JVC adds square and vertical format in the update of his Camcorder GY-HM250

Among other improvements, the new firmware will also give the GY-HM250 camera direct dissemination on YouTube Live, in addition to Facebook Live.

JVC has updated firmware its popular camcorder GY-HM250 improving the capacities of streaming and others creative functions.

From this camera there are already two versions, the standard “E” version and the special “slender” version for sports, which incorporates a score on the screen. The new firmware version will add video in square and vertical format in the viewfinder to guarantee ideal image catches for dissemination in all types of display devices, including mobile phones and tablets. The new firmware will also provide the GY-HM250 camera with Direct diffusion on YouTube Live, in addition to Facebook Live.

To the entire 4kcam range, including GY-HM170 and 180 models without streaming generator, the new firmware will add Automatic face approach (Face-Only AF), un Image digital stabilizer (DIS) that will overlap the already powerful optical stabilizer and an automatic color matrix adjustment under LED lighting conditions.

John Kelly, General Director of EMEA Professional Business Solutions of JVC, recognizes that “as a partner of Facebook Live solutions, we know how vital it is to offer solutions that allow generating high quality content for the SNS services (Social Networking Service) of social networks. This new firmware version for JVC cameras is a good sample of our commitment to this market”.

In addition to producing streaming in Vertical format (404 × 720) and square (720 × 720) With safety markers, both versions of the GYHM250E and GY-HM250ESB cameras may generate data flows with real resolutions in vertical and square format.

With this update, the function of fast configuration Easy Setup It can be used for real -time diffusion through the YouTube Live pages. This functionality was only available before for Facebook Live; It now allows users to raise streaming in seconds instead of having to enter a lot of data and have to adjust several parameters in advance. In addition, YouTube Live users can schedule the start of streaming at a given time.

Multi-camera Score Overlay

The new firmware update also incorporates a Multi-Camera Score Overlay Retrusting Function Especially thought for the GY-HM250ESB that allows to replicate the information of the results or the marker of a match in a multicámar retransmission between the main camera and up to 3 secondary chambers, from a single tablet or mobile control device.

With the new automatic approach functionality for faces Face-Only AF, JVC 4kcam cameras operators can now choose between several settings for a better detection of faces depending on the conditions of the scene, increasing for example sensitivity, selecting the framing, reacting to the luminosity or reacting only to the conditions of the face. This technology shows and dynamically follows facial features as a focal point of the image box, very useful function for the operator.

The three cameras already had a I need optical stabilizer (Ois) to which a digital stabilizer (DIS) in HD mode, which provides the operators with more maneuvering margin in certain urgency situations, overlapping with the primary optical stabilizer.

Version 2 of the 4kcam cameras range also incorporates a Special Color Matrized Adjustment For LED lighting (Matrix Adjustment Self-Color), which is usual in concerts and other live events. With the “Full Auto” function activated, the cameras can now reproduce more natural tones with that type of LED lighting, where strange shadows and stripes appeared before.

Finally, there is the function Zoom Ease (Easy zoom) that reduces the speed of opening or closing of the zoom when moving from TV to a wide angle or vice versa creating more softened transitions. The three cameras of the range also include capacity for Remote control with zoom cable (LANC) that works in the same way as the zoom lever of the handle of this type of cameras.