OverView
The Sony remote control camera BRC-300, is a 3-CCD communications camera mounted on a pan and tilt mechanism. The superior quality of the video resulting from the 3-CCDs and the choice between conventional or widescreen video output makes this camera quite advanced. With the refinement in CCD development, it has over 1 million pixels at its disposal. The camera can be mounted upside down, like from a ceiling or right-side-up because it has a image-flip function.
3-CCD Quality with Widescreen Option
The BRC-300 is a highly advanced design full motion video camera for remote education and conferencing application, just to mention a few. The million pixels from the 3-CCD design result in superior color, contrast and detail qualities rivaling the very best pro-sumer camcorders. If your presentations require or deserve the very finest detail, the BRC-300 is just the ticket.
Meeting the demands of the newest widescreen monitors and digital projectors, the camera can actually output a native widescreen image without using mathematical interpolation or aspherical image shaping. It provides real widescreen 16:9 ratio pictures with that extra wide angle fitting more into your frame.
Multitude of Control Options
The camera can be controlled to a good extent with the included IR wireless remote unit. Taking it a step further, an optional RM-BR300 controller has joystick control over other pan and tilt movements, Lens zoom, iris and shutter control and preset camera and lens positions. An optical multiplex unit gives long-distance fiber-optic cable video out and control to the camera up to about 1500 feet.
Wireless Remote Functions
The standard wireless remote performs many basic functions that may be adequate for a single or small multi-camera system. The remote will control up to 3 cameras with individual presets. Pan and tilt, focus and zoom, exposure control and up to 6 preset camera and lens positions can be operated in this way. The zoom function even has a slow and fast selection.
Optional Component and Digital Video Outputs
The BRC-300 has an accessory slot to accommodate option cards for higher quality video enough for broadcast or for long distance cable runs. For extra-long stretches of cable the fiber-optic multiplexer BRBK-303 runs video and control data through glass cables up to 1500 feet. Analog component video or RGB data can be output via the BRBK-301. For the very highest quality video, good enough for broadcast or cable television, the camera accepts the BRBK-302 card which supplies uncompressed SDI video.
Specification
| Application |
Network, Education, Table or Ceiling Mount |
| Image Device |
1/4.7 Inch (0.213 inches) 3-CCD |
| Signal System |
NTSC |
| Lens |
3.6 mm to 46.2 mm (12x Optical Zoom) f/1.6-2.8 |
| Number of Pixels |
1,070,000 Total Pixels |
| Horizontal Resolution |
600 TV Lines |
| Minimum Illumination |
7 Lux at f/1.6 |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
50 dB |
| Maximum Horizontal Field-of-View |
37.8° in 4:3 Mode
45.4° in 16:9 Mode |
| Pan Angle |
+/- 170 Degrees from Center |
| Pan Speed |
Variable from 0.25° to 60° per Second |
| Tilt Angle |
+90 degrees upward / -30 degrees from Horizontal |
| Tilt Speed |
Variable from 0.25° to 60° per Second |
| Signal Connectors |
Composite Video- BNC (x 1 output)
S-Video- 4-Pin (x 1 output)
RS-232C/RS-422 Control- 9-Pin (x 1 ) |
| Power Requirements |
12 Volts DC |
| Power Consumption |
21.6 Watts Minimum |
| Operating Temperature |
32 to 104 degrees F
0 to 40 degrees C |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) |
7 1/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches
180 x 211 x 205 mm |
| Weight |
16 Lbs.
7.3 kg |
