megapixel man

Keep in mind that a surge protector protects equipment from strikes coming over the grid. If lightning directly strikes the camera ... poof!!!! Best, Christopher that was tongue in cheek. I'm not too worried about lightning strikes. I was a satellite installer (among other things) for >12 years. I saw maybe one get hit. Out of thousands. I don't think it's a threat. If I owned a stadium and I lost a $10K camera: BFD - I'd just replace it. JMHO, of course Maybe I'll start advertising "free lightning strike replacements on all our outdoor cameras" just to differentiate my co from everyone else. Insurance, as the pros here should know, is not to be taken lightly; it should be handled by a pro, just like your taxes should be handled (or combed over) by a CPA. I'm much more interested in the megapixel camera / DVR aspect of this thread. I'd love to sit in the "eagles nest" control room at one of my local stadiums & see some of these amazing cameras. I wonder, do they allow for digital PTZ at any time - that'd be cool.[/quote] Yes they do, you can have multiple viewing windows and tabs open from the same camera at different zoom levels showing various regions of interest at the same time on both live and recorded footage. "situational awareness and detail", you can also set these as saved views for instant retrevial, multiple system operators can do this at the same time. For applications like stadiums and large area surveillance you can use the Avigilon mapping interface to set up different regions of interest and zoom levels from the one camera as a map overlay, this allows for easy navigation of large systems and sites.

I know the question was directed at Rory, however I have done a few stadiums with the Avigilon System and done one for a 20,000 capacity, 12x 16MP cameras were used to achieve facial rec of everyone in the stands, and a bucket load cheaper and user friendly solution for them than the 500-600 standard res cameras it would take to acheive the same result. For these types of projects you can't think of the individual camera in terms of a comodity item $. the overall solution price and what it delivers is the key factor, including the life cycle cost (maintenance etc.....).

10. Easy to pick when you zoom in on the image.

Well done. Feel free to ask any questions via the forum or PM. Cheers

Yes, Avigilon Control Centre NVMS, Client and Payer software all work on Win7 64 bit.

here is the link for the box body Avigilon H.264 cameras. Integrated 5-85mm Lens. http://www.avigilon.com/products/cameras-video/hd-h264/

Amirm, there is a tradeshow sample video clip available for download in the partner section of the web site.

How did the zoom work? Does it need refocusing when you zoom in or does it work like a ptz? Sony's DH140 is quite nice but the zoom function is only usable when installing. Software driven optical zoom and auto focus are for set up only.

yes, had a play with one already, very nice. They come in 4 different form factors in both and 720p and 1080p, fully ONVIF compliant.

Sorry Wireguys, I meant with all cameras being Megapixel and 3MP +. What exacq is doing in that video is doable on most good VMS. I have done a 16 monitor control room with only 2 workstations, 8 1920x1080 monitors on each (6x 24" and 2x 52"), workstations had 2x Quad Head nVidia Cards and Dual Quad Core Xeon 3.2Ghz. And this system has over 250+ Cameras, very large MP resolutions, but non H.264. I have been speaking to some industry friends that have done some large number 5 Megapixel H.264 installs and they have been saying that they are limited in the number of cameras that they can stream to the workstation for live viewing. Just wanted to know if anyone else had experienced this. I just tested Exacq on 2 monitors with 96 cameras. 50 of them where various MP from 720P to 5MP from different manufactures with h.264. You will not have a problem with 30+ on one machine with Exacq. What cameras do you plan on using? Below is an Exacq case study with a 19 monitor video wall with 87 Stardot MP cameras. You might find it intresting http://www.exacq.com/blog/2010/04/08/heavy-metal-protection-an-installer-case-study/ thnx, Looks like they limited the workstations to around 2 monitors only in that case study, as they used 5x Dell Precissions to run the video wall.

Sorry Wireguys, I meant with all cameras being Megapixel and 3MP +. What exacq is doing in that video is doable on most good VMS. I have done a 16 monitor control room with only 2 workstations, 8 1920x1080 monitors on each (6x 24" and 2x 52"), workstations had 2x Quad Head nVidia Cards and Dual Quad Core Xeon 3.2Ghz. And this system has over 250+ Cameras, very large MP resolutions, but non H.264. I have been speaking to some industry friends that have done some large number 5 Megapixel H.264 installs and they have been saying that they are limited in the number of cameras that they can stream to the workstation for live viewing. Just wanted to know if anyone else had experienced this.

Best to look at edge switches and a fibre backbone.

I'm interested to hear of peoples experience of streaming multiple numbers of 3Megapixel + H.264 cameras to a client workstation. Say 30+ over multiple monitors. Have you experienced any limitations on the number of these cameras that can be displayed similtaneously?

Wireguys, how would you go with that many Areconts in a control room environment? 1. How many Areconts at 2MP, 3MP or 5MP @ native res, low - medium compression (H.264) can you effectivley display on each monitor on a 2 monitor workstation? 2. Would you be able to stream and view all 30 effectivley on a workstation? If so, what VMS are you using? If not, what are the limitations? Cheers.

Hey Soundy, yea pretty funny line. My fav is "do you think some type of magic camera fairy is going to jump out of the lens and run over to the crooks and take a facebook photo?" " title="Applause" />