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  field production switchers

  Posted by Carolyn Entricht on April 11, 2012 at 7:50 pm

  I am in the process of purchasing a remote switcher. I have narrowed it down to tricaster 850 extreme and the black magic atem 2. Has anyone else compared the two and can share their findings?

  Mike Jeffs replied 14 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mads Nybo jørgensen

  April 12, 2012 at 10:55 am

  Hey Carolyn,

  That is a wide question:
  Are you going to be doing web, corporate, broadcast or all of those productions?
  What camera feeds are you using? (Composite, S-Video, SDI, HD-SDI)
  More importantly, how many cameras will you be using?
  Will you be doing virtual studio and/or stereoscopic production?
  How portable do you want it to be? (flight-case, van or truck)

  Then you need to consider audio, sync and talk-back.

  Hope this helps you in making your decision?

  All the Best
  Mads
  London, UK
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  Mike Jeffs

  June 12, 2012 at 2:37 pm

  We have both a tricaster and a blackmagic atem switcher here at our university. Our students have used them both for creating they’re newscasts. My opinion I prefer the tricaster. I can’t quite nait it down but for me the atem is a bit more finicky. The set up and configuing of the Tricaster is a quick and easy. Are you planing on getting a control surface for either? We installed the touchscreen version of the atem and i’ll tell you its not as responsive as I would want it to be, plus there is just somthing to pressing a physical button.

  my two cents

  Mike Jeffs
  Video Coordinator
  BYU-Idaho

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