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Panasonic’s Professional Equipment Braves Extreme Cold In Antarctica Cont.
its news bulletins,” says Bowring.
Footage is being used for a
documentary being produced for
Channel 5, which is being screened
after the expedition.
More in-depth training with
the AG-HPX250 and Toughbook
rugged computers was provided
by the experts at the Panasonic
Solutions Centre.
“This was essential for us. Just
dealing with white balance correctly
is quite a big issue when you’re
out on the ice,” he says. “We
received tutorials on how to edit,
compress and upload recorded
images, using Panasonic CF-53
Toughbook computers.”
During the traverse across the
Antarctic continent, contact with the
outside world is limited and there’s
a satellite upload restriction of just
128kbps. “You have to reduce the
size of a recorded ﬁle while retaining
a good enough resolution to be
broadcast on the BBC,” explains
Bowring. The original full HD
ﬁles will be used for the Channel
5 documentary.
The team is not just relying on
Panasonic professional hardware;
they are also equipped with

Panasonic Lumix-G cameras.
Bowring says all have a vital
role to play, both in the caboose
and on the ship.
They were also used extensively
by the Operations Team prior to
departure. “We have been building
up a fairly hefty archive of images
and video footage which will
eventually be passed on to the
programme makers and posted
online,” he revealed. “We’re just
trying to document as much as is
humanly possible.”
The exceptional quality and
versatility of the Panasonic kit is
proving invaluable. Bowring says
he shot an HD video of the arrival
of some of the expeditions’ heavy
plant, although the approach was far
from conventional. “I ﬁlmed a lorry
bringing one of the cabooses to our
warehouse, while riding pillion on
the back of a moped” he confesses.
“The original footage is about three
minutes long, but we’re going to
speed it up to about 10 seconds.
The results look really great. You can
rely on Panasonic,” he says.
For the latest updates on ‘The
Coldest Journey’ progress visit
thecoldestjourney.org/blog

Sir Ranulph Fiennes with AG-HPX250

Panasonic & The Coldest Journey with Toughpad, AG-HPX250, Lumix and
Toughbook

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