Long Range Cameras

[BenPerfected]

Any input on using a long range camera system?
Ben

 

[284winner]

I love mine. It's replaced my spotting scope and the long half mile quad ride to reposting targets. I have a brand new one for sale if interested. Just like the one I use. I love it. I may upgrade one day to a 1080 but for now this one is perfect.

 

[JFrank]

Define your mission,

 

[BenPerfected]

Define your mission,

Looking for the best & most consistent 500yd+ camera system.

 

[Blackthorn]

Got my Target Vision LR-3 in finally. I cannot be happier with it. Works great at 1K. Now I can shoot without having a target puller. Target is extremely clear and bullet holes are easily spotted.

 

[Texas10]

Are these cameras that sit on the bench next to you, or are they mounted downrange?

 

[Texas10]

The ones I’ve seen the camera tower is down range a signal is picked up by a cell phone. Slick deal’ depending on what side of the coin your on your opinion may vary.

Yea, I shoot at a public range. That could get real expensive, real fast!

 

[newbieshooter]

Got my Target Vision LR in finally. I cannot be happier with it. Works great at 1K. Now I can shoot without having a target puller. Target is extremely clear and bullet holes are easily spotted.

+1 Just got my LR-3 the other week. So far it's worked great in limited testing out to 600 yard. Found that the camera unit wi-fi is strong enough - I can connect my phone directly to the camera unit at 600 yards without using the receiver unit (ymmv). Image is high resolution 2688 x 1512.

 

[Blackthorn]

+1 Just got my LR-3 the other week. So far it's worked great in limited testing out to 600 yard. Found that the camera unit wi-fi is strong enough - I can connect my phone directly to the camera unit at 600 yards without using the receiver unit (ymmv). Image is high resolution 2688 x 1512.

I’ll have to try that. I am very impressed with the camera resolution. It was worth waiting the six months to get (I pre ordered in March).

 

[gravelyctry]

I’m very happy with mine, although the furthest I’ve used it is at 200 yards when shooting my small bore rifle.
It’s a do-it-yourself job that was really easy and pretty inexpensive to build using an old camcorder, the display from an aftermarket car backup camera, and wireless transmitters for use in drones. Easy peasy for less than $100 if I recall correctly.

 

[longtrapshootn]

I have been around the sony a7 series for a few years now and they are pretty amazing. With the full frame, what your settings are (iso etc) are what you see in the view finder. The a7r2 also shoots 4k video which is awesome.

 

[VA_XTC_Shooter]

I’m very happy with mine, although the furthest I’ve used it is at 200 yards when shooting my small bore rifle.
It’s a do-it-yourself job that was really easy and pretty inexpensive to build using an old camcorder, the display from an aftermarket car backup camera, and wireless transmitters for use in drones. Easy peasy for less than $100 if I recall correctly.

Care to provide more info on this set up?

 

[gravelyctry]

I bought the transmitter and receiver off amazon (see attached photo). It says it’s a 2000m range, but I’ve never tried it that far. I noticed someone posted a review of it saying they used it for a shooting camera, and they used a portable DVD player for the display. I’d think any cheap display would work - I used the display from an aftermarket backup camera system.
The camcorder was an old one I I had already that had a video out port. so you just need to run the wires to the right connections. Luckily there’s not too many connections to mix up.
A few things That could be better is that the camcorder won’t send a video signal out unless it’s recording. Not a big deal, I just need to hit the record button and let it record while shooting. I also use a separate battery for the transmitter. The camera uses its own, and I couldn’t figure out an easy way to tap into it for the transmitter.
I keep it in an ammo can that doubles as the camera stand down range. I can put the display about anywhere - on the ground, bench, stool, or even on my scope stand because I kept it’s wires longer to go from the receiver/battery to the display.

 

[gravelyctry]

The receiver/transmitter were $30. The camera I had, but im thinking an old camcorder could be had cheap. My display was only $20 or so if I recall correctly. The batteries were a few bucks as well, although one of them I already had. I wish there was an easy way to run the transmitter from the camcorder battery. That would make it a little cleaner.

 

[longtrapshootn]

I have the Sony RX10 III superzoom with larger 1" sensor but will be selling it when I get my P1000 with 5x longer (600mm vs 3000mm eqiv) FL zoom.

 

[wwbrown]

I bought the transmitter and receiver off amazon (see attached photo).

If the transmitter receiver pair mentioned in gravelyctry's post does not give enough range you could put a higher gain antenna on the receiver, here is a decent candidate. The Yagi antenna lined is highly directional and you will need to point it carefully at the transmitter down range, think aiming a gun. I recommend putting it on the receiver because you will not run into any issues with the FCC in case the power emitted by the transmitter is too intense when a highly directional antenna is used.

Sometimes a little money spent on an antenna can yield much better range and might be cheaper than buying a higher power transmitter/receiver pair.

Maybe this will help,
wade