Vinten Radamec HS-2010MED Pan & Tilt Head - Manual (Page 23)

HS-2010MED Safety & Introduction
User Manual 1-13
big difference is that at the touch of a finger, not one but up to eight cameras can
now be controlled.
The heart of the friendliness of the console is the color touch screen. It presents
all of the information the operator needs in one place, in a plain-language man-
ner. The video underlay and the control sticks are assigned together and dynam-
ically to the last camera event selected. Colors are used in a powerful and
consistent manner to convey important information; such as which named shot
each camera is framing, which keys are logical to be touched next, and which
camera is on-air. Information on the screen is intelligently limited and dynami-
cally updated; only the touch-keys that have meaning in a given situation are
shown.
Going one step beyond remote camera control, the console adds the capability to
memorize essentially any camera event, from a simple shot to a dolly bumper or
group move. The operator now “manages by exception”, directing AutoCam to
frame the shots, and then trimming them as necessary.
An Easy Transition
Everyone is concerned that the transition to automation be quick and painless.
AutoCam facilitates this by adopting the genre and jargon of the studio, and
delivering stable software yet reconfigurable hardware. A measure of the suc-
cess of this philosophy is how easy it is to install AutoCam and train operators to
use the system. Stations have installed 3-camera dolly systems in one day, and
aired programs the next.