SP-2000/X-Y AutoCam™ Pedestal - Vinten Radamec

SP-2000/X-YSafety & Introductionbig difference is that at the touch of a finger, not one but up to eight cameras cannow be controlled.The heart of the friendliness of the console is the color touch screen. It presentsall of the information the operator needs in one place, in a plain-language manner.The video underlay and the control sticks are assigned together and dynamicallyto the last camera event selected. Colors are used in a powerful andconsistent manner to convey important information; such as which named shoteach camera is framing, which keys are logical to be touched next, and whichcamera is on-air. Information on the screen is intelligently limited and dynamicallyupdated; only the touch-keys that have meaning in a given situation areshown.Going one step beyond remote camera control, the console adds the capability tomemorize essentially any camera event, from a simple shot to a dolly bumper orgroup move. The operator now “manages by exception”, directing AutoCam toframe the shots, and then trimming them as necessary.An Easy TransitionEveryone is concerned that the transition to automation be quick and painless.AutoCam facilitates this by adopting the genre and jargon of the studio, anddelivering stable software yet reconfigurable hardware. A measure of the successof this philosophy is how easy it is to install AutoCam and train operators touse the system. Stations have installed 3-camera dolly systems in one day, andaired programs the next.User Manual 1-15