Miniature and point-of-view cameras specialist Dream Chip is set to unveil what it describes as the world’s smallest global shutter broadcast camera at NAB Show next month.
The AtomTwo camera is encased in a self-contained package of just 29mm x 29mm x 33mm, and offers HDR quality. The integral 4.5mm lens provides a 90˚ field of view, which can be used for body-worn ref cams as well as fixed PoV uses, said the company.
Weighing only 55g, including lens and stereo microphone, the camera can also be mounted on a miniature drone.
According to the company, the AtomTwo’s colour reproduction, global shutter and wide colour gamut make it simple to match to box cameras in major productions. Being able to cut freely between the AtomTwo and system cameras frees directors from creative restrictions and delivers higher production values to the viewer, said Dream Chip.
“During the development programme of the AtomTwo we had experienced users come in and really put the camera through its paces,” said Jan Peter Berns, CSO / CFO at Dream Chip. “They found they could match it to a system camera so well that it was hard for even an expert shader to tell which was which.”
