Panasonic AW-HS50 PROfiles: University of St. Thomas - Page 2

St. Thomas' Panasonic-equipped "Coaches" Cart POVCAM to form a point-of-view camera/recorder system, and because it's equipped with an HD-SDI in/out, the HMR10 can also serve as standalone recorder for any HD-SDI-capable camera, such as the HE50S. "We are coming to the close of a successful football season that took full advantage of the HMR10's capabilities. Two of the HE50S cameras in Panasonic's Cooldome outdoor housings are permanently installed in the football stadium, one at the end zone and one at the 50-yard line. During practices, the video staff would have two HMR10s in the press box taking HD-SDI feeds from the cameras. For practices, we record at the HMR10's lowest recording HE mode, approx. 6 Mbps, to take advantage of the long recording times (up to 12 hours on a 32GB SD card). During home games, the videographers would be able to record the play on a HMR10 while sitting indoors in their offices. Games are recorded at the higher-quality PH, 24Mbps mode," Riley added. made ample use of these carts. Diving has come up with an innovative implementation whereby the POVCAM is outfitted with a wide-angle lens and is turned on its side, recording to the HMR10 poolside to capture the diver as she enters the water. "The size, quality and versatility of the HMR10 have transformed the way we look at sports video at St. Thomas. The AVCCAM recorder is a perfect fit within our athletics-wide HD-SDI operation and lets us record from anywhere in the building. It can take a feed from our pan/tilts, from our production room, and, of course, is ideally partnered with the POVCAM. AVCCAM HD production is the way we intend to move forward." Located in Minnesota's vibrant Twin Cities area, St. Thomas is a private, Catholic comprehensive university serving more than 10,500 undergraduate and graduate students. It competes in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and NCAA Division III, and offers 11 men's and 11 women's varsity teams, additional club and intramural sports. EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW AW-HE50S 1/3" Full HD MOS Integrated Pan-Tilt-Zoom Camera with HD/SD-SDI AV-HS400 Compact Live 8-input Multi-Format HD/SD Switcher with Enhanced MultiViewer "For away games, we would take our two POVCAMs on the road, and place one on a tower in the end zone, the second on a tripod on the 50-yard line, both recording to an HMR10. During all games, at half-time we would start downloading footage into our coaching software, Hudl from Agile Sports. Within hours, or by the time the team was riding the bus home, we would have the game fully loaded and tagged for the coaches. "We also use two of the HMR10s teamed with the POVCAMs on rolling production systems we call 'coaches' carts' that we can shuffle among discrete sports' practice venues. Indoor track and diving have AW-HS50 Sub-compact 4-input HD/SD Live Switcher with built-in MultiViewer AG-HCK10 1/4.1" 3.05 megapixel 3-MOS POVCAM Full HD Camera Head AG-HMR10 Handheld AVCCAM HD Recorder/Player www.panasonic.com/broadcast