Ikegami: HDK-X500 Portable 3-CMOS HD Camera at IBC 2024
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Ikegami: HDK-X500 Portable 3-CMOS HD Camera at IBC 2024
Pax: Awesome. Ikegami will introduce the HDK-X500 portable 3-CMOS HD camera. It will make its European market debut at IBC 2024 at the Amsterdam RAI convention centre, starting on Friday, September 13 through the weekend. Philip, I know you travel a lot. Is this something that you’re taking a trip for? Is it something that’s worth going out to see in Amsterdam?
Philip: Yeah. So I will be at IBC in Amsterdam, so I’m interested in seeing this camera. Ikegami is one of the leaders in that sort of studio broadcast camera market with a 2/3 inch sensor and B4 mount. It’s interesting that they’re still using a three CMOS sensor setup. A lot of cameras have gone to single sensors, but they’ve kept the three CMOS, so you’re effectively getting a better quality image in the studio. It’s designed to be both pedestal mounted, within a production studio or on a jib, or it can be shoulder-mounted, so they’ve really thought about making it a more universal camera.
I’ve never been a big fan of the 2/3 inch sensor. I understand it, I understand the need for it in television. You’re starting to see a lot of organizations sort of move away from that, although I think this will be a great equalizer for those who are in that 2/3 inch sensor B4 mount arena. Being able to have native 4K with a three-chip design really gives the resolution that you need within a studio. I know typically you get that soap opera look, but I think that the processing and the capabilities of these sensors have sort of made them have a more, and I hate to use this term, but filmic look to them. The fact that it is a 3-CMOS sensor will really help along those lines as well.
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