Re: CCTV Cameras

["Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Awesome! I can't think of a single application where a laptop computer
> with
> an expensive single frame Digital Camera could be utilized in a real world
> surveillance situation. At least you'd have the "flash" for covert night
> operations...
> I think you're a little confused...but do let us all know how your
> marketing
> campaign goes...
>


Actually even a cheap digital camera has better resolution than the average
CCTV camera.  Even the expensive CCTV cameras aren't all that great IMO.
Its always been a tough for sell for me when a camcorder provides better
video quality than a CCTV camera.  In fact years ago because of this we
setup an old camcorder camera for the check cashing line at my parents
grocery store.  It was one of those with an recorder carried on a shoulder
strap.  We modified it to go to a regular recorder, and it worked great for
many years of continuous service.

We as an industry are deluding ourselves if we want to compare CCTV imaging
to digital cameras, most camocredrs or any digital camcorder.  With SVHS and
HI-8 recorders as cheap as they are these days I can't understand why CCTV
cameras cost so much to get a fraction of the resolution and still have to
be tweaked and adjusted for a particular application.

Even so I tend to only use the better res cameras.  The only positive is the
cameras we use today are so much better than the cameras we used 15 years
ago that commercial customers are still pleased with the improvement.  Well
atleast commercial customers who had cameras 15 years ago.  LOL


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Bob La Londe

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