By Andrew Starks, Director of Product Management at Macnica Americas, Inc.

In live media production, decision-makers face a common yet increasingly complex challenge: balancing capital investments with operational costs while maintaining the highest level of performance and flexibility. This balancing act not only determines financial outcomes but also the success of your workflows and overall business operations.

Traditionally, the performance demands of live production - such as ultra-low latency, uncompressed media flows, and precise synchronization - have required significant investments in dedicated on-premise infrastructure. This infrastructure, whether specialized hardware or dedicated production facilities, represents a clear capital expenditure (CapEx). On the other hand, modern workflows, particularly those leveraging cloud resources, offer functionality with lower upfront investment, shifting costs into an operating expense (OpEx) model. Both approaches have their strengths, but achieving sustainable and scalable workflows lies in finding the right balance. To address this challenge, Macnica’s MEP100 and Media Streaming SDK (M2S) provide solutions designed to optimize this balance, particularly in demanding environments of live broadcast live production. 

Read more about optimizing CapEx and investing in agile performance where it counts in the press release.

The IMX925 and IMX926 are global shutter image sensors that are compatible with C-mount lenses, which are widely used in industrial applications. These sensors boast both high resolution of approximately 24.55/12.41 effective megapixels and high-speed readout.

As factory automation advances, demand is growing for high-speed and high-definition automated optical inspection (AOI) in electronics manufacturing and other industrial sectors that perform mass production. In pursuit of better inspection performance, there is also a growing market for laser cutting, structured light, and other methods of three-dimensional (3D) AOI. 

Learn more about how Sony’s new IMX925 series sensors empower industries like automotive, medical, and factory automation.

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