Odd camera position

dirkwagnerMember

Hi Folks,

at the German U20 / U18 champs last weekend in Jena, the backup-camera was places in the infield, about 4m from the track.

That's ok so far. But take a look at this picture:

The camera is at a height of about 2.5m.

I wonder, if this could work.
We use to position the camera at about 4m height at the same distance to the track.

ciao

dirk

BTW, the main camera was on the top of the main stand, about 20m in height and distance from the Track (in the booth, you can see at this picture)

8/6/153:27 AM

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fieldeventsMember

I've seen a lot of operators set up a single camera system with the camera at 4m plus from the closest lane and the camera only 2.2m high. I don't like it but they seem to get imes for every one, they say they get better image of the hip numbers.

8/6/153:35 AM

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michianatimingcomMember

Looking at the pictures it was pouring so they elected to cover the camera. The lower the camera, the more a farther away athlete can be hidden by a closer athlete. Given that this was a backup or reverse angle and they had great height on the primary, I suspect that their main purpose was as suggested above, to read hip numbers on distance finishes.

If every location was permanent we'd all do it different probably :-)

8/6/154:39 AM

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dirkwagnerMember

No hip Numbers.
These are not very commen here.

We use an intellylynx camera instead at most of our state championships. And I was suprised, that they haven't one of these at this national champs.

Ciao

dirk

8/6/155:14 AM

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