QUITE SIMPLY, THE
WORLD’S BEST SUPER
SLOW-MOTION CAMERA.
LDK 8300
CASE STUDY
AlfAcAm (Belgium)
Application: Outside broadcast truck
Client: Alfacam, Belgium
Alfacam is one of the world’s largest OB
companies with over 20 HD trucks being
used all over the world supporting the most
prestigious events, including those in 3D.
Alfacam has been an early adopter of Grass
Valley Super SloMo cameras, starting in
1998 with the LDK 23. Today, Alfacam owns
34 LDK 8300 Super SloMo cameras, which
have been used in Beijing, Vancouver, South
Africa and other diverse locations.
The unique Anylight feature—which
compensates for flicker in artificial lighting
situations—combined with the flexibility
to operate in 1X, 2X, and 3X operation,
makes the LDK 8300 the camera of choice
for Alfacam.
“Producing live productions of the world’s
most prestigious events, with tens of millions
of viewers worldwide, require highly reliable
and top-quality acquisition tools. With the
LDK 8300 and the LDK 8000 Elite cameras in
our fleet of over 250 HD cameras, we have
the confidence to meet any client’s challenge.”
Gabriel Fehervari
CEO, Alfacam
When you need unmatched operational flexibility and the best slow-motion images
possible, the LDK 8300 Live Super SloMo Camera delivers.
The Emmy
®
Award-winning LDK 8300 is the world’s only broadcast slow-motion
camera that can capture the action at 1X, 2X, and 3X speeds, at 1080i or 720p, all
at the touch of a menu button. In fact, you can use the LDK 8300 as both a slow-
motion and regular speed camera at the same time. This provides you with unmatched
production flexibility:
At 1X, the LDK 8300 perfectly •
matches and operates exactly
the same as our LDK 8000 Elite
and LDK 4000 Elite cameras, and
uses the same control systems
and accessories as all of our LDK
8000-series cameras.
At 2X, you can capture and •
replay fast-paced events and
quickly return to live coverage.
At 3X, you can critically analyze action at 150 or 180 frames per second to reveal the •
intricacies and emotions of any sporting event.
With its exclusive AnyLight
™
feature, the LDK 8300 automatically eliminates the
annoying visual flicker associated with artificial lighting, giving you the cleanest slow-
motion replays possible. Providing settings for a much wider range of new, advanced
lighting systems that have challenged previous flicker reduction systems, Anylight’s
algorithm operates on a pixel by pixel basis so that corrections are only made in
affected areas of the picture.
To handle the high data rate of 3X super slow-motion capture, we’ve developed a new
bi-directional fiber transmission system to flawlessly deliver the camera’s signal to
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