Thermal Cameras

[GC]

Does anyone here have any experience with thermal cameras?
There are 3 that I have to look after, and currently two of them have a
problem.....
The board damage I can probably fix, but what I wanted to know is, on the
front of the housing there is a piece of plastic... Its not actually on the
lense of the camera, but it is the part of the housing where the thermal
camera looks out....
Would this material be something special?? Anyone know what it is???
It seems that these cameras attract birds and they peck away at the lense
till its all gone
People in the past have put some of of bird scare tape around the camera but
it doesn't appear to have worked.

Any help appreciated....
While I'm here....
Anyone know where to purchase thermal/night vision cameras??
The current ones have a range of about 750 metres... so I need something as
good as or better than that....
So far I've been quoted $80-$250K.... But I think the current ones installed
are only worth US$12K unfortunately they are obsolete.... so I'm frantically
trying to find a better price than $80K... thats a way too much to cover in
a contract
Apparently these cameras cost $15K to get fixed in the past, unfortunately I
don't know where to get them fixed.

Thanks heaps!

 

[GC]

Its for looking out for people along the water (next to the run ways) at
the airport So its kinda critical to get these things working


"manuka" <manuka@orcon.net.nz> wrote in message
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Cripes mate $100k- what ARE you looking out for ?! Given that sort of
($)$$$$$ I'd say it must be Mr.Big himself. It certainly can't just be
penguins ! In fact for that sum I'd almost offer to pop over from NZ
to do the nightwatch personally ...
Many Aus. electronics/gun/sporting outlets stock night vison scopes
etc ( often originally designed for the Russian military )- & for a
sub A$1000 price too. Have you checked the likes of US firm
www.nightvisionweb.com ? SUGGEST A GOOGLE !

 

[Brian Goldsmith]

"GC" <mobaccREMOVE@tig.com.au> wrote

Its for looking out for people along the water (next to the run ways) at
the airport So its kinda critical to get these things working


***** And you're stuffing around with a Mickey Mouse newsgroup trying to get
information?

Don't you think you've got something fundamentally wrong here?

The mind boggles!!!!!!

Brian Goldsmith.

 

[Phil Allison]

"Mike Harding" <mike_harding1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 03:39:00 GMT, "Brian Goldsmith"
brian.goldsmith@nospamecho1.com.au> wrote:


"GC" <mobaccREMOVE@tig.com.au> wrote

Its for looking out for people along the water (next to the run ways) at
the airport So its kinda critical to get these things working


***** And you're stuffing around with a Mickey Mouse newsgroup trying to
get
information?

There are a lot of people reading (and sometimes posting) to
this NG who have a wealth of experience and knowledge,
must amount to thousands of man years and they regularly
share that knowledge with others.

** The ingratiating premise.

Unfortunately all you ever seem to post are short put-downs.

** He chucks in a gratuitous insult.

Don't you think you've got something fundamentally wrong
here?

The mind boggles!!!!!!

aus.electronics must be one of the most catholic sources
of information in Oz/NZ

** Now he butters up of the audience.

and it's quite reasonable for a professional to ask this sort of question
here.

** Finally the great fallacy.

Mike Harding

** The usual perpetrator.





........... Phil

 

[onestone]

Mike Harding wrote:

aus.electronics must be one of the most catholic sources
of information in Oz/NZ and it's quite reasonable for a
professional to ask this sort of question here.

Mike Harding

Bugger! Does that mean that Anglicans, agnostics, Zen Buddhists,
athiests, Zoroastrans and all the other denominational opinions aren't
worth the papal their written on?

Al

 

[Rob]

"onestone" <onestone@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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Mike Harding wrote:

aus.electronics must be one of the most catholic sources
of information in Oz/NZ and it's quite reasonable for a
professional to ask this sort of question here.

Mike Harding

Bugger! Does that mean that Anglicans, agnostics, Zen Buddhists,
athiests, Zoroastrans and all the other denominational opinions aren't
worth the papal their written on?

Al

Thats one big papal smear !

 

[Mike Harding]

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 08:31:43 GMT, onestone <onestone@bigpond.net.au>
wrote:

Mike Harding wrote:

aus.electronics must be one of the most catholic sources
of information in Oz/NZ and it's quite reasonable for a
professional to ask this sort of question here.

Bugger! Does that mean that Anglicans, agnostics, Zen Buddhists,
athiests, Zoroastrans and all the other denominational opinions aren't
worth the papal their written on?

I don't know about the others but you'd better watch
those Zoroastrans.

Mike Harding

(Zoroastrans... Zoroastrans... who the bloody hell are
Zoroastrans?)

 

[Rob Judd]

Rob wrote:

"onestone" <onestone@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
newsFKWa.6419$bo1.31@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Mike Harding wrote:

aus.electronics must be one of the most catholic sources
of information in Oz/NZ and it's quite reasonable for a
professional to ask this sort of question here.

Mike Harding

Bugger! Does that mean that Anglicans, agnostics, Zen Buddhists,
athiests, Zoroastrans and all the other denominational opinions aren't
worth the papal their written on?

Al


Thats one big papal smear !

I'm safe, he didn't mention Scientologists.

 

[onestone]

Mike Harding wrote:

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 08:31:43 GMT, onestone <onestone@bigpond.net.au
wrote:


Mike Harding wrote:


aus.electronics must be one of the most catholic sources
of information in Oz/NZ and it's quite reasonable for a
professional to ask this sort of question here.


Bugger! Does that mean that Anglicans, agnostics, Zen Buddhists,
athiests, Zoroastrans and all the other denominational opinions aren't
worth the papal their written on?


I don't know about the others but you'd better watch
those Zoroastrans.

Mike Harding

(Zoroastrans... Zoroastrans... who the bloody hell are
Zoroastrans?)

I thought it was a mexican religion that worshipped masked men ;@}

Al

 

[onestone]

Rob Judd wrote:

Rob wrote:

"onestone" <onestone@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
newsFKWa.6419$bo1.31@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

Mike Harding wrote:


aus.electronics must be one of the most catholic sources
of information in Oz/NZ and it's quite reasonable for a
professional to ask this sort of question here.

Mike Harding

Bugger! Does that mean that Anglicans, agnostics, Zen Buddhists,
athiests, Zoroastrans and all the other denominational opinions aren't
worth the papal their written on?

Al


Thats one big papal smear !


I'm safe, he didn't mention Scientologists.

They come under 'other denomimational opinions'

;^}

Al

 

[KoRRupT]

"GC" <mobaccREMOVE@tig.com.au> wrote in message
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lense of the camera, but it is the part of the housing where the thermal
camera looks out....
Would this material be something special?? Anyone know what it is???

If it's black (or very dark), then it's probably a filter which blocks out
the visible light spectrum. Most likely it's transmission of NIR and IR
wavelengths is fairly good.

Then again, it may just be some kind of protection for the camera. You'd
want your US$12,000 camera investment to be working for a few years to
come...

It seems that these cameras attract birds and they peck away at the lense
till its all gone
People in the past have put some of of bird scare tape around the camera
but
it doesn't appear to have worked.

Install an electronic bird 'scarecrow' to deter them. Talk to farmers.

 

[GC]

Well you can try but there are some motion detectors around the place
too So you might be able to get closer hehe but I'll leave it at that


"eug k" <removethis@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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GC <mobaccREMOVE@tig.com.au> wrote:
Its for looking out for people along the water (next to the run ways)
at
the airport So its kinda critical to get these things working

does that mean we can now sneak in to the runways at night because the
cameras aren't working?




"manuka" <manuka@orcon.net.nz> wrote in message
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Cripes mate $100k- what ARE you looking out for ?! Given that sort of
($)$$$$$ I'd say it must be Mr.Big himself. It certainly can't just be
penguins ! In fact for that sum I'd almost offer to pop over from NZ
to do the nightwatch personally ...

[...]


--
removethis@optushome.com.au is a valid email address. Don't remove
anything!

 

[GC]

..

Then again, it may just be some kind of protection for the camera. You'd
want your US$12,000 camera investment to be working for a few years to
come...

These ones aren't even that old.... put in just before Olympics.... one of
them has already been replaced, now it will need to be replaced/repaired
again

ANyway found out a new one is $8000 US and found a place in Sydney who
can repair them! woohoo!