Blowing things up!

[ozpanda]

Hi all,

New user here. Adam from Sydney Australia.

I work in an electrical test lab where we do a lot of electrical destructive testing simulating electrical fault conditions. We have begun using IP cameras around our test cells to view and record the tests from different angles to determine pass/fail.

Some of our work can be seen here:
For some jobs we get high speed camera guys in to record 10,000 fps with $$$$$ camera gear, but for regular testing, IP cameras at 1080p 30fps have proved very valuable with the video we have been recording.

Any suggestions for IP cameras would be great, ideally we would love to have higher frame rates due to the nature of the tests, but we still see a lot at 30 or 60 fps. There is also the chance that with a big failure the camera may get burnt in the explosion, so cheaper replaceable options are good, but are happy to protect more expensive cameras from damage as needed.

 

[tangent]

In some ways a GoPro might outperform an ip camera in this application. But it's easy to have an IP cam always rolling and out of the way.
Higher resolution could be valuable.

You've got a lot of decisions to make and ultimately some trial and error to figure out what works.

Fixed vs Varifocal? Focal length?
Fixed vs PTZ?
box, turret, bullet, dome?
budget?
Thermal?

Box cameras have interchangeable lenses and you could also add filters, so they could be useful in some situations. You could stick the camera in some sort of enclosure to help protect it.

What ip cameras are you currently using and what works and what doesn't?

As far as FPS goes be careful when looking at specs. Often the highest frame rate is not possible at the cameras full resolution. Sometimes the specs are wrong (too much copy and paste).

 

[tangent]

Bullet and Box cameras can be put inside things like this: Monoprice 14-inch Outdoor Back Open Camera Housing - Monoprice.com

You might also want to consider a fisheye camera

 

[Ubiware]

Hi all,

New user here. Adam from Sydney Australia.

I work in an electrical test lab where we do a lot of electrical destructive testing simulating electrical fault conditions. We have begun using IP cameras around our test cells to view and record the tests from different angles to determine pass/fail.

Some of our work can be seen here:
For some jobs we get high speed camera guys in to record 10,000 fps with $$$$$ camera gear, but for regular testing, IP cameras at 1080p 30fps have proved very valuable with the video we have been recording.

Any suggestions for IP cameras would be great, ideally we would love to have higher frame rates due to the nature of the tests, but we still see a lot at 30 or 60 fps. There is also the chance that with a big failure the camera may get burnt in the explosion, so cheaper replaceable options are good, but are happy to protect more expensive cameras from damage as needed.

Just ordered a couple sets of FR coveralls after watching that video.
Thanks!