Camera-mountable fiber optic transceiver system

Apparatus comprising:

• a transmitter for converting electrical information input signals received from a camera to an optical output signal;
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• a housing for holding the transmitter, and adapted for mounting to a camera.

A system comprising:

• a camera-mountable optical transceiver for transmitting a downstream optical signal and for receiving an upstream optical signal;
• a remote optical transceiver for transmitting the upstream optical signal and for receiving the downstream optical signal;
• a fiber optic cable coupled between the camera-mountable optical transceiver and the remote optical transceiver for carrying the downstream and upstream optical signals.

A transceiver for providing an interface between a video production facility and a fiber optic cable, the transceiver comprising:

• a transmitter for coupling between the video production facility and the fiber optic cable, the transmitter adapted for converting an electrical information input signal received from the video production facility to an optical output signal;
• a receiver for coupling between the fiber optic cable and the video production facility, the receiver adapted for converting an optical input signal received from the fiber optic cable to an electrical information output signal;
• wherein the electrical information input signal includes plural information signals received from the video production facility and wherein the transmitter includes a multiplexer for multiplexing the plural information signals to a multiplexed electrical input signal and an electrical-to-optical converter for converting the multiplexed electrical input signal to the optical output signal.