jimbobstc Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 im looking to set up a show relay system but aint git a clue were to start our theatres a pros arch theatre with capacity of 320ish looking to mount camera house right bout 20ft from stagetvs would be prompt side first floor studio and office and 2 in uder ground dressing areas any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GridGirl Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 - Get a camera which can cope with low light levels. It might be useful to get one which switches to infra-red when light drops below a certain level.- You'll need a decent video splitter. I'd be going for composite feed - it should serve you pretty well, given your purposes.- I've always preferred CRTs for this kind of purpose - for whatever reason I just think they work better than LCD screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo2607 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 just to add to Gridgirls comments. Mayby the use of two camera's would be worth while. A few venue I have worked in use a normal colour feed from a camera that can cope with low light as well as an infra-red camera. The idea is that the infra red will be of use to the likes of the flyman or crew that need to have a good view of the stage during the dark and the colour feed, though not entirely accurate, will give a good overview of the performance for things such as production overview or to observe the effectivness of certain aspects of the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 How useful is a camera mounted house right? Surely it would be more useful to put it centre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GridGirl Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 How useful is a camera mounted house right? Surely it would be more useful to put it centre? Depends on the space (although I note the OP mentioned it being a pros arch house, which validates your point!) - the Court in Christchurch (well, pre-earthquake...who knows if they'll be back there) is a very wide, shallow auditorium and stage and a camera mounted centre just would not have picked up all the stage, so it was mounted house right and picked up almost all the stage by shooting at an angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedd Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 A normal camera is also very useful for seeing when blackouts are fully gone. Quite tricky to guess when the camera switches over to infrared mid-fade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willdoweuk Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Ipswich New Wolsey has 2 feeds, one on constant IR from a load of IR lamps FOH, and one normal. Works well on 2 CRT monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobstc Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 the reason is for the camera stage right atm is because its not that powerful and putting it at the back of the auditorium reduces the quality drastically. so anyone got any links as to what camera would be best? and were would I find a decent video splitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 It's "not very powerful". Could you expand on that? Normally you wouldn't refer to the power of a camera. If you find that putting the camera at the rear of the auditorium is "reducing the quality drastically", then you should invest in some decent low loss TV coaxial cable to run the video over. RG6 should be more than suitable. Your posts suggest that you already have a camera, then you ask for recommendations. We have been here before, have a search of the forums as to what people have recommended. Generally a reasonable CCTV style camera works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Mebbe the OP means its short focal length, CCTV camera with correct lens: http://www.cctv-information.co.uk/lenscalc/ Found CAT5 to BNC baluns good and cheap for longer runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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