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Hi, just installed four Mobotix cameras at home and extremely please with picture quality. I am noe looking for a camera where the intended use is not security but taking videos in a sportfishing boat. I currently have a normal analog camera but the quality is dismal compared to the megapixel Mobotix. Ideally should be bullet type and only for day recording - don't fish at night. The problem is that the framerate has to be a minimum of 25FPS. Looking for as many pixels as possible within the framerate - albeit for a reasonable price. All suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rolando

Hi, Yes, I think I do have a pretty good idea of what I want (hope). If you see the website below you will see what I am looking for. I have a one camera fixed camera set-up today whereas these guys can have you get up to 4 cameras. I met them but at the end did not buy because the video quality, for the price which just for equipment is about $2,000 per camera/recorder, was just not there for me. If you see their video you can see that the boat moves a lot and even with a stabilized camera, which my HD camcorder is, if the sea is not calm the video is jerky. For excitement, I agree human intervention would be the best. I think that a fixed multi-camera with proper editing can be quite fun. Its the reason for wanting lots of pixels too as it allows to do digital zooming in post-production to add excitement. Don't know if what I want can be achieved, specially at a reasonable cost. Thanks, Rolando

Hi, thanks for the reply. I failed to mention that I also use a DV camera and an Archos helmet camera with HDD recording. The Archos is very portable but the quality leaves something to be desired while the DV is quite god but someone needs to use it which can be a problem when fighting big fish - not to mention the movement problems. A fixed location camera, by definition, is very desirable as you don't need a crew to use it and avoid the movement problem. I normally end up using the fixed camera but like I said the quality is just not that god. Was looking for normal CCTV in higher resolution but have not found many. As my boat already has a local area network on the bridge with PC's its quite easy to control - set it to record - and then just worry about the big fish. Maybe the technology is not the right one but the installation in my home got me thinking as the video quality is in another league. Thanks again, Rolando