Australian DPS replaces cameras with Fujinon

Sydney – The Australian Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS), the service department for Australia's national parliament, has replaced the production television cameras it used for the televised coverage of parliamentary proceedings, with Fujinon as the HD lenses to accompany the new cameras.

DPS provides services and facilities that enable Senators and Members of the House of Representatives to work and communicate with each other, with their constituents and with the community.

Lawrie Hitchens from Fujinon Broadcast and CCTV, who helped facilitate the deal, said, “DPS’ lens requirements were based on a set of functional specifications as defined in their Request For Tender (RFT). These were defined on the basis of equivalent lenses that were already in service. When all available lenses were evaluated, DPS chose the Fujinon XA66:1, HA23:1 and HA13:1 as those that came closest to meeting the functional specs as set out in their RFT.”

In total DPS replaced seven independent multi-camera control systems consisting of 42 cameras and lenses. At Australia’s Parliament House DPS uses the lenses in three chambers, four committee rooms, a television studio, at press conferences and special events as well for ENG work used for post production.