Meduza enhances 3DTV production with Titan

London, England, and Irvine, California – Meduza Systems today launched The Meduza Titan, a solution for 3D television production, and the first fully controllable, lightweight, 3D precision single HD camera with 1080p dual sensors.

“The desire of the consumer for an enhanced 3D television entertainment experience and the pressure on hardware manufacturers and retailers to sell the new 3D enabled hardware, is mandating the broadcaster to deliver,” says Chris Cary, CEO of 3D Visual Enterprises, the UK parent company of Meduza Systems.

“There is no doubt that content is king when it comes to driving the television market and right now there clearly isn’t enough 3D television content being produced. An unquestionable demand has been established in the 3D equipment marketplace, where currently there is a void for a camera with the versatility of the Titan.”

Featuring two 1080p CMOS sensors, the new camera is capable of a full range of frame rates, from 24 fps to 120 fps in 10 bit, and has fast, fully motorized inter-axial (the distance between the lenses) and convergence, both essential to quality S3D film making. Convergence is accurate to 1/1000 of a degree and the inter-axial to 1 micron. Meduza can also provide motors for Iris and focus control.

Testing by 3D Visual Enterprises in the UK, has included mounting the Titan on top of traditional broadcast cameras to determine how positioning and framing can be shared, but with 3D controlled remotely. Soccer, golf and tennis would all benefit from this set-up for some camera positions.

Priced at USD$ 55,000, Titan can be ordered with either C mount or the new Meduza mount for the Meduza matched pair prime lens series (Delta 4KS3D). Pre-order customers can expect delivery in late December.