The Motorcycle Radio-Camera System
This article describes a mobile system developed by NHK for the live coverage of marathon races, which have become increasingly popular in Japan, In conjunction with an outside broadcast (OB) van traveling ahead of the front runners, the motorcycle-mounted system is used to take shots of groups of runners, spectators along the course, and similar shots at close range. NHK plans to improve the system further for additional use in electronic news gathering (ENG).
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 1988-02
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J01886
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