Broadcast camerawork has used cameras of a very similar lens and sensor setup since the invention of the CCD.

Recently, huge advances in sensor technology have brought a cinematic new gloss to still and moving-image capture, often based on large sensors and lenses to suit. Bringing those new ideas into live broadcast has been a popular idea for a while, with some of the world’s biggest events adopting the technique.

Even so, allowing highly skilled operators and engineers to do their best work around large-sensor cameras is something that the market has only recently begun to address.

This series examines the thinking behind big-chip for broadcast, as well as the technologies and techniques which make it possible.

Part 2 looks at implementation challenges from several perspectives. For engineering teams, connectivity, remote control and vision engineering workflows are key considerations. For camera operators the actual optical performance of lenses with big chip sensors can be as much of a challenge as where the buttons are. The science of combining large sensors and lenses produces inevitable variables in depth of field, aperture and zoom.

Big Chip Cameras For Broadcast is a collection of twelve articles presented in four parts.

Part 1 is available HERE.

Part 2 is available below.

Part 3 is avialable HERE.

Part 4 is available HERE.

About Part 2 – Implementation

Part 2 is a free PDF download which contains three original articles:

Article 1 : Remote Camera Control & Vision Engineering
Approaching the integration of large sensor cameras into live broadcast workflows requires careful consideration of the combination of technologies and how they impact the very well-developed engineering practices of broadcast.

Article 2 : Concerns Of The Operator
For skilled operators with deep muscle memory, shifting to large sensor cameras is as much about differences in the actual optical capabilities of lenses as it is about the potential differences in control hardware.

Article 3 : Photographic Considerations
Examination of the science of combining lenses and large sensors reveals a conundrum of variables in depth of field, aperture and zoom that inevitably affect the operator.