4K GY-HC550UN Professional Connected Cam NDI-Enabled

Professional Connected Cam 4K GY-HC550UN NDI-Enabled Camcorder

The Professional Connected Cam 4K GY-HC550UN NDI-Enabled Camcorder from JVC is an updated, NDI-enabled model with all the same features as the original GY-HC550U UHD 4K camcorder. It captures video in both NTSC and PAL compatible frame rates and is designed to seamlessly work with traditional as well as NDI and IP workflows.

Built into the camera are a variety of valuable broadcast-related features such as a broadcast overlay, GPS metadata, and MPEG-2 encoding in HD for easy interfacing with legacy broadcasting systems. The camera also features a built-in wireless LAN and the Zixi wireless protocol.

The 4K GY-HC550UN NDI-Enabled Camcorder features a 1″ CMOS sensor and an integrated 20x optical zoom lens, while the camera can create a 40x digital zoom. The camera can capture in UHD, HD, and SD, and you can record SD as proxy, recording up to 30p to the built-in media card slots or 60/50p to an optional SSD. The camera supports HDR by recording in HLG or JLog1 (10-bit).

The camera captures UHD in various flavour of ProRes, as well as MP4, and it is capable of recording HD in MPEG-2 and streaming HD over IP via a wired connection. The integrated 20x zoom lens features three manual control rings for iris, focus, and zoom. The EVF features LCOS technology and over 1.2 million dots of resolution, while the built-in flip-out LCD viewfinder is just under 4″ diagonally.

The camera features IFB and return video over IP, as well as auto FTP, so your video files transfer automatically. It has two SDHC/SDXC card slots and features a slot for an optional M.2 SSD (requires optional media adapter caddy) for capturing UHD at 60/50p.

Key Features

• This model is NDI (Network Device Interface) enabled. NDI is a leading technology that allows hardware- and software-based video devices to communicate and collaborate over any standard Ethernet-based network. Among its many benefits is the reduction of hardware required to operate, and the ability to send multiple video streams over a single connection. It also allows for multiple video sources to be managed in real time with the easy-to-use NDI Discovery function of the network.
• 10-bit ProRes 422 at 4K50/60 recording to M.2 SSD (requires optional JVC M.2 SSD Media Adapter Caddy).
• UHD 4K30/25/24 4:2:0 8-bit recording to SDHC/SDXC card.
• MPEG-2 recording in HD for compatibility with broadcast systems.
• HDR recording, HLG or J-Log1 (10-bit).
• 1″ (effective) CMOS sensor with high picture quality and F11 sensitivity.
• Newly developed 3-ring 4K lens with 20x zoom (f=28-560mm, 35mm equivalent); 20x optical and 40x lossless dynamic zoom.
• 4″ high-resolution LCD monitor, LCOS Quad VGA viewfinder.
• XLR audio connectors.
• High-performance 1080p60/50 live streaming (4K Rec + HD streaming + 4K HDMI output)
• Low-latency and high-quality streaming up to 20 Mb/s.
• The camera includes broadcast overlay capability and built-in GPS.