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Old August 30th, 2006, 09:24 PM   #1
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Wireless video production?

Has anyone invented a way to shoot video and transmit the signal wirelessly to like a truck or something. So like you could have 4 cameras coming into a switcher and live cut any event?
Seems like it would be possible. What are the limitations and practicalities of this sort of thing?
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Old August 30th, 2006, 09:42 PM   #2
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Has anyone invented a way to shoot video and transmit the signal wirelessly to like a truck or something. So like you could have 4 cameras coming into a switcher and live cut any event?
Seems like it would be possible. What are the limitations and practicalities of this sort of thing?
Yes, it is quite common for television news organizations...and quite expensive!

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Old August 31st, 2006, 11:48 PM   #3
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so are we talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars or what?
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Old September 1st, 2006, 01:14 AM   #4
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some of the products were developed for monitoring steadycam systems.There are wireless systems for transmission in venue for roving cameras,etc, so you would still be looking at placing a receiving antenna in the venue and cabling that back to the truck.

Are you trying to avoid the camera tethered in the venue or all the cabling to the truck?

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