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that have been used in major tournaments such as the Euros, World Cup and Ryder Cup. Telegenic has been involved in
extensive testing at live football matches with Sony and Host Broadcast Services. “We put a standard 2500 camera side by side with a 4K camera to look at problems with blurring and panning to see how we can get around it. The major stumbling block at the moment is lenses. We’ve got a mix of prime lenses and zoom lenses from different manufacturers.” Having conducted tests at
three games in Brazil at the FIFA Confederations Cup last month, Telegenic assessed the technical and creative aspects of using 4K technology for live sports production. “For each game we’re changing the camera positions to see what they can do differently with 4K,” explained Curtin. “We really wanted to be a part of the Confederations
Eamonn Curtin: “For each game we’re changing the camera positions to see what they can do
differently with 4K”
Milan Krsljanin: “Latitude is more
important than pure pixel count”
Production issues: Trialling 4K live
“You need to be able to do a test [like the Confederations Cup] to see if 4K is viable — which I truly believe it is” Eamonn Curtin, Telegenic
Cup. You need to be able to do a test like that to see if 4K is viable, which I truly believe it is. I think it’s a test worth doing irrespective of how much it
costs.” Sykes added: “It’s not a broadcast test. It’s a test of operational style and how that marries up with technology.” — Melanie Dayasena-Lowe
FROM CAMERAS to signal routing, switchers to servers, what are the building blocks of the outside broadcast chain that will need to be upgraded and what is the roadmap of development? How much will it all cost?
“Let’s take our time with this, get the standards in place and wait until the technology catches up,” said Presteigne Charter director of Operations Alan Bright. “We’ve had some
dealings with producers [of music or fashion shows] who want to acquire in 4K for vanity reasons where we are required to pick up the technical pieces, but also calls to shoot 4K for creative reasons where the filmic shallow depth of field look is desired,” he said. “There are certainly
similarities to the HD model but the early driver for HD was sports and UHD is not working
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