just a quick one

[newbie 01]

i have just bought a hitachi-vk-c77e at a car booty''bought it on a whim'
can anyone tell me anything about it??
any advice would be great
thanks.

[pakatak]

Tap "hitachi-vk-c77e" into google - there's a bit of info on there.

[newbie 01]

thanks for the reply''was the first thing i done''
but theres nothing really there
ok this will be easier
whats the negative record for??
the frame rate goes up to 3000 what's that for??
i know nothing about cameras as you can tell''
i bought it to keep an eye on my shed but its crap in the dark' will infra red work with it
thank you.

[pakatak]

Never used this camera so cannot be of much help - Istorm might be able to help you, he comes on these forums a fair bit so may pick this up.

From the pdf I found on google it looks like a good quality 4-48mm zoom camera, although not it's not meant for low light or dark conditions as it has a min. illumination of 6 lux.

If it's just to monitor your shed then you'll probably be better off with a static, weatherproof infrared camera.

The zoom camera could work really well but you'llhave to set up some lighting in your garden to be able to get decent footage back at night - maybe some PIR security lighting (will come on when movement is sensed).

[newbie 01]

so sorry its the shutter speed that goes to 30'000 not the frame rate

[iStorm]

Its a low res camera in all honesty pushing just over 460 tvl , as pakatak has pointed out its low light level is .6 lux which is pritty dismal, it is I.R sensative but if you got it cheap i dont see the point in spending £70.00 on a lamp, maybe set it on auto iris wire it up to some form of recorder and add some security lighting to help it see in the dark! But NOT 500w Halogens, if its wet the lights will just bounce back of the mirrored floor and white the camera out, i recommend some 150 watts set above the camera as if its day light coming from above, hope this helps...