SONY 4K and HFR Live Camera System HDC-4300L

Thanks to the 2/3-inch camera mount, the HDC-4300 works directly with B4 lenses. The B4-mount supports both HD and 4K lenses, allowing you to use B4-mount high power large lenses to capture sports scenes with a deep depth of field.

The HDC-4300’s real 4K imagers capture at four times the resolution of HD. In HD shooting, this can be used to achieve extreme high-speed image capture at a maximum of 479.52/400 fps with the optional software upgrade. Capture rates of 59.94/50, 119.88/100 and 179.82/150 fps are available as standard. The full digital process is applied to each frame even at high-frame rates in the BPU-4000, producing the same quality in the images as one at the normal speed. Both the high-speed image and the normal-speed image can be adjusted by individual paint parameters. Captured images can be recorded to the PWS-4500 4K/HD multi-port AV storage unit for super slow motion replay*.
* Some third party manufacturer servers may also be used. For 8x slow motion replay, the PWS-4500 system requires software upgrade V1.4. and the BPU-4000 requires optional software SZC-4002.

Sony’s innovative software technology enables a full HD image to be cut out from a 4K picture in real-time. Two modes are available: you can select either Zoom & Perspective mode or Simple HD mode. Keeping the camera in a fixed position, any portion of the captured image can be cropped to provide a close-up HD image to viewers as if the camera had been panned. In Zoom & Perspective mode, one portion can be cut out while performing perspective transformation, according to the lens focal length. In Simple HD mode, two portions can be cut out at the same time.
*with optional software, SZC-2001 for BPU-4000

The HDC-4300 is part of Sony’s acclaimed and widely adopted HDC Series family of live production solutions and benefits from direct compatibility with its wide range of accessories, including viewfinders, large lens adaptors, remote control panels and camera control units.

With optional software the HDC-4300 has the function of capturing 4K images. For the HDC-4300, Sony has brought together its leading-edge technologies and deep experience to design and build the world’s first three 2/3-inch 4K imagers with ultra-precision alignment technology used to mount the chips to a newly developed prism. This new optical system supports the wide color gamut of ITU-R BT.2020*1, enabling more precise color reproduction in live broadcasts.
*1 ITU-R BT.2020 is the specification of video format defined by ITU-R.