Dashboard with Heads Up Display: The P240 features a comprehensive interface that provides system statistics such as the number of active connections, current bandwidth usage, and network traffic, and presented in an intuitive way to give users valuable insights at a quick glance.
- RUDP: Support for Reliable User Datagram Protocol reduces overall network load as not every packet needs to be acknowledged by every receiver. RUDP has error correction built in for smoothness and maximum reliability.
- NDI Genlock: With NDI Genlock, users can select an NDI source to be the timing master to provide more predictable timing in multi camera environments.
- FreeD: FreeD is a protocol for sending PTZ positioning data to AR/VR systems including Unreal Engine, Brainstorm, Vizrt’s Viz Virtual Studio, and many more. The P240 supports FreeD built directly into The Dashboard.
- NDI Video Scopes: The P240 cameras can generate scopes in-camera to send out as NDI, NDI Proxy, or both. This allows for monitoring scopes on the NDI Proxy while sending a clean main NDI feed simultaneously. Users can choose from Histogram, Waveform, Vectorscope, or RGB Parade and the position on the NDI stream.
- 360° Mohawk Tally: Innovative new Mohawk Tally gives a full 360 degree view to eliminate the guesswork of which camera users need to be talking to.
Pricing and Availability
BirdDog’s new P240 NDI PTZ cameras will be available in Q4 2022 and are priced at US$2,995.00.
