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OBSBOT Tail 2

Why should you be interested in the OBSBOT Tail 2?

People in our industry always talk about revolution in a completely unrealistic way, as if some product or other is going to be guillotined. Totally unreal! But what the writers are trying to say is that this is an absolute novelty. Something that has never been seen before.

Tail 2 - PTZR

Let\'s start with the obvious. The R in the designation PTZR is new and stands for rotation. In fact, the Tail 2 is the first camera in which not only the lens but also the image sensor can be rotated. This turns a horizontal image into a vertical one. Landscape becomes portrait mode. This makes it possible to shoot in up to 4K. How great is that. Every Tiktok user, shop owner should actually buy this camera.

Tail 2 offers all formats

Every format is there. From 4Kp60, all intermediate formats up to Full HB with 120 frames. The latter can be used for simple and light slomos. What doesn\'t work, and it\'s clear why, is shooting in HDR and 4Kp60, which only works up to 4Kp30.
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Matt Clark
Adia, why would you need 120fps unless you\'re doing 4x slow motion for Sports (which wouldn\'t be too many).

Virtual Reality - The future is here

The first camera that can output data directly to DFree for virtual processing. I asked OBSBOT for this feature at IBC 2024. Tail2 supports the standard FreeD protocol to transmit its own gimbal data and camera zoom and focus data.You can receive this data directly in the UE rendering engine through the LiveLink plugin, or receive and use this data in other virtual production software such as Aximmetry or Pixtope. In addition, we also provide a separate UE5 plug-in. You can use our plug-in to easily receive video images and virtual data from the Tail2 camera in UE5.

Optical zoom

Tail 2 has a 5x optical zoom. In the 4K range, everything is perfect within the 5x zoom. I have already seen pictures from the Tail 2. A speaker at a distance of 10 metres is staged perfectly. With the digital zoom we get a factor of 12. So the digital zoom has a factor of 2.4.

Tracking 2.0

OBSBOT is one of the first companies to integrate second generation tracking into its products. This has significantly improved the tracking properties. For example, the Tail 2 can detect and continue tracking a tracked person or object even after they have disappeared from the field of view
Object tracking has also been greatly improved. A database of 200 objects is available as a reference.

NEW - The future is here

This is a one in a lifetime product. I have seen this happen a few times. The use of the iPhone for filming, for example. Or non-linear editing with AVID. Both have changed so much of the way people work and live. iPhone photography is normal now, and who remembers needing an extra camera before? Non-linear editing led to digital editing, and who remembers tapes?
Or the video journalist. A long time ago, I was also a technical writer. One of my articles coined the term video journalist. A new way of making films at a time when there was a three-person team. A journalist, a cameraman and an audio person.
Now we are at a similar moment. Something new is coming. So yes, this new thing is an invitation from technology to the artist. What do you want from me? What are the new possibilities for creative use of the Tail 2? Please do not let this website be a one-way street. Let us explore it together. Please let us know about the new ways you find with the Tail 2 and OBSBOT. See much more in the Facebook group:
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Use cases

The first use case we would like to present to you is the use of Tail Air and Tail 2 in a radio station, where Video for Radio is implemented. They use Tail Air via NDI since months and now test Tail 2 via SDI. We will let you know how it works out.