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    From Tweed@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 10 16:52:31 2022
    Just watching William and Kate doing a walkabout at Windsor, live. Couple
    of things I’ve never considered - what is the backhaul from the camera, and how long do the batteries last?

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  • From joe bloggs@21:1/5 to John Williamson on Sat Sep 10 13:03:43 2022
    On Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 8:52:25 PM UTC+1, John Williamson wrote:
    On 10/09/2022 17:52, Tweed wrote:
    Just watching William and Kate doing a walkabout at Windsor, live. Couple of things I’ve never considered - what is the backhaul from the camera, and
    how long do the batteries last?


    I don't know what the current tech is exactly, but the ones I've seen
    have a 10 to 15 cm long stubby antenna for a radio link and even my
    ancient Sony mini DVCAM thing can do up to five or six hours on its
    internal battery. Add a battery belt, and it could stay awake longer
    than the camera operator. (The tapes (Remember those?) last 40 minutes
    at Blu-Ray standard recording quality.)

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    John.


    Again I would think LiveU or similar. 3 hours battery life easy peasy. Certainly being used by some outside the gates at Balmoral etc.

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  • From John Williamson@21:1/5 to Tweed on Sat Sep 10 20:52:20 2022
    On 10/09/2022 17:52, Tweed wrote:
    Just watching William and Kate doing a walkabout at Windsor, live. Couple
    of things I’ve never considered - what is the backhaul from the camera, and how long do the batteries last?


    I don't know what the current tech is exactly, but the ones I've seen
    have a 10 to 15 cm long stubby antenna for a radio link and even my
    ancient Sony mini DVCAM thing can do up to five or six hours on its
    internal battery. Add a battery belt, and it could stay awake longer
    than the camera operator. (The tapes (Remember those?) last 40 minutes
    at Blu-Ray standard recording quality.)

    --
    Tciao for Now!

    John.

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to John Williamson on Mon Sep 12 09:41:51 2022
    I remember some years back when wireless cameras were a thing. One persona looked particularly prat like as he had what looked like a 1 foot rubber
    duck type aerial mounted on the top of his head on a strap on helmet thing
    as he shot the video.
    All this stuff about cooking the brain with mobiles comes to mind.
    Brian

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    On 10/09/2022 17:52, Tweed wrote:
    Just watching William and Kate doing a walkabout at Windsor, live. Couple
    of things I've never considered - what is the backhaul from the camera,
    and
    how long do the batteries last?


    I don't know what the current tech is exactly, but the ones I've seen have
    a 10 to 15 cm long stubby antenna for a radio link and even my ancient
    Sony mini DVCAM thing can do up to five or six hours on its internal
    battery. Add a battery belt, and it could stay awake longer than the
    camera operator. (The tapes (Remember those?) last 40 minutes at Blu-Ray standard recording quality.)

    --
    Tciao for Now!

    John.

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  • From Roderick Stewart@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Sep 12 10:31:38 2022
    Way back in my BBC days, one of my housemates worked on outside
    broadcasts, and occcasionally worked with the walkabout camera kit
    they had then, which consisted of two people tethered together with a
    bundle of cables and both of them festooned with electronics and a
    collection of heavy batteries of different voltages. I don't think
    either the battery life or the limit of human endurance to carry all
    this stuff was very long.

    Nowadays if the pictures are required as a recording and not a live transmission (and there's probably kit available to do that too if
    required) all it needs is one person with a phone on a stick.

    Rod.

    On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:41:51 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    I remember some years back when wireless cameras were a thing. One persona >looked particularly prat like as he had what looked like a 1 foot rubber
    duck type aerial mounted on the top of his head on a strap on helmet thing
    as he shot the video.
    All this stuff about cooking the brain with mobiles comes to mind.
    Brian

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