jaime.oliver2

I have to determine what cameras and capture cards should i buy.

Preferably, i would like them to work with as many platforms as

possible (OSX, windows and Linux) and this are the constraints:

capture cards: the least latency possible. I have tried some

digitizers that used compressed firewire and they are too slow. others

like the turtle beach are uncompressed firewire and seem to be faster,

however, so far cheap PCI cards seem to be faster for me, but the

restriction there is that it has to use a slot in a computer and most

Video Cameras: good color resolution, option to turn off auto-iris

(and preferably more than 30 fps). I have tried a canon 3 ccd that

gives good color resolution but only 30 fps. I also tried some CCTV

cameras, but they have autoiris and bad color resolution (only

composite video out). I briefly tried fire-i and they seemed to have

low latency through their firewire out. I think you can hook them in

series too which is also great unless latency increases.

anyway, if anyone can share their experiences i would be very greatful,

Preferably, i would like them to work with as many platforms as
possible (OSX, windows and Linux) and this are the constraints:

capture cards: the least latency possible. I have tried some
digitizers that used compressed firewire and they are too slow. others
like the turtle beach are uncompressed firewire and seem to be faster,
however, so far cheap PCI cards seem to be faster for me, but the
restriction there is that it has to use a slot in a computer and most
are for windows only.

Video Cameras: good color resolution, option to turn off auto-iris
(and preferably more than 30 fps). I have tried a canon 3 ccd that
gives good color resolution but only 30 fps. I also tried some CCTV
cameras, but they have autoiris and bad color resolution (only
composite video out). I briefly tried fire-i and they seemed to have
low latency through their firewire out. I think you can hook them in
series too which is also great unless latency increases.

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cameras-and-capture-cards

http://www.miranda.com/product.php?i=47&l=1

it is fast, really fast and works on PC and Mac

DV-Bridge+ by miranda
http://www.miranda.com/product.php?i=47&l=1
it is fast, really fast and works on PC and Mac
Tested on Powerbook and G5.
It's expensive but it's really great.

and what do we understand under 'expensive' ?

+ how many ins/outs are there per DVbridge, in other words, how many cameras

can be captured with this device? (as it seems in analog<>digital conversion

> it is fast, really fast and works on PC and Mac

and what do we understand under 'expensive' ?
+ how many ins/outs are there per DVbridge, in other words, how many cameras
can be captured with this device? (as it seems in analog<>digital conversion
per DVbridge... or am i wrong?)

On 5/29/07, Andre  wrote:
>
>
> DV-Bridge+ by miranda
> http://www.miranda.com/product.php?i=47&l=1
> it is fast, really fast and works on PC and Mac
> Tested on Powerbook and G5.
> It's expensive but it's really great.
>
> Andrea
>

Cameras and capture cards.