Capturing Polar Bear activity with Interval Record Mode

Bill Ravens · March 16th, 2008, 02:17 PM

anytime you are driving with a motor, your battery efficiency will be terrible, since motors consume great amount of power. I would be looking for solid state recording devices with no moving(ie motor driven) parts.

You can incorporate, perhaps, a motion sensor that fires the camera only when motion is detected. while motor driven transports take a few seconds, even minutes, to start up, a solid state device is available practically immediately after receiving a signal to start.

Annie Haycock · March 17th, 2008, 08:48 AM

So, we are all waiting for Sony's MRC1 to be sold separately, and then life will be so much easier!

Actually, for this bat project, I had access to mains power so it wasn't an issue.

Bill Ravens · March 17th, 2008, 11:19 AM

there are other options besides...gulp...sony...
1-nNovia QC deck with solid state mediapak(firewire)
2-Cineform's (yet to be released) HDMI input CF card recorder
3-Convergent Design HD-SDI CF card recorder

March 17th, 2008, 08:48 AM	#17
Annie Haycock Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales Posts: 734	So, we are all waiting for Sony's MRC1 to be sold separately, and then life will be so much easier! Actually, for this bat project, I had access to mains power so it wasn't an issue. __________________ Canon XH A1; Canon XF100; Nikon D800

March 16th, 2008, 02:17 PM	#16
Bill Ravens Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: santa fe, nm Posts: 3,264 Images: 10	anytime you are driving with a motor, your battery efficiency will be terrible, since motors consume great amount of power. I would be looking for solid state recording devices with no moving(ie motor driven) parts. You can incorporate, perhaps, a motion sensor that fires the camera only when motion is detected. while motor driven transports take a few seconds, even minutes, to start up, a solid state device is available practically immediately after receiving a signal to start.

March 17th, 2008, 11:19 AM	#18
Bill Ravens Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: santa fe, nm Posts: 3,264 Images: 10	there are other options besides...gulp...sony... 1-nNovia QC deck with solid state mediapak(firewire) 2-Cineform's (yet to be released) HDMI input CF card recorder 3-Convergent Design HD-SDI CF card recorder