BRC Series
BRC-H700 BRC-Z700 BRC-300 BRC-300P
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The High-performance BRC Series – Outstanding Picture Quality, Precise Movements, and Versatile Interfaces Make These Cameras Ideal for Remote Video Shooting Applications
The Sony BRC Series consists of three revolutionary Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) color video cameras, each especially designed for remote video shooting applications. Both the BRC-H700 and BRC-300 have already been highly successful worldwide, satisfying user needs for high-definition (HD) and standard-definition (SD) applications, respectively.
Now, Sony introduces the new BRC-Z700, equipped with three 1/4-type HD ClearVidTM CMOS Sensors. This camera is both HD and SD capable, enabling versatile operations and allowing users to easily migrate from SD to HD picture quality. What’s more, the BRC-Z700 incorporates a newly designed smooth PTZ mechanism for
precise camera control.
The BRC Series has very wide pan and tilt ranges, as well as extremely fast and accurate pan/tilt movements, making it suitable for capturing not only fast-moving objects, but also slow-moving objects without rocking vibration. Moreover, users can operate the camera intuitively with the optional Sony RM-BR300 Remote Control Unit, which is equipped with an ergonomically designed joystick and feature-rich control panel. With the RM-BR300, users can control up to seven cameras, the presets for each camera, and other parameters as required. In addition, the BRC Series can be controlled over long distances via a single fiber optic cable connection.
With a number of useful features and excellent picture quality, the BRC Series is ideal for a variety of remote video shooting applications, such as in houses of worship, auditoriums, teaching hospitals, corporate boardrooms, and at sporting events, trade shows, and concerts. Furthermore, it is an excellent choice for broadcast applications, such
as the recording of television programs or as a weather camera. The BRC Series consists of three cameras each with specific benefits, so users can choose the most appropriate solution for their specific application needs.
BRC-H700 (HD 3CCD Color Video Camera)
The BRC-H700 offers high picture quality and high sensitivity with three 1/3-type HD CCDs and a resolution of 1,120,000 total pixels. It is ideal for users demanding extremely clear HD images with great detail, and because of its high sensitivity, it can be operated in shooting environments without ideal lighting. Furthermore, it has the widest viewing angle in the BRC Series, allowing users to capture wide areas of a scene such as audiences at concerts or in auditoriums.
BRC-Z700 (HD/SD 3CMOS Color Video Camera)
The BRC-Z700 incorporates three 1/4-type HD ClearVid CMOS Sensors and achieves a resolution of 1,120,000 total pixels. It features a 20x optical autofocus zoom lens with an optical image stabilizer, allowing users to clearly capture small or distant objects. The BRC-Z700 also offers dual HD/SD outputs and an enhanced Pan/Tilt mechanism that operates with extremely smooth and precise movements.
BRC-300 (SD 3CCD Color Video Camera)
The standard-definition BRC-300 incorporates three 1/4.7-type Advanced HADTM CCD sensors with a total of 1,070,000 pixels. It is an ideal camera for costeffective SD applications – and it can capture images in both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, the latter offering a wider viewing angle. Furthermore, the BRC-300 is the smallest camera in the BRC Series, making it ideal in environments that require the camera to be positioned unobtrusively.
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FEATURES
Excellent Picture Quality
BRC-H700
The BRC-H700 is an HD color video camera that features three 1/3-type HD CCDs with approximately 1,120,000 total pixels. This camera is ideal for highresolution image-capturing applications and satisfies the demands of users who require exceptional-quality video images with accurate color reproduction. In addition, the highly sensitive CCDs enable remote video shooting in environments where lighting is not ideal.
BRC-Z700
The BRC-Z700 employs three 1/4-type CMOS image sensors, boasting a resolution of 1,120,000 total pixels. This camera incorporates a newly developed DSP to make effective use of the ClearVid CMOS Sensors, which have been developed using Sony advanced semiconductor technologies. One of the
advantages of the CMOS sensor is that vertical smear is minimized. The combination of the new DSP and the ClearVid CMOS Sensors allows the camera to achieve both higher resolution and higher sensitivity compared to cameras equipped with conventional CMOS sensors. Furthermore, the camera’s “color masking” function allows users to adjust specific
colors in the image more precisely, while the “color detail” function allows users to smooth over skin tones.
ClearVid CMOS Sensor |
. Larger Pixel Size Compared to |
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Conventional CMOS Sensor |
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. Unique 45º Angle |
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Pixel Layout |
ClearVid CMOS Sensor |
Conventional CCD Sensor |
(vertical smear minimized) |
(vertical smear) |
(Images Simulated) |
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BRC-300
The BRC-300 is equipped with three 1/4.7-type Advanced HAD CCD sensors with a total of 1,070,000 pixels. This camera delivers outstanding picture quality with high resolution and accurate color reproduction. Sony Advanced HAD technology enables this camera to produce high-quality SD images with low noise.
High Performance Pan/Tilt/Zoom
Mechanism
The BRC Series of cameras covers a wide shooting range with its highly accurate Pan/Tilt mechanism. All cameras have a very wide pan range of 340 degrees and a tilt range of 120 degrees. Both pan and tilt speeds are variable within the range of 0.25 to 60 degrees per second (BRC-H700 and BRC-300) and 0.22 to 60 degrees per second (BRC-Z700). What’s more, the BRC-Z700 has an extremely quiet motor that is capable of very precise movements. All
BRC Series cameras are capable of capturing not only fast-moving objects, but also slow-moving objects without rocking vibration.
For capturing small or distant objects, the BRC-Z700 incorporates a 20x optical auto-focus zoom lens and the BRC-H700 and BRC-300 adopt a 12x optical zoom lens.
Versatile Video Outputs
The BRC Series offers the following outputs as standard:
Standard Video Outputs
•BRC-H700: HD Component (Y/Pb/Pr), RGB
•BRC-Z700: HD Component (Y/Pb/Pr), RGB,
Composite, Y/C
• BRC-300/300P: Composite, Y/C
What’s more, each camera in the BRC Series has a wide range of optional interface cards to choose from. This versatility allows for flexible analog and digital system configurations.
Optional Video Cards
BRC-H700
•HFBK-HD1: : HD-SDI, HD Component (Y/Pb/Pr), RGB
•HFBK-SD1: : SD-SDI, Composite, Y/C,
SD Component (Y/Cb/Cr), RGB
• HFBK-XG1: : WXGA, XGA (Letter Box, Crop),
VGA (Letter Box, Crop)
• HFBK-TS1: : i.LINK™ (HDV) interface
BRC-Z700
• BRBK-HSD1: HD-SDI, SD-SDI
BRC-300
• BRBK-301: : Composite, Y/C,
SD Component (Y/Cb/Cr), RGB
•BRBK-302: : SD-SDI
•BRBK-304: : i.LINK (DV) interface
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