High speed over water with Sony and Fujinon

American cameraman Paul Cronin uses the Fujinon HD ZA17x7.6BE lens and his Sony XDCAM HD PMW-500 camcorder, together with the Fujinon TS-P58A image stabilizer, to obtain the most spectacular images of high-speed boats.

Paul Cronin and his production company WhiteCap Video have specialized in the most complex productions: recording on boats in the most extreme conditions of humidity and vibrations at high speeds.

Cronin has the lens Fujinon HD ZA17x7.6BE y su camcorder Sony XDCAM HD PMW-500 together with the Fujinon TS-P58A image stabilizer to obtain the most spectacular images of high-speed boats.

Cronin, who the first thing he looks for in a lens is its robustness, has been more than satisfied with the response and focal length provided by the ZA17x7.6BE. Additionally, when you want to open the plane even more, you use a wide-angle adapter. This gives the videographer three lens options: ZA17x with adapter, ZA17x alone, and the long, steady shots of the ZA17x paired with the TS-P58A stabilizer.

“This covers all the needs of my current clients,” Cronin said. With the stabilizer, the focal length is increased by about 25 percent. "When you work with boats that move at more than 60 miles per hour, focus is really critical. The greater range I receive thanks to the TS-P58A image stabilizer helps me a lot," he added.

Este operador de cámara es capaz de grabar de pie sobre una embarcación que se mueve a gran velocidad a otra embarcación que puede estar a diez metros o a más de quinientos. “Ahí es donde mi estabilizador es oro. Reduce el tiempo a la mitad porque consigo el material que necesito la primera vez. Eso nos ahorra un montón de dinero”, destaca Cronin.

Para Cronin, el TS-P58A es muy fácil de operar proporcionando una sensación de giro variable similar a las imágenes obtenidas por estabilizadores usados en helicópteros.

Además, apenas se requiere de un par de minutos para poner y quitar el Fujinon TS-P58A ya que se trata de un estabilizador óptico de estilo sandwich. Se monta entre la lente y la cámara y aumenta la ampliación en un 25 por ciento. “Es extremadamente compacto, y estoy impresionado con su consumo de energía”, dijo Cronin. Su consumo es de apenas 4,2 W a DC12V (de la cámara).