Camera fiber support questions

If someone at the camera position must be controlled from the truck, you need a camera fiber system that carries control. If the camera is set locally and locked off, an SDI-to-fiber link and a power path is enough and costs less.

Because camera control is proprietary. Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Ikegami and Datavideo each use their own remote-control interface, and the control head at the other end expects its own protocol back. A generic box can carry video; only a matched adaptor carries control.

The base station platform is common; the camera-side adaptor and its control connector change with the camera family. That is the arrangement most trucks and rental houses use.

HD and 3G-SDI across the range, and 4K/UHD over 12G-SDI on the 12G builds. A 12G build also runs HD, which is how facilities buy ahead of a UHD upgrade.

SMPTE 304 is the studio standard hybrid connector for installed chains. OpticalCON DUO is the ruggedised field connector for cable that is dragged across venues. ODC is the expanded-beam connector for daily outdoor mating, dirt and water.

It needs a fiber core, a laser and a receiver rated for 12 Gb/s, and a hybrid cable rated for the run. 12G is less tolerant of dirty connectors than HD, so cleaning and inspection become part of routine maintenance.

It depends on optical budget, cable type and connector condition, not on a single headline number. We size the link to the run you state in the order.

For video-only links, yes: those are LC duplex products. For camera systems, the hybrid cable is what carries power, control and intercom alongside the video, so the connector and cable are part of the system, not an accessory.

Not when remote power is specified. The base station supplies DC to the camera adaptor over the hybrid cable, which is the normal EFP arrangement and removes the on-camera battery from the shoot.

Party-line on the JVC build, balanced audio on the Ikegami build, ITC on Datavideo, and intercom carried alongside on the other builds. Tell us the intercom type at the camera position when ordering.

Yes. Embedded audio and ancillary data travel with the SDI stream and arrive intact at the receiver, so no separate audio path is needed.

Yes, where the build includes tally I/O. Tally and cue lights can also run on a separate contact-closure link if the camera system is not specified for it.

Camera systems are configured per order: connector, control interface, power path and channel count all follow the installation. Converters and cables are supplied from standard configurations or as custom assemblies.

Yes, on request for the exact configuration. We do not publish a single generic datasheet for configurations that differ in connector, power path or control interface.

Yes. They are sold as matched pairs and also as individual spares, because in service one side fails or disappears far more often than the other.

Camera body, control unit, video format, connector preference, run length and route, intercom type, quantity and delivery date.