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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on September 13, 2009 at 11:48am

Jordi and I use the Sony Webbie, which is like a HD Flip camera with AV out. It's light and the lens rotates for easy positioning. It's as easy to use as the FlyCamOne2 but the quality is 1000% better.

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Permalink Reply by john beckket on September 13, 2009 at 4:36pm

Thanks for the suggestion chris...i will keep it in mind. i was looking more towards a rotating (360 degrees) video camera (dome style) that is capable of giving a live feed to video goggles... to be more specific. do u have any suggestions????

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on September 13, 2009 at 8:38pm

Spend sometime at RangeVideo and you'll get a sense of what's available.

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Permalink Reply by john beckket on September 13, 2009 at 9:20pm

Thanks again chris, it gave me a lot of ideas

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Permalink Reply by Jason on October 14, 2009 at 6:47pm

Do you remote trigger the Sony Webbie for still pics? Can you transmit the "feed" from this camera for OSD purposes? Ideally I would like to use one camera to take stills and transmit what it sees for a OSD. I had a Panasonic Lumix that I could do this with but I had to use a servo for the trigger. Also, the camera was a bit heavy. It had great optics though. Sadly it hit the ground at around 40mph straight in. 2.4Ghz RC plus 2.4Ghz video transmission seems to be a bad thing.

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Permalink Reply by isobot on October 15, 2009 at 1:29am

Jason,
Just got the webbie myself after reading that you can use the video out and record simultaneously. there are posts on rc universe if you search. This website (expensive) sells the webbie with the option of a prewired video out cable and transmitter combo:

http://www.rc-tech.ch/en/hobby-shop.html?page=shop.product_details&...

I don't have a transmitter yet so can't personally verify!
as for weight, you'll love the webbie, much lighter than the lumix!

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Permalink Reply by tycinis on October 15, 2009 at 1:45am

Yes you can.

If you cut the Av cable you can send the video to a 2.4ghz video transmitter like a ccd camera.

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Permalink Reply by Jason on October 15, 2009 at 7:02am

This is great info. Thank you very much.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Connell on October 16, 2009 at 7:19pm

Isobot -

Is there any kind of stabilization with the webbie - as you know I use the flip HD and try to stabilize in a video editing program. It would be great if the camera was doing some of the work to smooth things out.

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Permalink Reply by Eye-in-the-sky on October 15, 2009 at 12:46am

I am glad that this has been mentioned, '2.4Ghz RC plus 2.4Ghz video transmission'. How do you get around this issue?

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AdminPermalink Reply by Thomas J Coyle III on October 15, 2009 at 5:15am

Eye-in-the-sky,

Two options: 900 MHz video transmitter or a 5.8 GHz video transmitter.

There are some 1.2 GHz video transmitters around also.

The 900 MHz video transmitter will interfer with the 900 MHz Xbees if you are using them for telemetry. However you can buy a remzibi OSD and put some of the more vital operating parameters in the video display.

The 5.8 GHz video transmitters start to get expensive if you need one that is greater than 100 mw.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
TCIII

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Morli on December 6, 2009 at 7:03pm

& not to forget 1.3Ghz video transmitters.
@eye-in-the-sky, you can't unless planning to do some exotic fabrication, isolation & painful techniques etc, easy way is to use different freq/bands of transmitters for each of the functions( RC, video , Data telemetry). Keep in mind that some transmitter on board are known to saturate the GPS , so GPS has to be isolated too.
@ every/any one , I am looking at this 1.3ghz video tx, does it have any impact on the GPS on board??? what about 1.2Ghz?? Can't use 2.4( my RC control), or 900Mhz( telemetry modem)..thanks

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