I need to get a good pan/tilt/zoom camera for the site of the house construction (to automatically make a time lapse of the house being built and also just to see what’s going on at any given time).
I’ve done a little research on it, and so far the Canon is the best one (for the job) I can come up with… It has good zoom capability (26x optical + 12x digital for a total of 312x zoom), it has a built-in server (no need to connect it to a computer), you can schedule it to take pictures (at a pre-set pan/tilt/zoom) for the time lapsing, has a night mode with an infrared illuminator to see in the dark, etc.
So go test drive it over here, and tell me what you think:
//www.nuspectra.com/vbcam/large.aspx
Or if you know of anything better, please let me know…
That’s a pretty sweet camera. Demo page is pretty cool. What are you going to mount it on for watching the construction though?
Mount it on construction trailer or just a big pole or something… {shrug}
Tell me the price Shawn, and i will tell you if you can find better. 🙂
Looks like around $1,300…
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=VB-C50iR
Way to much Shawn …
http://www.x10.com/cameras/vk77a_s_k_ps59.html
http://picturephone.com/products/sony_evid100.htm
http://shopper.cnet.com/4566-6502_9-0.html?tag=stbc.gp
Those all become more expensive because you need to also buy a computer to run them.
You need a network switch to plug in the ethernet cable from the camera :), for some, and for others a PC yeah.
But some have really cool features.
Just helping here.
I have one X10 camera and I would never buy another, they’re junk.
hey, can you please tell me what all acc. does the canon VB-C50i camera come with? like cables, software ect.