Wireless Cameras?

[Richard Crowley]

Over what distance?
Under what circumstances?
With what budget?

Full broadcast quality digital transmission links quite easily cost more than the camera. Do you REALLY need wireless? How are you powering the camera? How are you controlling it?

[Shaun Roemich]

I’ve never seen wireless video with no noticeable quality loss. ACCEPTABLE quality loss is a far more accurate term. And remember, there is significant delay in wireless video, especially if cut against wired (and ESPECIALLY genlocked) video sources.

Big Dog – Technical Director – Switcher
Road Dog Media – Vancouver, BC Canada
roaddogmedia@gmail.com

[Shaun Roemich]

Colour phase and/or tearing is common in wireless video even at the professional/broadcast level as is macro blocking in solid colours.

Big Dog – Technical Director – Switcher
Road Dog Media – Vancouver, BC Canada
roaddogmedia@gmail.com

[Tom Sefton]

https://www.creativevideo.co.uk/index.php?t=product/idx_cw-5hd

Signal quality loss is inevitable – we have used these with good results though.

[Justin Strauber]

Teradek makes some promising gear as well. I managed to get LOS about 120 yrds 1080i with a decent antenna on the receive side. Fairly low latency, but not insignificant.

[Shaun Roemich]

If memory serves, Teradek is advertising 120ms delay, which is about 4 frames at 60i. Enough to notice if cut against the same subject in a multi camera live switched scenario. Of course, if all you are looking for is long distance monitoring, that may be good enough. I have seen it in operation and certainly wouldn’t use it to pull focus or anything… Again, fit for purpose depends on what your actual application is…

Big Dog – Technical Director – Switcher
Road Dog Media – Vancouver, BC Canada
roaddogmedia@gmail.com

[Ronak Desai]

Is there any other way that you guys recommend getting a camera signal from one room to another? It will probably be about 300ft. I wanted to try and do wireless but it seems that it probably won’t work unless I purchase equipment that will cost way too much for our budget.

[Ronak Desai]

The cameras on wireless will actually be our focus for most of the production so if that is the case I would rather it use wires or potentially another solution.

[David Eaks]

HD-SDI, I like Belden 1505a.

[Richard Crowley]

You did not identify the cameras or even the connection signal.

I regularly use 300-ft lengths of cheap RG6 cable to run SDI from my Sony EX1 and NX5 cameras to my video switcher. This is the kind of cable used for satellite and cable TV installations and 1000 ft reels generally cost ~$50 in my area.