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Controlling the lens with the Micro Studio Camera

Controlling the lens with the Micro Studio Camera

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Controlling the lens with the Micro Studio Camera

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- With the micro four thirds lenses, there is one more thing to consider, particularly if you're looking at the studio cameras where you want to have some more control over the lens itself. Now, some of the studio cameras that use the micro four thirds lens system will support some basic features so you can remotely trigger things like focus or focus peaking. But you may notice that on the micro cameras, for example, they actually have a pigtail. And that pigtail allows for different connection types. In this case here, you'll see that the micro studio camera has this pigtail attached and this has several cables coming out. These have the ability to do different types of features. You'll notice different connection types here and these can actually be controlled to actually control the zoom functions or to do other lens type features. This particular cable is already labeled with what it controls there and you'll see the options for PTZ and lens control. Additionally, there are other…

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