Hi all…new guy here. I came here to check out drop cameras and learned quite a bit but i see a lot of posts about it but not a lot follow up or completed builds. Curious as to why?

Hi @Rovon , welcome to the forum! :slight_smile: [image] Rovon: i see a lot of posts about it but not a lot follow up or completed builds. Curious as to why? I don’t know that there’s a single reason for that. Inevitably some projects don’t work, while others just run out of momentum, but som…

Thanks…i did do that. I’m pretty sure Ive read every post there is. Most seem to stay in the static camera area instead of live view.

[image] Rovon: Thanks…i did do that. I’m pretty sure Ive read every post there is. Ok, that wasn’t clear from your initial post. Most of the ones I linked to are completed builds, and had several follow-ups within the topic, so I’m not really sure what information you’re actually interested i…

Static=GoPro, paralenz etc… I did find a lot of info and was looking camera wise, but seems it doesn’t exist in the US. We are developing a drop camera system as well. We did the enclosure thing first prototype but aced the design. It worked great and just as designed but not near what we want.

[image] Rovon: Static=GoPro, paralenz etc… Right, so you’re after something you can control/record from over a tether, like the following? our Low-Light HD USB camera this AI-filtered one this 4K + stereo one this 4k25 / 1080p60 one any IP camera Note that the first three require a compute…

We have an older drop/tow camera build based on a GoPro Hero4 in a Hugyfot housing. The housing has an extra battery extending recording time up to 6 hours and the image goes topside via coaxial cable that’s plugged into a map plotter screen (CVBS/BNC). Lights are external and everything (recording,…

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