Polecam press announcement, 2009 July 14
Polecam owner/operator Youval Ronan has provided further proof of the efficiency and adaptability of Polecam while working on a project for Israel's Sport 5 television channel. He was commissioned to assist in providing live coverage of the recent international football match between Israel and Hungary at Ramat Gan National Stadium in Tel Aviv.

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Polecam capturing the pre-match panel discussion and rig owner/operator
Youval Ronen providing the view from above one of the goals

"We operated the Polecam in three modes," Youval explains. "Its first role was as a studio 'crane' for the pre-game discussion panel. After that, we moved to a new location on the edge of the playing field. We were using a three-CCD Toshiba HD camera and feeding an SD output via cable to the control room in the OB vehicle. When the game ended, we moved again very fast back to the studio area. Polecam kit has a reputation for being quick to set up but the speed with which we came back online after each re-location astonished the rest of the production team."

"Polecam was established in 1998 by extreme sports cameraman/director Steffan Hewitt. While directing a series of windsurfing kit commercials in Hawaii, he needed to obtain close wide-angle front sequences of a windsurfer in action, shot from a tracking boat or jet ski. Steffan improvised a rig comprising a miniature camera on a carbon-fibre windsurfing mast. Returning to Britain, he developed a lightweight go-anywhere rig with a remote joystick controlling a high-precision pan and tilt head. Polecam is now supplied in HD and SD versions with a range of additional options including underwater and 3D pan/tilt heads. Polecam Ltd is active globally from its base near Bedford, England.

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