PTZ camera for a church

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Chris Greco

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Feb 15, 2012
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I have a client that's looking for a PTZ camera with a remote for a church to be mounted at the rear of the church about 75' away from the altar. Permanently connected to a vid monitor located at the organists position with a wired controller for the pan tilt zoom functions. Painted Black or a dark colored housing would be a plus. Looking for something with reasonable resolution so that the image doesn't look like crap.

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Re: PTZ camera for a church

We have a pair of $700 sony (don't remember the model number) that had a great picture and zoom but the pan tilt was HORRIBLE for live use, it wasn't any better than putting a fixed camera up with a remote zoom. Resolution is not the only thing that matters.
 
Re: PTZ camera for a church

Chris Greco said:
I have a client that's looking for a PTZ camera with a remote for a church to be mounted at the rear of the church about 75' away from the altar. Permanently connected to a vid monitor located at the organists position with a wired controller for the pan tilt zoom functions. Painted Black or a dark colored housing would be a plus. Looking for something with reasonable resolution so that the image doesn't look like crap.

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We are using Sony BRC-H900s, for this application, at the same distance, with a Vaddio ProductionView switcher w/touchscreen and CCUs. We have two side by side. We do not ever allow for moving shots. One camera moves into position and then we let the guys take the next shot. We stream between campuses via Streambox, in full HD 1080p. IMAG looks fine. We have Vivitek D9800s with Screen Innovations Black Diamond screens.
 
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So what's the purpose of the video feed? If it is for the organist then it's really just a utility monitoring situation. Is latency a concern (IE organist watching a conductor) or is it more of a "what's going on" feed? How is the PTZ going to be used? What is the lighting like in the room? IE do you need a camera that'll work well in low light situations or do you have great bright lighting?

If latency is an issue then go with an old but high quality SD camera with an old tube based monitor.
 
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