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Digital Video Processing with HD CCTV: Noise reduction In this post I examine some of the sophisticated technology used in digital high definition CCTV cameras, including a the powerful underlying SOC electronics, and the similarities with audio noise reduction in audio, as used in amateur radio. Noise reduction in HD CCTV I read very widely and like to see or create connections between apparently disparate ideas and technologies. From an earlier post on working with a Pentax lens I have, I read about the image processing abilities of some Pentax lenses.   Pentax/Richo have an award-winning image processing system, PENTAX Atmospheric Interference Reduction (PAIR). http://www.ricoh.com/fa_security/security/pair/  The results are amazing:       From a first reading, the processing seems to be done in the lens itself, something that had me mystified as to how such spectacular results are possible with just optics. However, on closer reading, th...

BlackMagic Design ATEM TV Studio problems with 1080p; a hardware limitation? In this post, I think I have discovered the problem of the ATEM TV Studio not accepting 1080p input, a hardware limitation. Alternatives are then considered. BlackMagic Design ATEM TV Studio As noted in earlier posts, I use BlackMagic Design ATEM TV Studio as the main component of my DATV studio to connect multiple cameras and other video sources. Overall it performs brilliantly well allowing for most features needed in a professional TV switcher, and with nothing else even remotely in the price range; $1000. http://vk4zxi.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/datv-dvb-t-blackmagic-designs-atem-tv.html     No 1080p input, despite being common format for cameras However, it has one very annoying problem, it will only accept 1080i input, not 1080p, which to a point is reasonable as 1080i is the highest resolution for broadcast TV. The big problem is that almost all cameras...