News Archive - 2013

The Hi-Motion family of cameras are all full HD digital high-speed camera systems developed by nac Image Technology for the Broadcast Television Industry. Since the original Hi-Motion was first introduced in 2005, the system has been embraced by broadcasters and sports producers around the world, including the World Cup in 2006, Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and more recently with 22 Hi-Motion II systems at the games in London in 2012, 5 systems at the SuperBowl 2013, 4 systems at the UEFA Champion's League Final 2013. [more…]

The Hi-Motion family of cameras are all full HD digital high-speed camera systems developed by nac Image Technology for the Broadcast Television Industry. Since the original Hi-Motion was first introduced in 2005, the system has been embraced by broadcasters and sports producers around the world, including the World Cup in 2006, Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and more recently with 22 Hi-Motion II systems at the games in London in 2012, 5 systems at the SuperBowl 2013, 4 systems at the UEFA Champion's League Final 2013. [more…]

Researchers at Waseda University in Tokyo are using one of nac's Memrecam HX high speed camera to decipher a person's words without the use of a microphone or lip reading. By recording at 10,000 fps., the camera is able to capture every "wavering wobble of neck flesh" that accompanies sounds from a person's voice box. A software program then turns the recorded images of skin vibrations into sound waves. The technique should allow scientists to hear words even if there's a lot of background noise. [more…]

During the live NOS broadcast of the Dutch cycling classic Amstel Gold Race, viewers were treated to stunning ultra slow motion shots coming live from a motorcycle camera in what is considered a world's first. Using a nac Hi-Motion II™ supplied by Netherlands-based full-service rental house Broadcast Rental, for the first time the ultra slow motion shots were transmitted live through a RF connection to the OB truck. In regular OB productions, the nac Hi-Motion II is connected via cable and the replay-operator controls the ultra slow motion footage from the camera. During the Amstel Gold Race, however, the slow motion footage was actually being triggered by the camera operator and the replays sent as a live feed to the director for broadcast. [more…]

Football fans around the world will be awed by unbelievable slow motion replay imagery during this Sunday's telecast of Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens on CBS! Fletcher Chicago will be providing five (5) of the new nac Hi-Motion II™ Ultra Slow Motion Digital cameras to capture the dramatic field action at this year's Super Bowl in New Orleans. [more…]