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Canon VB-C50i/R

by Shawn @ 12:05 am · filed under Audio/Video, House Stuff

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:

http://www.nuspectra.com/vbcam/large.aspx

Or if you know of anything better, please let me know...

9 Responses to “Canon VB-C50i/R”

  1. Bazkaz Says:
    February 9th, 2006 at 7:59 am

    That’s a pretty sweet camera. Demo page is pretty cool. What are you going to mount it on for watching the construction though?

  2. Shawn Says:
    February 9th, 2006 at 9:52 am

    Mount it on construction trailer or just a big pole or something… {shrug}

  3. Cristian Says:
    February 9th, 2006 at 10:43 am

    Tell me the price Shawn, and i will tell you if you can find better. :)

  4. Shawn Says:
    February 9th, 2006 at 10:47 am

    Looks like around $1,300…

    http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=VB-C50iR

  5. Cristian Says:
    February 9th, 2006 at 12:10 pm

    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

  6. Shawn Says:
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:01 pm

    Those all become more expensive because you need to also buy a computer to run them.

  7. Cristian Says:
    February 9th, 2006 at 1:15 pm

    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.

  8. David Says:
    February 13th, 2006 at 10:09 pm

    I have one X10 camera and I would never buy another, they’re junk.

  9. Anubhav Says:
    March 29th, 2006 at 2:24 am

    hey, can you please tell me what all acc. does the canon VB-C50i camera come with? like cables, software ect.

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