Sony HD PTZ

12 Jan 2010

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Sony Professional launched the world’s first HD PTZ network security camera at ISC West in April and IFSEC in May and Aussies got to see the good looking unit in operation at Security 2009 a month or so back.

THERE’S plenty to like about these new network PTZs. The SNC-RH is actually a series. Depending on what your application, you’d pick the SNC-RH124P for indoor use and SNC-RH164P for outdoor use.According to Sony, these cameras are the first full function PTZs capable of transmitting and capturing HD video using H.264 compression technology. This allows the transmission and storage of digital video using less bandwidth than previous video compression solutions, enabling at the cameras capture up to 30 frames per second and advancing the transition from standard to high definition operations.

The new SNC-RH124 PTZ IP network security camera is also among the first to offer users IEEE p802.3 compliant High Power over Ethernet (hPoE), allowing operation using a single Ethernet cable. This is a really neat feature from an installer’s point of view.

"High definition imaging and intelligent video analysis are two key features in the new cameras that are driving the market transition from analogue to IP video security technology," said Yu Kitamura, EMEA product manager, Video Security, Sony Professional.

"When combined with the ability to transmit high-definition video using advanced video compression signals, Sony provides a complete HD security system. From camera to recorder to display, users now have added flexibility to deploy HD cameras into a growing number of industries and applications."

Sony says this is particularly true for those users that that want to capture moving images in low-light conditions. The SNC-RH PTZ cameras are equipped with XDNR (dynamic noise reduction) technology that virtually eliminates image blur during low-light video capture, enabling users to clearly capture images that have not been easy to portray in the past and overcoming the problems associated with many competitive camera models.

"High-definition imaging and intelligent video analysis are two key features that are driving the market transition from analogue to IP video security technology,” explains Kitamura.

"The cameras also feature visibility enhancing technology, which was developed to improve performance in challenging lighting conditions, such as high-contrast environments. Enhanced visibility will allow surveillance in particularly dark and bright areas that have previously been difficult to monitor, including casinos and highways.”

Not only do the SNC-RH and SNC-RS camera series offer excellent images, all of the new cameras features advanced DEPA (Distributed Enhanced Processing Architecture) and support intelligent operation as a result.

“The new SNC-RH124 PTZ IP network security camera is also among the first to offer users IEEE p802.3 compliant High Power over Ethernet (hPoE), allowing operation using a single Ethernet cable. This is a really neat feature from an installer’s point of view”