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  6. Posted

    I disagree, only 2, Sony and Panasonic use the best chip sets,Sony will sell lower grade chips to all other manufactures and keep the good ones. Panasonic holds a patten on chip bonding.

     

    ^^^I've heard this as well from a number of manufactures.

     

    The simple truth of it all comes in a few statements, feel free to add to these guys. lol

     

    1.) What the 'top of the line' this week may not be next week.

    2.) What was great service today, has been bought out buy a larger, less service oriented company and will change tomorrow.

    3.) Video can be subjective. You may like more red or green than the next guy. Which looks better to YOU?

    4.) Cost vs. value. There's always something better for more money.

     

     

    This thread has potential!!

  7. Posted

    For lenses, you can look into the converters that Cannon makes. They make to where you can use a hand held DSLR lens on a CCTV camera. That opens a world of possibilities in terms of long range lenses. Not cheap, lol, but a world of possibilities.

  9. Posted

    Thanks Soundy, appreciate the plug for our Vigil software.

     

    For Enterprise type or level of install, I'd say there are a few major players in that arena.

     

    3xLogic (Vigil)

    Exacq

    Milestone

    ONSSI

     

    At least on the larger multi-chain retail, but shoot, I've seen these go into just about anything now-a-days from small convience stores to a number of high level military installs.

     

    I'd also say Avigilon, but is probably the most expensive in the group. Great gear though.

  14. Posted

    This is a great subject actually and has become very popular lately. Take a look at this...

    http://www.3xlogic.com/xview

     

    I can take any camera, in this case an Arecont 3100 with the 360 lens, and dewarp it back to a flat image. (you can use any camera you want really) On top of that you also have the added advantage of a digital PTZ as well the MP resolution. A 360 camera is a VERY wide angle. I typically recommend a 3 megapixel or larger just because the image is covering such a large area.

     

    There's a number of companies employing this technology now-a-days but it seems that a few of them are trying to keep proprietary to where you have to use their cameras, we don't.

     

    The really cool thing about these are the ability to virtually manage a store and get and overview of the stores condition with just one camera. Good stuff guys.

  15. Posted

    I've seen an IQEye IQ753 in use on one site, it works great in night mode. 3MP, too. I think they sell for around $1500... not the BEST, I'm sure, but right up there...

     

    Agreed. The 855 series is pretty sweet as well.

     

    The SSNR's are probably better in my humble opinion though.

  22. Posted

    Now you guys are talking my language! I'm a racer myself in my spare time, so this subject hits home for me. Want to see me racing, do a google search for my full name, Erron Spalsbury.

     

    Anyway, you guys I think he's trying to get away with something less than the conventional methods. First off, what series are you trying to run in? (I ask because most of them don't let you have a laptop in the car during competition sessions, but that's besides the point.)

     

    The #1 selling camera for motorsports right now is this little gem..

    http://www.goprocamera.com/index.php?area=2&productid=2

     

    There's also a number of guys using this type of system as well, a small imported dvr and a bullet camera...

    http://www.raceoptics.com/

     

     

    A friend of mine uses this one and loves it.

    http://www.racecam.com/

     

    This is similiar to what the big dogs run, but they usually do it with Motec...

    http://www.maxqdata.com/VeQtr.htm

  24. Posted

    Exacty right Mr. Servtech.

     

    My point that I'm gently starting to make is that most installations out there have hardly any difference in image quality between the 380's to 540's. (camera resolution) We so often look at just one spec in the market or maybe two that we forget about everything else. In most cases, standard defination television looks crisper, sharper, and has deeper colors than a cctv camera that is rated high at 540 lines. Standard res TV is actually broadcast at 330 lines of res but due to the processing that signal goes through it produces better image quality. Lines of res are not the whole picture in so many cases. It's the DA processor and back end of the camera that plays a tremendous role on the image quality. To make things worse, it seems that most everyone I talk with has a real hard time telling the difference between the resolutions. In fact, a number of years ago we did a side by side shootout of an OEM'd Panasonic chipset 380 line camera against a very well known 540 line full body camera. It was a blind test and just about everyone thought the 380 looked better, or was the 540 line camera. It's really a fun test and I'd encourage everyone on this board to try it out for themselves.

    Which leads me into the baluns. If the good ones only support 400 lines of res, and we can't eye-ball it and see a difference, why do we spend the extra money on the 540 line cameras? I think the simple answer is marketing. We've been taught that lines of res and lux are what we need to look at when selecting a camera. It's pretty aparent to me that there is a lot more to this equation. What i've learned over the years is that nothing beats a side by side test. You really have to find a camera that does what you want it to do without breaking the bank, but that's a whole 'nuther thread.

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