Sony Electronics has entered into an agreement with outsourced international technical production partner NEP Group to purchase more than 50 Sony HDC-3500L and HDC-5500L cameras. A long-time customer and collaborator of Sony, NEP will use these products to support live sports productions and entertainment events around the world, providing home viewers with top spots.
“Our mission is to ensure that we bring home viewers a spectacular image that reproduces the experience of being at a live event,” said Glen Levine, President, U.S. Broadcast Services, NEP. “We have collaborated with Sony over the years and have expressed our wish for a new camera which not only provides flexible HDR images, but which is silent, works in triax and works seamlessly with our other Sony cameras to offer backward compatibility. Sony really listened and hit the mark when they created the new HDC camera systems. “
The HDC-3500 is highlighted by a 2/3 inch 4K global shutter, a system of three CMOS sensors, which allows the camera to offer a high modulation depth and a wide dynamic range for HD and 4K production. . The camera system supports HD, HDR and 4K, as well as IP capabilities. The HDC-3500 has an interchangeable transmission side panel, which NEP uses to support both fiber optic and triax operation.
The Sony HDC-5500 is a multi-format live camera using the world’s first 2/3 inch 4K global shutter CMOS image sensors, which guarantees image quality in HD, 4K and HDR live production. The cameras reach a high frame rate up to 4K 2x and HD 8x.
Sony and NEP have a long-standing relationship, which is evidenced by the continued use and advocacy of Sony cameras and monitors, which are the backbone of many NEP mobile production units.
“As these camera systems have been designed and developed, Sony has relied heavily on feedback from key users, including NEP,” said Theresa Alesso, President of the Pro Division, Sony Electronics. “This allowed us to create a robust and user-friendly model that incorporates new features such as the HDR and Global Shutter imagers. Our HD cameras offer users the ability to customize their cameras with the capabilities they need most, while pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in live production. “