Cameras - advice, questions, opinions

Re: Webcam ?

lyceel — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:39:37 GMT

Another option is a self-contained webcam server. These are relatively new, and they take a lot of the headaches away for you. You can pay as little as $100 for a consumer-level device up to as much as a thousand for a professional surveillance system. Most of them have a wireless connection, and some kind of built-in network service (usually a live web server and some method to transfer images or video to another computer).

Have a look here for some ideas:

http://bit.ly/gSmAU

Re: Webcam ?

thekiwi — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:12:57 GMT

You are going to need a dedicated piece of software in order to run your web cam you will have to decide do you want to document it by video or still images taken a predetermined time frame example every 30 secs etc.

You will need plenty of space on your hard drive or a web site that you can upload the images to via the web cam software.

Webcam ?

BillP — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:34:12 GMT

Hopefully I'm in the right forum to ask. Interested in using a webcam to do some watching for me. Just documented nesting, birthing and departure of a new family of House Finches using my handheld on a random basis. Sure would have been easier (and likely more complete) to have set up a webcam -- I think. Appreciate any thoughts/opinions/suggestions...r,BillP