Mountain Lake PBS Improves On-air Look With Hitachi HD Cameras

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Jun 23, 2011 8:00 AM

Mountain Lake PBS a PBS associate hire in Plattsburgh, NY, has upgraded its prolongation capabilities to full HD with the add-on of a revamped manage room and 4 Hitachi Z-HD5000 HD cameras that are right away used to create two weekly half-hour segments for its "Mountain Lake Journal" headlines and open affairs show.

Charlie Zarbo, executive of engineering for Mountain Lake PBS, mentioned the hire was using existing SD cameras that were 22 years aged when it done the preference to purchase Hitachi cameras with 8in shade viewfinders. He was tender with the photo high quality of the cameras and gratified that the camera package fit inside of its budget.

The cameras are switched in the manage room with a new Broadcast Pix Granite 5000 2M/E HD live prolongation system, that features integrated functionality inclusive graphics, clip/still store, 6 keyers and Fluent-view multi-image monitoring.

In add-on to local programming, Mountain Lake PBS moreover produces long-form documentaries, a few of that are selected for announce national on the PBS network. Zarbo mentioned the new Hitachi cameras will minister to the high quality of the long-form programming it produces for local and national audiences.

The Z-HD5000 cameras underline 14-bit analog-to-digital conversion, modernized digital vigilance estimate and HD photo enlargement tools.