Wireless Video Systems

Here is how this works in practice. Our team supplies wireless video transmission with the range, latency and receiver count your tracking plan needs, and sets up the RF so it stays clean. Before the shoot we survey each location, allocate frequencies and check signal paths, logging range use with Fjarskiptastofa, the Electronic Communications Office of Iceland, where needed, and we set up video links against wireless audio, comms and lens control so nothing collides.

Here is the short of it. The country's terrain breaks line of sight: rift walls at Thingvellir, lava ridges around Myvatn and Highland topography all shadow transmission, so we plan transmitter and antenna placement per setup and deploy extended-range or repeated options where distances demand. Wireless video stock comes from the skilled Reykjavik rental base. For larger multi-camera shoots we supplement transmitters, receivers and 4K systems from suppliers in the UK and mainland Europe under ATA carnet, since the country is outside the EU customs union.

Here is the breakdown. Units are weatherproofed against wind, cold, blowing volcanic grit and glacial damp, batteries are conditioned for low temperatures, and we keep backup links ready so a dropout on a remote location never stalls focus pulling or the video village.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Iceland's RF environment is, away from Reykjavik, unusually clean. A large, sparsely populated subarctic island on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, around 103,000 square kilometres with roughly 390,000 people, it lacks the dense broadcast and mobile congestion that crowds wireless video range in larger countries, so a set up link can run reliably once surveyed. The snag is geography rather than trouble: crews work miles apart on terrain that blocks and reflects signal. The Highlands open only in summer via F-roads needing 4x4 super-jeeps.

Here is how the picture comes together. The country is not an EU member but belongs to the EEA, EFTA and Schengen, and its RF range is covered nationally by Fjarskiptastofa. Weather changes fast, so transmitters and receivers must take wind, cold and spray. Productions from 'Game of Thrones' to 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' have tracked multi-camera setups across these landscapes, where dependable wireless video keeps a director and focus team in touch with the camera wherever it goes.