Filming & Camera Equipment
Whether the filming needs lighting, sound recording, mixing desks and so on, we have the full array of equipment to complement our Sony Broadcast cameras. All can be used ‘in the field’ along with editing facilities.
Our camera crew are experts in outside filming, concerts, documentary shooting, promotional pop videos, but most importantly in capturing the event in a way that conveys atmosphere and experience.
Big TV's skilled operators use Sony professional cameras for ultimate reliability and superior image quality.
Specifications for two of these cameras are shown below.
The Sony DSR500WSP DVCAM
PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX - New Generation HD Recording System
DVCAM is a broadcast quality workhorse format. This camera provides the best possible picture quality DVCAM can offer with 3 x 2/3inch Power HAD WS™ CCD chips producing 980/850 TV lines in 4x3/16x9 mode.
The Sony DSR500WSP DVCAM is a shoulder mounted broadcast spec camcorder. Widescreen pictures from this camera are true widescreen and NOT simulated like many other cameras. This camera produces superb pictures.
Full specification
The Sony PMW-EX1
PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX - New Generation HD Recording System
The PMW-EX1 is the first in a new range of professional HD products - called XDCAM EX. Designed from the ground up to exploit the ultimate high performance of SxS PRO memory cards, the PMW-EX1 combines a state-of-the-art, non-linear XDCAM workflow with simply the best HD quality yet seen in a compact camcorder.
Full specification
Head Camera Operators
Mike Walker
Big-TV’s cameraman/editor Mike Walker is a Fellow of the Institute of Videography, the highest possible qualification of the IOV the UK's longest established organisation representing all video professionals. Mike has also won one of the top awards in the Institute’s Best Corporate Video category.
Mike has many years experience filming different types of live events such as music concerts, shows, live sport including football and rugby league, corporate events, seminars, press conferences, council led outdoor events like Christmas lights switch- on’s and even protest marches through the center of London.
Dave Utley
Big-TV's cameraman/editor Dave Utley has been in the industry for many years filming for local and national news from Look North and Calendar to ITN and Reuters for Sky Sports and News. He has also been involved in documentary filming.
Dave has a vast experience in filming outdoor events such as Race for Life, fund raising marathons for Cancer Research in London and Sheffield, the Great North Run, Save the Children, Bollywood, Remembrance Day, Scouts Jamboree, Pop concerts, corporate productions, live events, pop promos and conferences. He also has experience shooting sports such as rugby, football, boxing, kickboxing and motor sport.
Dave also holds the (CRB) Criminal Records Bureau accreditation.
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