BirdDog present the ultimate tool for PTZ control: the new KBD comes with many innovative features that simplify your live-productions.
Crafted from Feedback, Built for Brilliance – the BirdDog KBD Controller offers PTZ camera operators a rugged, ergonomic design, a large multi-camera display, and direct access to essential functions. With a built-in tally display and physical feedback for camera switching, it offers intuitive handling. NDI, VISCA, ONVIF, RS-232, and RS-422 connectivity ensure interoperability no matter what language you speak. And on top of that, it is produced eco-friendly.
Features Overview:
- All Day Comfort: KBD is crafted for those who rely on precision and ease in their workflow. With a rugged, ergonomic design, it's built for comfort, featuring a hand-rest area and tactile controls for all-day use.
- Expanded Screen, Instant Camera Control: With a large screen that lets you monitor up to four cameras simultaneously or focus on one in full screen, seamless pairing and effortless switching are just a button press away. The improved tactile feedback ensures smooth, intuitive transitions at your fingertips.
- Camera setting Sync: An industry-first feature: effortlessly tune one camera to your exact preferences and instantly copy those settings to another camera of the same model (BirdDog X series function). Simplifying camera setup and elevating your production to the next level.
- Direct Access to Key Functions: No more endless menu diving! KBD brings you straight to the essentials. With its streamlined layout, operators can access camera pairing, switching, and configuration in seconds. It's all there, clear and accessible, thanks to user feedback that’s shaped a truly user friendly experience.
- Super-fine control mode: When it's time to fine-tune, just shift the camera joystick into 'fine-tune' mode, increasing the sensitivity of the joystick by 10x, making reframing shots on air more artistic flair than nail-biting scare.
- Built-in Tally borders: Pairing and switching between cameras is just a single press away, with tactile buttons providing instant feedback under your finger for smooth, intuitive transitions. When integrated with mixers like TriCaster or vMix, KBD’s built-in tally border shows the live camera directly on the keyboard, so you can stay focused without looking at other screens.
- Ultimate Connectivity: BirdDog KBD connects seamlessly through NDI, VISCA, ONVIF, RS-232, and RS-422, making it versatile for any setup.
- Affordable Innovation: Refined through user insight, KBD delivers enhanced features at a lower price than its predecessor, offering unmatched comfort, control, and eco-consciousness for the modern PTZ camera operator.
Wanna hear something cool? The KBD comes in an eco-friendly design: with BirdDog's commitment to sustainability, it is made using ocean-bound plastics (OBP) and recyclable aluminium, reducing environmental impact.
Bundles and Combos
BirdDog clearly have the practical application of their products in mind. Thus, along with the new controller, they offer suitable bundles which include the latest X-series PTZ cameras:
- The X1 and X1 Ultra are available as a 3-pack with the KBD Controller and are packed in a ruggedised foam case that simplifies transport. These bundles offer price advantages of ca. 200 Euros (X1) resp. ca. 700 Euros (X1 Ultra).
- The X4 Ultra and X5 Ultra are available as a 3-pack with the KBD Controller. With these combos, you will get the controller for free.
- All bundles and combos are available with either the black or white versions of the cameras.
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Workflow
We have put together what form a workflow with the KBD can take. You can find it in our download section.
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