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📸Cameras & Camera Software => Camera General Discussion => Topic started by: JohnG on May 21, 2005, 03:39:58 AM
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I've been having fun with my Vanguard
camera system.
For the most part it behaves as expected.
Just as the ads say, you feel like a spy
satellite zooming in on targets from
space. Objects even a couple of miles
away are brought into close view. I've yet
to show someone the Vanguard system without
a few exclamations of surprise and
disbelief. (when i get time i'll take
screenshots of a sailboat on the horizon
and zoom in to illustrate what i'm talking
about; a tiny sail on the horizon can be
brought close enough to count the people on
board.)
The camera system can also be
disappointing. Wireless quality is
horrendous, even over very short range (I
strictly use the wire, which was included
in the purchase). Video quality at night
is disappointing. Probably most
disappointing of all -- despite installing
and reinstalling on various computer
systems I've yet to get the software to
fully function! Namely, I get video but I
can't control the camera from my computers -
- i'm forced to use the handheld remote to
operate the camera, which isn't possible
when connecting via internet. (i'd be
interested to hear from people who have
gotten the transponder to work as well as
the remote)
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Yes use it wired, it's alot better, plus the
remote that comes with Vanguard operates
Ninja Pan & Tilt better than remote that
comes with Pan & Tilt
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Get a USB "Firecracker" module and your computer will have full remote control. It sends to the plug-in receiver, just like your handheld control, but from your PC.
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Get a USB "Firecracker" module and your computer will have full remote control. It sends to the plug-in receiver, just like your handheld control, but from your PC.
Can you use the "Firecracker" and the CM15A at the same time on the same computer?
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birdzeye you wouldn't need the CM19A(USB Fircracker) with the CM15A!
It would be like trying to run two CM15A s on one PC so the answer is NO!