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Camera Corps: Television Beyond Extreme
Camera Corps specialises in designing cameras for operation in any real-world environment, from winter
sports to tropical jungle reality shows...
By Laurie Frost
Managing Director
Camera Corps

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he average broadcast camera
looks and feels like it was
designed by white-overalled
technicians who never venture
outside their air-conditioned
laboratory. That type of kit is
safe enough for use in a studio
but would be a risky proposition
anywhere else.
Camera Corps equipment is used
in a huge variety of environments
far removed from the comfort and
conventions of a traditional studio.
That includes the extremes of
tropical jungle reality shows, winter
sports, outdoor documentaries, field
sports, even a round-the-world
voyage re-enacting Charles Darwin's
epic journey aboard HMS Beagle.
Camera Corps is a one-stop wethire shop in both senses of the term.
We supply experienced operators
and rugged equipment capable of
working in rain, high humidity, mud,
dust, high temperatures, and lowtemperatures, in fact practically any
conditions you can imagine. Our
main role is to capture television and
sound from angles that wow both the
producer and the viewing audience.

The most widely known product
in our range is the Q-Ball which
we designed for our own sports
OB service provision as well as
for rental or outright purchase.
Q-Ball is normally concealed
from the view of other cameras
but impressed conductor Charles
Hazlewood shortly after its launch
that it actually starred in a BBC
Proms broadcast. Measuring just
six inches in diameter, Q-Ball is
a complete remote control highdefinition camera, 10:1 zoom optics
and pan/tilt/zoom/focus system in a
tough and weatherproof machinedaluminium sphere. Its drive system
provides fine control of pan/tilt/zoom
acceleration and deceleration to
allow smooth on-air tracking shots,
and fully unrestricted rotation.
At this summer's Red Bull
Cliff Diving World Series in
Massachusetts, the production team
mounted a Q-Ball at the extreme
edge of the diving platform, 90 feet
above Boston Harbor. This is exactly
the type of outside broadcasting
the Q-Ball was designed for,
enabling the production team to

Charles Hazlewood with Q-Ball introducing BBC Prom Beethoven Night

Camera Corps Q-Ball tracking Orlando Duque high above Boston Harbor

achieve shots that would have
been dangerous if not impossible
to obtain in any other way.
The diving platform was
constructed as a long overhang
from the roof of Boston's Institute
of Contemporary Art. This simulated
a man-made cliff, forming a perfectly
stable mount for the Q-Ball. The
camera crew were able to make
full use of the platform to capture
close-up and follow-shots of each
contestant during the approach,
launch and descent. The Q-Ball
provided footage from the centre of
the action without requiring a camera
team to operate in a dangerous and
potentially distracting location.
Each dive was televised both live
and in slow motion to capture the
full emotion of this extreme sport.
Pan/tilt/zoom commands from a
Camera Corps PTZF joystick-based
control unit were sent to the Q-Ball
via a two-way optical link from the
Red Bull Production Centre which
in turn received broadcast-quality
1080i high-definition video.
During April, May and June,
Camera Corps technicians were
active at a total of three X Games
extreme sports events in Brazil,
Germany and Spain. Equipment
used at each event included Q-Ball
remotely controlled pan/tilt/zoom/
focus cameras, Camera Corps
VHR pan/tilt heads, point-of-view
cameras and long-range optical
fibre links. The Q-Ball heads were
operated as com-cams, providing
images of the presenters as they
described the action. All the cameras
were controlled using Camera Corps
PTZF joysticks which provide the
tactile feedback essential when

covering fast-moving live content.
On October 27, Q-Ball captured
the moment on the winner's podium
when Red Bull driver Sebastian
Vettel's victory celebration was
broadcast globally from the 2013
Indian Grand Prix motor race. It was
Vettel's sixth consecutive victory for
the season and made him only the
fourth man in history to win four
titles in the world series.

Success Breeds Success

Our aim is to design and build
remotely controlled camera
systems offering the high-precision
control that a driver would demand
from a racing car. The images
obtained from Camera Corps
systems by many of the world's
leading broadcast producers
in sport, documentaries, music
productions and reality television
shows, prove that we have
accomplished this ambitious goal
and continue to do so.
Laurie Frost is Founder and
Managing Director of Camera
Corps, based on the site of
the former Brooklands motorracing track near Heathrow.
He holds numerous awards
including a Technical Oscar
from the American Academy
of Motion Arts & Sciences
for his development of the
HotHead remote camera
head, an Emmy for television
coverage of motor racing
and a Technical Achievement
Award from the British Society
of Cinematographers for the
development of remote heads.


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Contents
InNews: Vizrt to Acquire Mosart Medialab
InNews: NTP Dad Ax32 Captures Wagner
InReply: Seesense on Miniature Cameras
InStudio: Q-Ball Captures Historic Vettel Victory
InGear: Bluebell’s Fibre Optic Solutions
InGear: Grass Valley K2 Dyno Changes the Game
InMedia: Pixitmedia – More Partner Than Supplier
In Broadcast - December 2013 - Intro
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In Broadcast - December 2013 - Cover2
In Broadcast - December 2013 - Contents
In Broadcast - December 2013 - InNews: Vizrt to Acquire Mosart Medialab
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In Broadcast - December 2013 - InNews: NTP Dad Ax32 Captures Wagner
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In Broadcast - December 2013 - InReply: Seesense on Miniature Cameras
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In Broadcast - December 2013 - InStudio: Q-Ball Captures Historic Vettel Victory
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In Broadcast - December 2013 - InGear: Bluebell’s Fibre Optic Solutions
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