<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Dan,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Check out the Speco Technologies line of CCTV/security cameras (carried by Full Compass). <a href="http://www.specotech.com" class="">http://www.specotech.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Their models with “intensifier” technology yield very impressive pickup in low-light/high contrast stage conditions—much better than my old analog Panasonic CCTV units.</div><div class="">We don’t do scene shifts in full darkness, so can’t speak to how it compares to IR-based cameras (or reacts to IR light sources).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">HTH, </div><div class="">Mike V.<br class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">
<div class="">—</div><div class="">Mike Voytko</div><div class="">Lighting & Sound Supervisor</div><div class="">Tisch School of the Arts / Theatrical Production</div><div class="">New York University </div><div class=""><a href="mailto:mv35@nyu.edu" class="">mv35@nyu.edu</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 3, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Dan Sheehan via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" class="">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="">seeking suggestions for a camera for the Stage Manager's video monitor</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">currently using a ~$30 "security" camera from Harbor Freight</div><div class="">(yeah I know, this was just an experiment...)</div><div class="">which works WAY better than the old one we had;</div><div class="">includes IR illumination for vision in blackout.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">would like to get something better & presumably more reliable...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">proscenium opening is 30' wide,</div><div class="">FOH camera position could be maybe anyplace from 15 to 40 ft out from prosc</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">...Dan Sheehan<br class="">Fixer of things that break</div><div class="">Saddleback,Maine must NOT become a Lost Ski Area<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>
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