TNDV founder Nic Dugger president Rob Devlin—with the help of mixed in technology from Sony, MultiDyne, and others—are bringing the dramatic look that digital cinema cameras produce into live television and event productions. What was once hindered by technology limitations that made the efforts fall short of achieving the desired goal is now becoming a reality.
“Our industry has long been challenged to find ways that seamlessly blend cameras for feature film production into multi-camera environments with 10 to 12 cameras,” said Dugger. “It’s especially tricky for live television, where we rely on triggering tally lights to signal that we are on the air. We now use multi-cam style cameras from Sony such as the HDC-F5500 that give us all the broadcast features we need, along with a full-size 4K CMOS sensor and a PL lens mount to achieve that cinematic experience. And MultiDyne’s SilverBack V fiber camera adapters allow to adapt any digital cinema camera we want to the broadcast workflow, opening us up to an array of new camera choices.”
