Sky Cams

[Ri22o]

I decided to move the conversation from my other thread to here since I think this section is more appropriate.

After the meteorite explosion from the other day I am looking to have a couple cameras to monitor the skies.

I am currently using a spare 4K-T, but am thinking this might be overkill?

• Is this model preferred because of its low light abilities?
• Do I need to record in 4K or is 4MP more than sufficient?
• Would I be equally served with a 5442?
• Is there any reason to record during the day? (dumb question, I know...)

Here are my current settings:







Is this what most others see who do this? I am assuming the lighted clouds are transferring light pollution from the city that is over that way, even though the sky looks completely dark to the regular eye? Wrong or right, I am just surprised how well it picks up color and the little bit of light coming through the clouds.

 

[wittaj]

You always want to record in native resolution as a downrez could be a mess.

The 5442 is probably ok but since you have a spare 4K/T it lets in so much more light.

Of course you want to record it during the day so you catch things like a plane engine on fire:

 

[Flintstone61]

heres last nights Aurora from a $59 cam.....select 1080 in youtube 2;28 to about 2:30 am is most noticeable

 

[Ri22o]

I'm only using the 4K-T because I have it and haven't found a real position for it yet, but didn't know if I would be better/worse with a different model when/if I commit cams to full time use for this.

I sort of figured day time recording to be the case for that, which is why I thought it to be a dumb question, haha.

I am just trying to not kill my storage with something frivolous like this because it's taking up a lot (5gb per hour of footage). When I add more views for 360 coverage it will chew up even more and take away from the things I actually want to be able to review.


I may need to make some adjustments if this is going to be used during the day, the sun is not helping.

 

[wittaj]

You will probably have to make a day profile and drop gain and brightness way down and force a fast shutter.

What about using an AUX folder and just store the skycam video for a few days?

 

[Flintstone61]

is it possible to create a Time lapse from an existing clip or no?

 

[Ri22o]

You will probably have to make a day profile and drop gain and brightness way down and force a fast shutter.

What about using an AUX folder and just store the skycam video for a few days?

I suppose that's a possibility. I just need to see how large it would be so I know how long I want to keep all of it.