Digtal Betacam

Digital Betacam is the top end Standard Definition (SD) aquisition format. It uses compression technology to reduce the amount of information recieved by the camera chips by a factor of 2:1 (Studio based cameras can record 1:1 uncompressed video to some machines). It has become the television broadcast standard for most countries. It is often used as a replacement for 16mm film on TV bound productions.

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