High Definition production has now entered into the mainstream. Viewers naturally expect all of the production features they have become used to in the SD world. Sony have responded to this challenge with a superb new slow-motion system, the HDC-3300 camera and HDCU-3300. The first system in the world to achieve three times image capture, for really slow and smooth replay.

The HDCU-3300 is dedicated to working with the HDC-3300 camera. It connects via a high speed version of the SMPTE Hybrid Optical Fibre. The transmission format is digital so there is no discernable degradation with fibre connections up to 2500m in length. The camera captures full HD resolution images (1920 x 1080), at three times the frame rate of the common production standards. In addition to the normal camera control function, the CCU processes the incoming image data and re-formats it onto 3 HD-SDI outputs for direct connection to the playback server.

The CCU also outputs a real-time HD signal from the camera for maximum operational flexibility.