Production & Streaming Cameras
Cameras for live production, corporate, education and events: indoor and outdoor PTZ, fixed box cameras, a portable Wi-Fi camera and a meeting-room camera.
The BirdDog camera family covers every capture format: the X-Series indoor PTZs (from the X1 up to the X5 Ultra and the studio-grade XL), the O4 all-weather outdoor PTZ, the fixed MAKI Ultra box cameras for POV shots, the battery-powered MAKI Live portable camera and the MAX meeting-room camera. Depending on the model, connectivity combines NDI®, SDI, HDMI, USB, SRT and Wi-Fi.
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BirdDog XL Ultra
- Studio PTZ, 4/3-inch sensor, 20x zoom
- Dual camera: 4K60 main + 100° panoramic
- Simultaneous Full NDI and NDI® HX, built for XR stages
BirdDog O4
- IP66 outdoor PTZ, -40 °C to +60 °C
- 30x zoom in 4K, 60x in HD, 500 m IR illuminator
- 4K60, FreeD, built-in anti-fog heater
BirdDog X5 Ultra
- High-end 4K60 PTZ
- 12G-SDI, dual HDMI, USB webcam, SRT
- NDI® HX3, extended AI processing
BirdDog X4 Ultra
- 4K60 PTZ, Sony 1/1.8-inch sensor
- NDI® HX3, AI tracking
- Optional Wi-Fi 6 base station, up to 4 cameras
BirdDog X4E Ultra
- Wired-first 4K60 PTZ on the X4 platform
- SDI, HDMI, USB-C and IP
- PoE or DC powering, E-Ink display
BirdDog X1 / X1 30x / X1 Ultra
- Full HD (X1, X1 30x) or 4K30 (X1 Ultra) indoor PTZ
- NDI® HX3, AI tracking, HALO Tally, built-in Wi-Fi
- 20x, 30x or 12x optical zoom depending on the version
BirdDog MAX
- Meeting-room PTZ camera
- NDI® and HDMI outputs, 12x optical zoom
- Built for Teams and Zoom, pairs with POD
BirdDog MAKI Ultra 12x / 20x
- Fixed 4K60 box camera (no pan/tilt)
- Ultra-fast ToF autofocus, HALO Tally
- NDI® HX2/HX3, HDMI, 3G-SDI, USB-C, PoE
BirdDog MAKI Live
- Portable streaming camera
- Built-in battery up to 6 h, Wi-Fi
- Wireless NDI® HX, pairs with the MAKI Studio switcher
Sony Exmor R sensors and broadcast lenses
Back-illuminated Sony sensors: low-light sensitivity, contained noise, wide dynamic range. Broadcast-grade glass, with genuine Sony image blocks on select models.
Simultaneous pan/tilt robotics
Pan and tilt driven together, with no stepping or jerky transitions: natural diagonal movements, clean enough to broadcast.
NDI® and baseband simultaneously
SDI and/or HDMI alongside Full NDI®, powered by in-house NDI® encoding silicon: the camera fits a wired gallery and an IP workflow at the same time.
Built-in FreeD for AR and virtual studios
FreeD tracking data sent over UDP or embedded straight into the NDI® stream: the cameras feed virtual sets, AR graphics and XR stages with no external encoder.
Built-in video scopes and colour matrix
Waveform, RGB parade, vectorscope and histogram right inside BirdUI, plus the full colour matrix: everything needed to match cameras without external tools, with the free Cam Control app for pairing.
HALO Tally and E-Ink display
The daylight-visible 360° tally ring keeps talent and crew on the right camera; the E-Ink display shows the unit's name and network address, even powered off.
Open control
A REST API across the range, a Crestron library, a Q-SYS plugin, Skaarhoj, and proven compatibility with 13+ platforms (vMix, OBS, Wirecast, Ross...). The cameras are also driven by modern third-party AI control platforms such as IRIS.
BirdDog Connect
Cloud remote production: NDI® sources kept frame-accurate across sites, apps on every platform, and two simultaneous connections free to get started.
5-year warranty on the X-Series cameras (registered product), with worldwide support. AI tracking comes free on most models.
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