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IKEGAMI DNS-33W EDITCAM3 TAPELESS CAMCORDER REACHES
INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES FOR FAITH LIFE CHURCH
Used With Three Ikegami HL-60W ENG Cameras, the Editcam3's Nonlinear Acquisition
and Editing Advantages Provide Comprehensive Coverage for a Growing Congregation

MAYWOOD, NEW JERSEY, April 24, 2006: Located in Branson, Missouri, Faith Life Church has attracted a large congregation since it opened in 2002. More recently, however, the church has chosen to extend its outreach by using television and Internet broadcasts to gain a larger following outside the Branson area. Committed to this goal, Faith Life Church recently added an Ikegami DNS-33W Editcam3 tapeless high-performance ENG/EFP camera to its existing complement of three Ikegami HL-60W portable full-digital broadcasting cameras to provide viewers with engaging, high-quality imagery.

"Faith Life Church is a church without walls," says Devin Crane, Director of Television at Faith Life Church. "We have a church of people that are based here in Branson, but we have a separate church that connects to us outside of these walls through our television shows and Internet broadcasts. For people who are tuning in or logging on, our goal is to make them feel that they are a part of the church service, and the imagery provided by our Ikegami Editcam3 and HL-60's enable us to do that. On Friday nights and Sunday mornings, we send out video to the Internet and we also supply the projectors that feed the image-magnification screens in the church. We try to capture every aspect of the service for our audience."

Introduced more than ten years ago, Ikegami's Editcam is now in its third generation with the DNS-33W Editcam3, a 2/3 inch 520,000-pixel AIT (Advanced Interline Transfer) CCD camcorder that records video on either hard drive FieldPaks or solid-state RAMPak media instead of a tape cassette. FieldPaks and RAMPaks can then inserted into the SAT100 Adapter, which interfaces via USB or FireWire with nonlinear desktop and laptop edit systems made by various companies. Since the video recorded by the Editcam3 is already digital, and has compatible file structure, editing can begin immediately.

Ikegami's Editcam3 features such revolutionary innovations as Retroloop (so videographers never miss a shot), Intelligent Recording (which enables Editcam to automatically record to available media space), and Timelapse Recording. Current FieldPak capacities go up to 80GB; RAMPaks at present offer 16MB but will increase as solid state recording technology advances. Editcam's 80GB FieldPak2 can record six hours of DV25 digital video, with DV50 and IMX formats available as options.

"We currently use the Editcam3 on stage for crowd shots and band shots during praise and worship," Crane says. "We cut to the Editcam3 in our live feed via the camera's SDI output. And of course its tapeless recording speeds the editing process. We are using the Editcam3 in MXF format in conjunction with Apple's Final Cut Pro."

In addition to the SAT 110 Adapter, which mounts FieldPaks and RAMPaks to a desktop or laptop nonlinear editor for instant access to video clips, Ikegami's DNE-31 Stand-Alone Disk Recorder is also available for added versatility in Editcam ENG/EFP applications.

"Our services are probably longer than most," explains Crane. "We record sometimes two hours and every now and then, three-hour services. With the 80 GB hard drive and the FieldPak that comes with the Editcam3, we're able to record a whole service non-stop. We've really priced out our hard drives because one thing we found is that dumping it off to tape or dumping tapes off to a hard drive takes real time. But by using the Editcam3 and eliminating the need to digitize, it saves us not only time, but the money it would take to buy the tapes necessary to record our service."

"The performance of our Ikegami cameras is absolutely excellent," concludes Crane. "And the addition of the tapeless Editcam3 gives us fast and easy access to choose the shots we want to use."

About Ikegami
Ikegami Electronics is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality professional broadcast equipment. Ikegami offers a broad range of TV cameras for ENG, EFP, Studio, HDTV, CCTV, and Medical Imaging. Ikegami products have received various Emmy Awards for Engineering Excellence. The company's universal High Definition TV cameras have been widely accepted by the broadcast industry as it continues the change over to the High Definition Television Format.

For more information about Ikegami and the location of the Regional Office nearest you, call Ikegami's Maywood NJ headquarters at 201-368-9171 or visit www.ikegami.com.

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