Cockpit Camera
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Yeah, Stevej put one on Shearwater and I am fixing to put one on TyBoo. The older 25's have only the small door window aft - can't see a thing. The new Garmin I put in supports two video inputs (view one at a time) and I am going to check out Home D for an outdoor CCTV cam this evening if they ever let me off work. Plus - I have this old Guest spotlight with radio remote that was never much for a light, so I may be able to put the camera in it and have a real cool 355º horizontal and 240º video setup for under a hundred bucks. I'll let you know if it works. It might be good for passing by clothes-optional beaches, too.
Mike, I thought I was the only one with this way of thinking... Thanks for the feedback.
One on the techs here at the TV station was looking into a camera system for another News truck and came across this link. I looked at this and it may be a possible answer. We have a similiar unit in our Sat. truck and our newer uWave News truck as a safety item.
I like the 115 degree field of view and the IR ability for low light. With this FOV you can cover all of the stern area. With my camper back, I don't need to have any telephoto range, only for the safety of the stern's [OBs] relationship to the dock and where my crew is. It also has audio, but so does a(my) hailer system.
I think the price of the unit I'm interested it is abt $600, complete. This also will not clutter my helm any more than it is already by using the LCD monitor. My C80 & Garmin 2006C do not have video inputs as far as I know.
http://www.cctvheadquarters.com/backup_ ... s68047.htm
Hope this helps your search, also.
One on the techs here at the TV station was looking into a camera system for another News truck and came across this link. I looked at this and it may be a possible answer. We have a similiar unit in our Sat. truck and our newer uWave News truck as a safety item.
I like the 115 degree field of view and the IR ability for low light. With this FOV you can cover all of the stern area. With my camper back, I don't need to have any telephoto range, only for the safety of the stern's [OBs] relationship to the dock and where my crew is. It also has audio, but so does a(my) hailer system.
I think the price of the unit I'm interested it is abt $600, complete. This also will not clutter my helm any more than it is already by using the LCD monitor. My C80 & Garmin 2006C do not have video inputs as far as I know.
http://www.cctvheadquarters.com/backup_ ... s68047.htm
Hope this helps your search, also.
You might also want to look at http://www.rvcams.com/ which is a highly rated source for RV backup cameras.
Don
Don
Holy smokes! I went to Home D to get some stuff, and to look at what they had for cameras while there. They had one hooked up to a TV for demo. Color, infrared for night, audio, weather resistant, and little tiny dinky - maybe 1.5" diameter. Fifty bucks! I bought two. I just got home and hooked one up. Wow. I stuck it in the top of the bulkhead fishpole storage holder and fired it up. I can see the almost the full width of the transom, and wider view as it goes back. Clear as can be. I am amazed. Fifty bucks! If I didn't have the Garmin, I would hook it to the LCD TV which is already there. It has a 110vac power transformer, but I already have a small inverter to run the TV so no problem. The camera itself is 9vdc. And it has 60' of little tiny cable and a clip-on holder. Fifty bucks!
Here is the link to the thing from the manufacturer's page. It is a penny les than fifty bucks at Home D.
Here is the link to the thing from the manufacturer's page. It is a penny les than fifty bucks at Home D.
The night vision only works at short range, ~3' or so. So I took a pic of me taking a pic of the video pic with the cabin lights on. The camera switches to B/W in low-light, but when the sun was still shining it was fair quality color. Fifty bucks! If I had bought the eighty-nine dollar model, it probably would have shown the hair on top of my head.
For $100 (on sale) from Harbor Freight Tools, you can get a complete underwater camera and monitor that works on 12 v. Works both above and below the water's surface indoors or out.
Has infared night vision, too, including an illuminator for total darkness.
Can be sent down on your downrigger to watch the fish bite (if your lure is close enough to the cable). Interesting to see them look it over and choose what to do:
Bite
No Bite
Give you that UP YOURS, BUDDY, LOOK- then swim away slowly...
Joe
Has infared night vision, too, including an illuminator for total darkness.
Can be sent down on your downrigger to watch the fish bite (if your lure is close enough to the cable). Interesting to see them look it over and choose what to do:
Bite
No Bite
Give you that UP YOURS, BUDDY, LOOK- then swim away slowly...
Joe
CatyMae n Steve
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I sure wish he wasn't so zipperlipped and would just tell us how much it was!
"I sure wish he wasn't so zipperlipped and would just tell us how much it was!"
C-Brat Reading Comprehension Test, Part I
HOW MUCH DID TyBoo's CAMERA COST?
A. Fifty Dollars
B. $50
C. $50.00
D. Fifty Dinero
E. Half a C-Note
F. Varies with the U.S.Dollar to Fujiian Rupee exchange rate times the week's differential change in the OPEC price of crude in constant 1972 Euro dollars.
C-Brat Reading Comprehension Test, Part I
HOW MUCH DID TyBoo's CAMERA COST?
A. Fifty Dollars
B. $50
C. $50.00
D. Fifty Dinero
E. Half a C-Note
F. Varies with the U.S.Dollar to Fujiian Rupee exchange rate times the week's differential change in the OPEC price of crude in constant 1972 Euro dollars.
CatyMae n Steve
New member
someone needs to design a tease quiz for the engineer to see if he has a funny bone :wink oops sorry...teacher...engineering teacher?
Tyboo writes.......
It is a penny les than fifty bucks at Home D.
Just a gosh darn minute here.....just when I was thinking of buying one at $49.99...only to find out that you paid even less for it......should I wait....it might get cheaper as this thread gets longer??
Now what is the real price????? :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: 8)
Donna
It is a penny les than fifty bucks at Home D.
Just a gosh darn minute here.....just when I was thinking of buying one at $49.99...only to find out that you paid even less for it......should I wait....it might get cheaper as this thread gets longer??
Now what is the real price????? :?: :?: :?: :?: :?: 8)
Donna
So I made a mistake. Sorry. I looked at the receipt before replying to Joe because he is such a stickler for detail (teacher, you know). Home Depot - $49.97.
I almost had to pay the WA sales tax because I forgot to tell them I was from OR. I had bought a whole bunch of lumber and concrete (the 1-ton Dodge hauls 2 1/2 tons just fine) in addition to the cameras which were less than fifty bucks each, and the sales tax came to $42.50. The checker said sorry, too late, but another checker said she would refund it for me. Always go to the older checkers at Home D.
You'll appreciate this, Donna. The lumber is for posts for the back yard dog fence, and the concrete is for a mow strip along the new fence so my wife won't have to use the weedeater when she mows the lawn! How sweet of me! It's her Mother's Day gift. Well, actually the gift is me taking the time on the weekend that sturgeon fishing opened back up to replace the dorky fence we have now - without whining (much)!
I almost had to pay the WA sales tax because I forgot to tell them I was from OR. I had bought a whole bunch of lumber and concrete (the 1-ton Dodge hauls 2 1/2 tons just fine) in addition to the cameras which were less than fifty bucks each, and the sales tax came to $42.50. The checker said sorry, too late, but another checker said she would refund it for me. Always go to the older checkers at Home D.
You'll appreciate this, Donna. The lumber is for posts for the back yard dog fence, and the concrete is for a mow strip along the new fence so my wife won't have to use the weedeater when she mows the lawn! How sweet of me! It's her Mother's Day gift. Well, actually the gift is me taking the time on the weekend that sturgeon fishing opened back up to replace the dorky fence we have now - without whining (much)!
So, Art - did you get enough info from this thread? It's sure been fun for me. Sorry about getting so carried away, but fifty bucks is a real good price for the camera I found.
Your idea is a real good one, and I think you will be happy you did it regardless of the route you go. It will indeed be very helpful, but if nothing else, it's cool.
Your idea is a real good one, and I think you will be happy you did it regardless of the route you go. It will indeed be very helpful, but if nothing else, it's cool.