By Elina Shatkin, March 30, 2004
JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY unveiled two new cameras for professional video applications; the compact KY-F560 and KY-F550 cameras feature newly designed high-quality, low-noise 12-bit digital signal processing (DSP) and Digital Auto Shading Compensation that automatically compensates for color and two dimensional luminance shading.
KY-F560
A high-quality, multi-purpose camera, the compact KY-F560 is an affordable three-chip 1/2-inch CCD box camera that offers remote functionality that is extendable for studio configurations.
The versatile KY-F560 is compatible with and builds upon the capabilities of the JVC KY-F32 camera, producing 850 lines of horizontal resolution and a signal-to-noise ratio of 62dB. The KY-F560 offers F13 at 2,000 lux and produces 100 percent video in a minimum illumination of 0.5 lux. Three 1/2-inch progressive scan CCD chips offer 440,000 effective pixels and 16:9 wide screen capability. The camera has composite output and Genlock input. Camera features such as the lens, iris, focus and zoom can be controlled remotely through the RS232C port.
Optional plug-in boards allow users to expand the functionality of the KY-F560 camera to include remote pan/tilt/zoom capabilities and SDI output
. A studio configuration can be created with a studio accessory kit.
KY-F550
JVC's KY-F550U is an extremely compact, very high quality 1/3-inch 3-CCD camera well suited for a wide range of remote-controlled imaging and medical applications. The lightweight F550 offers enhanced performance, connectivity and unique customer-requested features such as simple "smart cable" connections. A single cable connected to the camera's IEEE-1394 interface can provide power and control signals to the camera as well as digital video output to the connected device.
The KY-F550 offers 800 lines of horizontal resolution and a 62 dB signal-to-noise ratio. The high-performance three CCDs offer very high sensitivity of F11 at 2000 lux and a 1-lux minimum illumination (F1.4). The KY-F550 comes with multiple video outputs, including DV (IEEE1394), RGB, Y/C and composite video signals. The built-in IEEE 1394 interface lets users transfer digital signals from the camera to storage devices. KY-Controller software bundled with the KY-F550 enables PC remote control of the camera.
Medical UL-approved (UL2601-1), the KY-F550 can be connected to numerous medical and scientific imaging products and is ideal for computer imaging and other remote-control applications where high quality, high-resolution images are required from an extremely small camera. The KY-F550 uses a standard C-Mount lenses enabling it to mount microscope, endoscope or surgery microscope lenses without any extra optical adapters.
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