turing
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The idea is to have a small unit, perhaps the size of a pack of cards, which is able to multiplex transmission of encoded (RedCode I guess) data off the camera to a base unit which records - all over 802.11g.
Range isn't too much of an issue, within 40 feet or so would probably do it with a clearish line of sight.
This could also be multicast, so the whole set was saturated with the signal at roughly 10-12MB per second (this is making some serious assumptions about the data rate) - it would allow any compatible monitor to "listen" to the signal coming off the camera and monitor - that means a focus puller, producer, director, DP (if they aren't the op) and hey, the craftspeople munchin' on the bagels
The camera would need 5GB or so of cache, but that's very easy and cheap.
Wireless transmission of the full signal coming off the camera would be fantastic - running a teather is a nasty thing on an expensive camera, and I've seen it _nearly_ result in disaster from someone tripping over the monitoring + power umbilical.
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Range isn't too much of an issue, within 40 feet or so would probably do it with a clearish line of sight.
This could also be multicast, so the whole set was saturated with the signal at roughly 10-12MB per second (this is making some serious assumptions about the data rate) - it would allow any compatible monitor to "listen" to the signal coming off the camera and monitor - that means a focus puller, producer, director, DP (if they aren't the op) and hey, the craftspeople munchin' on the bagels
The camera would need 5GB or so of cache, but that's very easy and cheap.
Wireless transmission of the full signal coming off the camera would be fantastic - running a teather is a nasty thing on an expensive camera, and I've seen it _nearly_ result in disaster from someone tripping over the monitoring + power umbilical.
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