Re: [Motion-user] DVD quality recordings?

[Michael V. W. <mic...@te...>]

Hi Chris,

Thanks a lot for your reply.

I guess I'll have to look into HDTV recording and this new lens
technology.

Do those HDTV cameras stream out an MPEG2 stream? How do you go about
storing whatever they output to NAS storage?

Thanks again,

Michael

        Op vr, 10-11-2006 te 13:29 -0800, schreef
        mot...@li...:
        
        Dear Michael,
        
           I was reading a magazine, Advanced Imaging (July/August 2006)
        and on 
        page 56 there was an ad that reminded me of your post. The text
        says:
        
        Wide-Area Surveillance System
        
        Panavision Federal Systems has developed a breakthrough compound
        zoom lens 
        technology which enables extremely high zoom ratios. The first
        product, 
        which was developed by private funds initially as a sports
        broadcast 
        application, provides a zoom range of 300:1 - approximately
        three times 
        more powerful than other commercially available zoom lenses.
        This zoom 
        lens system, coupled with HDTV camera technology, comprises a
        new imaging 
        system that enables an entirely new type of surveillance and 
        reconnaissance capability. It is now possible to observe targets
        from a 76 
        degree angle wide field of view in order to detect activity and
        then zoom 
        in for identification and location to within 0.3 degree angular
        field of 
        view (a 24' x 13' field of view at a range of one mile). HDTV's
        resolution 
        of 1280 x 720 can resolve a pixel at that distance to
        approximately 0.2 
        inches square which means objects such as people, vehicles,
        small weapons 
        and small structures can be easily resolved from ranges in
        excess of 
        12,000 feet. Facial recognition can be achieved up to 1/2 mile
        away.
           Other applications for this new product include use on
        shipboard and 
        airborne platforms. Ships can obtain high resolution imagery on 
        targets/objects from a range of 2 miles and air vehicles flying
        15,000 
        feet and below would be able to capture very detailed imagery
        and video 
        for surveillance, reconnaissance, improvised explosive device
        (IED) 
        detection and search and rescue applications.
        
           The contact information is:
        
        Panavision Federal Systems, LLC
        6219 De Soto Ave.
        Woodland Hills, CA 91367
        Phone: (818) 316-1000
        Fax: (818) 316-1111
        www.panavision.com
        The page also says, for free info visit advancedimagingpro.com
        and click 
        e-inquiry, indicate #041
        
           The only thing this whole-page ad lacks is the price. ;-) I
        tried 
        checking out the web site and the magazine link and still
        couldn't track 
        down a price or a seller. It still sounds like it would do what
        you need, 
        if it doesn't cost a million dollars.
        
           Yours,
        
             Chris