Behind the plate camera

[DamnGoodDawg]

WTF was the deal with it? Every time the feed went to that camera it looked like someone was filming the feed of a SD monitor

 

[weblow]

I noticed it too. Better hope they can patch that one up because obviously, we cannot afford a new HD camera.

 

[DamnGoodDawg]

I keep imagining Matt holding the camera and Bart holding the monitor

 

[statedawg2004]

Just to give yall an idea of what we are working with here is what a complete camera build costs:

Camera head: $43,000
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1000280-REG/sony_hsc_300rf_optical_fiber_broadcast.html

Camera lense: $103,000
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...3ESM_DIGI_FSS_XA66x9_3BESM_2_3_HDTV_Lens.html

Camera sled: $17,000
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/738502-REG/Panasonic_AK_HBU3500_AK_HBU3500_Build_Up_Kit.html

Tripod legs: $3000
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/378774-REG/Vinten_3901_3_3901_3_HDT_1_One_Stage.html

Tripod head: $17,000
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1069970-REG/vinten_vector_750_pan_tilt_head.html

Viewfinder: $11,600
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/738544-REG/Panasonic_AK_HVF931AN_LCD_Color_Viewfinder_8.html

Add an additional $8-10k for other odds and ends that make a camera work and you're looking at $200,000+ for one single camera.

Not exactly something that you can go to walmart and buy on a whims notice. Trust us guys its just as frustrating on our end as well when stuff doesn't work. Year one of the SEC Network has been an adventure. Patience, patience, patience...there are numerous upgrades in the works. Come next year you wont have these problems.

 

[DamnGoodDawg]

Tell Scott I have a GoPro 3 Silver Edition that I will let them borrow for behind the plate. The addition of a $145 digital transmitter that I have mounted on my multi copter can give him broadcast capabilities for 60fps of 1080.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Any chance it's the net

Could be the angle and the way the light reflects off the net that distorts the feed. It looked like more than just an SD problem.

 

[bartgregory]

I know it was frustrating. It was frustrating for us too. We didn't have replay (all replay is patched thru the camera that was malfunctioning) so we were just shooting from the hip. But I felt sorry for those guys down there. They spent about 7 hours (pregame and during game) trying to get it going. I think every electrical technician within a 30 mile radius was in the pressbox trying to perform surgery on it. Nothing like adventures of live tv.

 

[ronpolk]

I noticed it too. Better hope they can patch that one up because obviously, we cannot afford a new HD camera.

Let's go spend a couple hundred thousand dollars so we can broadcast baseball and basketball twice a year. Seems pretty stupid to spend that much money for a problem that does not occur very often.

 

[DamnGoodDawg]

They just need to do away with the plate cam view till the problems fixed. Thanks for all yall are doing. It's easy for me to comain when I'm watching it away from DNF.

 

[dickiedawg]

Let's go spend a couple hundred thousand dollars so we can broadcast baseball and basketball twice a year. Seems pretty stupid to spend that much money for a problem that does not occur very often.

That's not entirely fair either, though. I know a tonne of folks aren't pitching a fit to watch softball, track and field, or tennis, but if our one setup is exclusively used for baseball, none of those sports will ever be shown on secn+. It's not as if the setup would only be used two-three times per year, there are a lot of overlapping events.

 

[DamnGoodDawg]

They could all together stop broadcasting MBK and i would be fine.

 

[ronpolk]

They could all together stop broadcasting MBK and i would be fine.

I wouldn't have a problem with this.