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Visualisers

By nerak99 - Posted on October 2nd, 2009
I am thinking if getting one or two visualisers to see how useful people think they are. However, it occurred to me that a camera on a decent type of stand would actually have potential provided that some software could be found to control the camera from a screen rather than a fiddly panel on the camera itself. So, to cut to the chase, any suggestions out there?
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Re: Visualisers
Submitted by nerak99 on Fri, 02/10/2009 - 10:31am.
In fact, I think that a camera might be better than a visualiser. Am I completely wrong? Brian

 Brian Lockwood

Re: Visualisers
Submitted by bodge on Sun, 11/10/2009 - 4:13pm.
Hi, Avervision offer a range of reasonable quality visualisers with required software to control camera remotely from PC. Low res - £400 with higher resolution for £600 and £900. In my opinion visualisers are overated and not really an essential bit of kit. An OHP for the digital age but a good quality web cam will do the same for a lot cheaper - unless you are looking for very high resolution work for science etc. bodge
Re: Visualisers
Submitted by daibarnes on Sun, 11/10/2009 - 6:49pm.
I think that vizualisers are a good thing but not worth the cost extras if you can get a good set-up with a webcam. The main issue in my experience is to get the webcam on a stand of some sort, maybe like those they use in science to hold equipment. It is important the camera is still. Take an image of the object to annotate on flipchart software or similar. The only reason you might need a vizualiser is to see hand movements like those in an experiment transferring chemicals and recording reactions etc. Even then the argument to spend £100s rather than £60 on a decent web cam would have to be hard fought.