World’s first full i-frame NDI® in 10-bit 4K. Incredible Colour Tools.

P400 features 10-bit NDI in stunning 4K resolution and allows chroma subsampling in your choice of 4:2:0 or 4:2:2. Wow.

P400 teams up BirdDog’s custom NDI® silicon chip, a 4K Sony CMOS Backlit sensor, and a true Sony Image Module. Double Wow.

P400 includes professional-level colour tools including Colour Matrix control, Black level, Gamma including 512 pre-set gamma positions. Triple Wow.

10-Bit 4:2:2 4K. Numbers matter.

P400 debuts the world’s first 4K 10-bit NDI in full I-Frame chroma subsampling at 4:2:2 which can be decoded natively in hardware by BirdDog’s 4K Family of NDI Encoders and Decoders. If decoding with an 8-bit 4:2:0 receiver the stream will automatically serve 8-bit 4:2:0 and this is what will be decoded. Think of it as an automatic and virtual handshake.

BirdDog Cam Control. Shade like a pro, bro.

BirdDog Cam Control allows full access to the entire colour matrix, black levels, and even the gamma to be able to shade your P400’s like a total pro. Right click to view camera full screen on a secondary monitor to really dial in the look you want and then copy the settings to colour match cameras in seconds. Yes that’s right. Colour match cameras in seconds.

Incredible low light performance.

In low light conditions the camera automatically switches from day to night mode, removing the IR-cut filter to boost sensitivity for clear pictures in near-darkness.

Triple output. NDI®, 6G-SDI and HDMI.

With NDI®, 6G-SDI, and HDMI simultaneous outputs, the P400 is ready to go live with your full NDI® workflow today or if you are still in an old school SDI workflow you can use as an SDI camera and ease your way into the world of NDI® when you are ready. We’ll be here to welcome you into the future with open arms.

Genlock. Let that sync in.

With Genlock you can now synchronise multiple cameras using the Genlock input. Now all your cameras can be hitting your NDI® enabled vision mixer at the same time and lets you eliminate the need to add frame buffers.

Superfine Robotics.
Precise control at your fingers.

P400’s robotics are super precise and super sensitive. Wind down the panning and tilting speeds to create super professional shots that are dramatic, or crank up the speeds for high action sports to allow you to follow the movements.

20x Optical Zoom. Fast and Crisp.

The 20x optical zoom offers a bright F2.0 aperture with a super smooth and fast zoom. Transition from wide to tele and recall pre-set positions quickly and with super fine precision.
The incredible optical zoom function makes P400 perfect for sports such as football, baseball, hockey, ski fields, basketball, soccer, and more.

Tally light that just works.

NDI has tally information built into the metadata so when P400 is connected to an NDI enabled switcher the tally light on the front of the unit to ensure your on air talent will always know which camera is live. There is no configuration required; it just works.

PoE or DC. You have the power.

P400 can be powered by Power over Ethernet (PoE++) for single cable operation that can carry Video, Audio, Power, Tally, and Intercom or you can choose to use the included power adapter.

Free Software Tools.

Central Lite.

Team up Central Lite with any NDI® source, including all BirdDog hardware capable of creating NDI® sources, you can now drive your NDI® streams to any BirdDog Studio NDI or Mini to decode NDI® back to SDI or HDMI.

Cam Control.

Cam Control allows easy access to all settings of all the BirdDog cameras on your network. Get the look you want on the full screen output monitor and then copy across multiple cameras to colour match in seconds.

Comms Lite.

Comms Lite is your free Audio Intercom solution. With support for four BirdDog devices, plus a director, Comms Lite is a great way to start using Audio Intercom in your live productions.

PTZ Keyboard. Take control.

Combine P400 with the BirdDog PTZ Keyboard and you have total control of all functions remotely. PTZ Keyboard is a full featured PTZ Keyboard that can control up to 255 PTZ cameras on a single network so can scale to even the most complex installations. PTZ Keyboard can control P400 over NDI® or by RS422 / RS232 when using in SDI mode.

BirdDog and Bolin. BFF’s.

Sometimes a partnership is so strong it creates more than the sum of the individual parts. BirdDog and Bolin have joined forces to bring the World’s Best range of NDI PTZ gear to market. With Bolin’s commitment to using the highest quality Sony Sensors and their ability to build weatherproof cameras BirdDog knew there was only one PTZ partner that shared BirdDog’s vision of bringing to market the highest quality products at reasonable prices. Through BirdDog’s NDI know-how and Bolin’s unrivalled PTZ engineering pedigree an unbreakable partnership has formed. Batman and Robin. Mulder and Scully. Joanie and Chachi. You get the idea.

CAMERA

IMAGE SENSOR
1 / 2.5 inch CMOS 8.5MP

LENS
4.4-88.4mm

OPTICAL ZOOM
20x

SRZ (Super Revolution Zoom)
30x in 4K, 40x in Full HD

HORIZONTAL ANGLE OF VIEW
70.2° (W) – 4.1° (T)

APERTURE
F2.0 (W) – F3.8 (T)

MIN. ILLUMINATION
Color: 0.4lux (1/30s, 50%, High Sensitivity mode On), 1.6lux (1/30s, 50%, High Sensitivity mode Off), 0.06lux(1/4s(1/3s),50%, High Sensitivity mode On)

SHUTTER SPEED
1/1 – 1/10000s

FEATURES
Defog (Auto, 3 levels), Visibility enhancer, Black & White, E-Flip, Mirror, Colour enhancement, Black level, gamma, Sat/Hue Adjust, HLC, Colour Bar

WDR
YES (130dB) – ND Filter: YES

IMAGE STABILIZER
YES

COLOR GAIN
Yes (16 step)

COLOR HUE
Yes (16 step)

GAMMA
Standard, Straight, 512 pattern

GAMMA LEVEL
Yes (72 step)

BLACK LEVEL
Yes (97 step) – Flicker Cancel: Yes

NOISE REDUCTION
On/Off (level 5 to 1/Off, 6 steps), 2D/3D

S/N RATIO
≥50db

FOCUS
Auto Focus (Trigger/Interval), Manual Focus (Variable Speed), One Push Trigger, Near Limit

WHITE BALANCE
AUTO, ATW, Indoor, Outdoor, One Push WB, Manual WB, Outdoor Auto, Sodium Vapor Lamp 9Fix/Auto/Outdoor Auto）

EXPOSURE Full Auto, Gain, Gain Limit, Shutter Priority, Iris Priority, Manual, Bright, Slow Shutter, Max/Min Shutter Limit, Slow AE

BACKLIGHT COMPENSATION
YES

MECHANICAL

PAN MOVEMENT
Horizontal: ±175 degrees continuous pan (Zoom Adaptive Speed Range: 0.05°〜100°/S)

TILT MOVEMENT
Vertical: +90 degrees to -30 degrees (Zoom Adaptive Speed Range: 0.05°〜50°/S)

PRESET POSITIONS
128 Speed adjustable: Up to 150°/S, 6 presets on remote controller)

ENVIRONMENTAL
Indoor

OPERATING TEMPERATURE
-10 – +40 (°C)

OPERATING HUMIDITY
≤80%

VIDEO INTERFACE

VIDEO OUTPUT
NDI/HDMI/6G-SDI

4K VIDEO FORMATS
4Kp 30, 29.97, 25, 23.98, 24

HD VIDEO FORMATS
1080p 60, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 1080i 60, 59.94, 50 • 720p 60, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25

AUDIO I/O
3.5mm Audio In (Stereo)
3.5mm Audio Out (Stereo)

CONTROL INTERFACE

IP PTZ CONTROL
NDI Control (auto configuring), VISCA Over IP

SERIAL PTZ CONTROL
2x RJ45: RS232 / RS422 / RS485 Connectors

SERIAL CONTROL PROTOCOL
VISCA / Pelco D

POWER & DIMENSIONS

POWER INPUT
12v DC, PoE++ (IEEE 802.3bt)

DIMENSIONS
142x159x217mm

WEIGHT
2.7Kg

NETWORK

VIDEO COMPRESSION
Full NDI – i-frame high quality low latency NDI for production

NETWORK PROTOCOL
NDI – Discovery, configuration and control

WEB CONTROL INTERFACE
Full control via Web/Mobile UI including Scene presets

OPTIONAL MOUNTS
Ceiling mount, Wall mount