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Iconix's HD-RHl package ($16,000) includes the camera head, controller, 10-foot cable, tripod adapter plate and power adapter. Cables of 20- and 33-foot lengths are available as options. The camera head uses three 1/3-inch progressive CCDs (2048x1152 pixels with half-pixel offset) to capture images in the HD format of your choice. The camera head measures 1.3 ? 1.5 ? 1.9 in. and weighs 2.3 oz., which makes the HD-RHl the smallest three-chip HD camera in the world. The HD-RHl uses a C lensmount, a threaded screw-in mount, to attach the lenses.
The camera outputs 72Op, 108Oi or 108Op signals at 60, 59.94, 50, 30, 29.97, 25, 24 and 23.97fps. Iconix also offers what the company calls a "frame double" mode when shooting in the 72Op format. Frame double mode enables the camera to capture at one frame rate and output another. For example, it can capture at 23.976fps and output a 720/6Op signal. The 72Op standard is either 50 or 60fps; outputting a signal at other frame rates may or may not be supported by recorders, editing systems or other devices.
The HD-RHl control box, to which the camera head must be connected, is considerably larger (8.4 ? 1.8 ? 12 in.) and heavier (3.5 Ib.). A single cable - the connector is on the front panel of the controller-links the control unit to the camera. This cable powers the camera head and feeds the video signals back to the controller. The controller requires 12V DC and draws 3OW. An AC adapter with a standard 4-pin XLR connector is included in the package. On the back of the unit are Dual Link HD-SDI outputs, a DVI port, three analog video outputs (Y, Pb, Pr or RGB switchable), genlock in, a lens interface connector and a 4-pin XLR jack.
TEST SETUP
Iconix supplied us with an HD-RHl and Fujinon 2.8mm f/2.2 (TF2.8DA-8, $413), Fujinon 15mm f/2.2 (TF15DA-8, $375) and Schneider Cinegon 10mm f/1.7 ($1,277) lenses. We connected the HDRHl to a Blackmagic Design HDLink ($445) box to display the Dual Link HDSDI output on a flat-panel LCD with a resolution of 1920x1200 and set the camera up using a DSC Labs ChromaDuMonde chart.
OPERATIONAL FEATURES
The camera uses 14-bit ?/D conversion and has most of the typical...