Craig Johnston

Battery makers showing their remote power wares at NAB Show have addressed issues such as battery cell safety and HD/4G cameras’ high-power demands.

A fairly recent NAB Show tradition has been to play “Who’da thunk they’d start building cameras?”

Once again, lens makers are faced with the challenge of building lenses that handle increased demands of higher resolution sensors, this time 4K units.

During the short-lived 3D frenzy, camera support equipment makers were retooling their wares for the additional size and weight of camera/lens pairs locked in 3D rigs.

The camera support equipment makers are providing new devices to deliver spectacular camera moves.

While lighting equipment makers continue to provide LED fixtures to replace energy-hungry legacy lighting gear, there are some fresh introductions of older technology fixtures with new features.

As camera makers make strides to 4K imaging, lens makers are challenged to provide high resolution prime and zoom lenses to deliver high-quality images to the camera sensor.

Much of the camera buzz at the 2014 NAB Show will be about 4K imaging, although there’s still a thriving market for conventional HD camcorders as well.

Intercom systems to communicate among members of a television production crew have been around since television began, and remain a necessity.

Sony’s 2014 NAB Show exhibition can be thought of as full speed ahead with 4K

Sony’s 2014 NAB Show exhibition can be thought of as full speed ahead with 4K

JVC’s aim for the 2014 is to show television news departments that there’s no reason for a news crew to go on a story without the ability to deliver a live shot back to the studio

This is a big year in the sports remote truck business.

For the past half-dozen years, bonded cellular technology—the backpack liveshot systems using the cellphone systems for transmission—have garnered most of the attention of the TV news crowd.

When LED lighting fixtures hit the video and film production scene a decade ago, their advantages in areas like low-power consumption and heat generation made them an instant hit.

Bonded cellular ENG systems prove their mettle

Camera makers will show 4K single sensor imager cameras that chase two different sets of customers: the highest-end digital cinematographers and those with considerably lower budgets.

Since digital video images can be only as crisp as the weakest link in the chain, lensmakers are designing PL-mount lenses that outperform the 4K imagers in digital cinematography cameras.

Without battery packs and AC supplies, camera crews would be powerless on their shoots.