Satellite broadcast company SIS Live confirms it conducted a
4K multi-camera live field test at St James’ Park for a Premiership match
The game was captured in full 4K using Sony F65 cameras (pictured above) paired with a Fujinon lens recording to 256gb flash memory cards.
A PsiTech Vortex high data rate camera capture system was also used to manipulate the imagery in an OB truck and an engineer from the company took part in the trial.
The goal was to test signal flows, the use of lenses suitable for live event coverage, as well as the integration of recording technology.
A different use for 4K resolution
Regular 4K (also known as Ultra-HD) broadcasting may be a couple of years away but SIS Live concluded that the extra resolution (four times that of HD) can offer OB truck operators the ability to create multiple HD shots from one wide framed shot suggesting the technology could have a use in sports broadcasting before affordable 4K TV sets hit the market.
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