Welcome to ProCam Broadcast Hire
ProCam Broadcast Hire has been servicing the broadcast, production & staging industries for nearly 20 years. We specialize in the hire of Broadcast Cameras, VTRs, Apple & AVID Suites, Production Equipment, Stills Cameras, Tape Stock and Display products.
With a superior range and inventory of broadcast equipment available for both short and long term hire, Pro-Cam is now recognized as one of Australia's premier broadcast hire companies with services extending internationally.
Pro-Cam is comprised of two parts:
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Pro-Cam Broadcast Hire
22 Gore Street
Albion, QLD 4010
Ph: +61 (0)7 3262 2400
Fax: +61 (0)7 3262 7052
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Pro-Cam Digi-Post Post Production
444 Upper Roma Street
Brisbane, QLD 4000
Ph: +61 (0)7 3236 2622
Fax: +61 (0)7 3236 2655
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Our trading hours for both facilities are:
Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm
Sat & Sun Closed
For further details visit the Contact Us tab on the side menu.
Whats New?
15/05/2008
16-35mm Canon L Series II Lens
The brand new Wide angle from Canon has arrived. Check out a review here.
16/04/2008
Australia Land of Parrots Premieres Sunday 4th of May on ABC1!
Multi-award winning, natural history filmmakers David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook have turned Pro-Cam cameras and lenses to the sky to capture the spririt of these dazzling birds with breathtaking results including rare and never before seen footage shot in sparkling Pro-Cam HD. Woohoo!
This is a great demonstration of our HDW-730s in action with our largest 40x HD lens.
Tune in on Sunday the 4th of May at 7:30pm on ABC1 and show your support of Aussie TV!
14/04/2008
The Pro-Cam Rate Card is here!
Download it from our Rate Card section.
02/04/2008
Fujinon HD Cine Zoom Lens HAc15x7.3-F
We have added the high definition Fujinon Cine Zoom lens to our catalogue, if you are looking for that superior look where normal HD lenses can't go then the Fuji Cine Zoom is for you. Featuring a constant T2 throughout the entire zoom range and a 280 degree barrel rotation, the Fuji is made for high end TVCs, features and shorts. Check out an article about it HERE
Follow focus also available.
Canon 1Ds MarkIII and 1Ds MarkII, Sony HVR-S270P
Well it has been a busy month!
 
The Canon 1Ds MarkIII is another milestone in the stills category with a 21.1 megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor. It is the top of the line camera available from Canon featuring Dual "DIGIC II" processors, EOS auto sensor cleaning technology, ISO 100-1600 (expandable to L:50 H:3200), 3.0” 230K pixel LCD with Live View mode and many more features too long for this page. We have also taken delivery of a 1Ds MarkII (16.7MP) as well, complementing our stills section and ensuring that Pro-Cam is one of the leading hirers of high-end digital SLRs in QLD!
We have also taken delivery of the new Sony HVR-S270P which does HDV on large format tapes. This gives the shooter upto 276mins of HDV. This is the most professional HDV out to date with a shoulder mount, interchangable lenses, V-Lock battery, 4 channel XLR and Dovetail plate mount. The camera also features Compact Flash recording on the side giving you 73 minutes on a 16GB card. This can be used simultaneously with your tape so that you can have all the backup you need!
Our stills flashes section has also been updated with prices.
(Look out in future for the new XDCAM 4:2:2 Cam)
06/02/2008
The Sony PMW-EX1 1080p Camera
The new Sony XDCAM EX camera has arrived! It features a full sized 1920x1080 1/2" picture block that records 1080p native. Recording to solid-state SxS cards, at its best quality on a 8GB card it fits 25mins. Over and Undercranking is also possible in HD and the camera features an always handy HD-SDI out. Another great thing is that the focus ring has a choice of a locked cycle, no more infinite spinning or wondering where you are on the focus! Our current kit includes a tripod, 2 x 8GB card plus 2 x batteries and it goes out for a nifty $250/daily (plus GST).
Also added to our site are the XDCAMs PDW-F330 and PDW-F350
21/12/2007
Panasonic AJ-HD1400E DVCPRO HD VTR
Pro-Cam have just taken delivery of a new DVCPROHD VTR. The 1400 deck joins our 1200 in the DVCPROHD VTR range, the perfect companions for the Varicam. The 1400 boasts built in HDSDI support with 100Mbps transfer through IEEE 1394. You can convert from an AJ-HDC27 VariCam 50p recording (over 60p) source to native 720p/50 or PAL output with superior 4:2:2 color sampling and independent frame compression using the advanced DVCPRO HD codec.
02/04/2008
20/12/2007
Updates!
- Added the Panasonic DLP PT-DW5000E projector to the catalogue
- Added some tech links
14/12/2007
The AJ-HPX3000G
They have arrived! Pro-Cam is proud to announce the acquisition of 2 x AJ-HPX3000G's. With a full frame 2.2mp 1920x1080 sized 2/3" CCD, the HPX-3000 records on the new AVC-Intra 100 codec at a native 1080 24/25 frame progressive with 4:2:2 sampling.
CF Cards Now Available for Purchase
Transcend 2GB CompactFlash Cards (133x) are now available to purchase from Pro-Cam at $49 (pre GST) $53.90 (inc GST). Compatible with all our SLR cameras and most CF card devices, they're a great addition to any kit.
Samsung 32" & 26" LCD TVs
Samsung LCD TVs are now available for hire from Pro-Cam in 26" and 32" with a choice in colour (black or white) with the 32s. These are fantastic televisions that could double for an agency viewing monitor, or even in the edit suites. Featuring Built in Digital Television and a nifty little tabletop stand these LCDs will suit any situation.
Updates!
3/12/2007 - Added prices for digital stills bodies, Apple Mac prices (plus the ioHD). Added 2 notes on the terms & conditions page.
Our Website!
Thank-you for coming to visit us on our new website, its finally here! We hope that you will find all the information you need to help you decide which product is best for your needs.
As you can tell the site is still being updated and sections added so please be patient with us. We will be continually updating the product side of things and will keep you guys updated about everything Pro-Cam! In the meantime please explore our website and feel free to e-mail us with comments or suggestions.
NEW AJA ioHD Input/Output box for the Apple Mac
 
Revolutionary new I/O box with Apple ProRes422 built into the hardware. You can have a full 10-bit 4:2:2 editing system with you everywhere you go with HDSDI, SDSDI, Component, LTC, HDMI, AES and RS-422 deck control all going through the new firewire800. Available now for $150/day (pre GST) $175/day (inc GST).
New Stills Photography
We have recently expanded our stills photography hire section to give our customers a wider range of selection and access to high end stills camera hire. Some of our selection includes:
- New Canon 1D Mark III
- Canon 5D, 20D, 30D, 400D, 350D, 300D
- Hasselblad H3D-39 Camera
- Extensive range of Lenses including L series and specialty lenses
- Speedlite range of flashes
New Apple Macs
We have taken delivery of 2 Apple desktop MacPros and 3 Mini Macs all loaded with Final Cut Studio 2.
 
The P2 Revolution is here!
The next generation of broadcast cameras have arrived at Pro-Cam. Solid state media is steadily becoming the next standard in all parts of film and television and is certainly the way of the future. The Panasonic P2 card system simplifies the whole process with flash media housed in a PCMCIA card format which can be read in most standard laptops. The P2 cards are available at Pro-Cam in two sizes, 4GB and 16GB with the 32GB cards arriving in the next few months.
Take a look at some of our new offerings:
The AG-HPX2100E
The AG-HPX502EN
(look out in future for the AG-HPX3000)
New AV-HS300 switcher
Our new AV-HS300 can handle just about anything! Multi-format HD/SD 6-Inputs Compact live Switcher with DVI input as well as ethernet network interface. It is one compact little device running off DC power perfect for field use.
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