Sony PMW 400 and RMB 170 ten Camera Package

The Sony PMW 400 and RMB 170 ten camera package is a serious used broadcast camera system that still has real value in professional multi camera production. While newer cameras may offer higher resolutions and more modern codecs, these Sony broadcast cameras remain dependable, familiar and practical for long running reality TV workflows.

For Visual Impact, this type of kit has been one of the backbones of reality TV capture. Reality productions often need cameras that can run for long hours, integrate cleanly into a control room, handle constant use, and deliver a consistent broadcast image across multiple camera positions. A ten camera package is especially valuable because it allows a production to cover many areas at the same time while keeping the camera look consistent.

Practical example:
On a reality show, Visual Impact could use this package to cover the main action areas, interview zones, contestant rooms, challenge spaces and wide safety angles. The RMB 170 remote control units allow the technical team to manage camera settings from the control room, helping match exposure, colour and iris across the cameras without interrupting the operators.

This is the kind of used kit that makes sense for productions where reliability, quantity and proven broadcast performance matter more than chasing the newest camera body. For reality TV, having ten matched Sony broadcast cameras can be more useful than having one or two newer cameras, because the production needs constant coverage, stable feeds and equipment that crews already know and trust.