Time lapse Settings_Howto unleash Brinno Construction camera

The Construction project is basically months or years long. The best part you can get yourself a long term battery, wide angle, low light and nearly “Post Free” camera.

In addition, The physical ways of attaching your construction have to be very flexible and versatile in terms of the complicated and changing characteristics at the construction job site.

The Brinno Construction camera bundle includes

The Brinno construction package has already covered up many aspects such as the

The Flat bottom of camera——–>stands by the camera itself, no extra accessories needed

Wall mount——————————>adhere to any wall by either screws or temporary double side tape

Rubber Straps————————–>attachable to anything

Or you can have the tough one—The Brinno garden mounting stake–Flexable Mounting Stake to us in the ground

Gorilla tripod (Brinno camera on the GorillaPod )

C type Clip—————–>good for portable application

The weather proof enclosure is also DC-IN available. ( Using Brinno camera with Eye Fi card?)

The hardware setup is supposed to be pretty strait forward. Now Howto timelapse settings? The timelapse settings link 

For example, Here we select

the “Recoding time” as “30”days

the Expect video length” as “30” mins

the “image quality” as “best”

the “Subject” as “Constructon”

This is what you have from this settings :

time interval: 60 mins. <19G space needed.

That means

You can have a 30 days construction project in 30 mins time lapse video if using time interval 1 min and a 32G SD card (>19G)

By inputting your parameters, You can actually have the “video length” and “file size” date which would be really helpful in you’re planning drop the camera at the job site for a long period of time. You will never have the insufficient space issue for the entire project.

Furthermore, If you are using together with the “motion sensor”for you job site security camera, You can actually make it “Over write” on the camera, So you can only keep the recent data for the unexpected

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The way forward: Construction Management is not enough without Construction Camera

Construction manager is the your first step to success accompanied after by the Construction management plan

Real Time Monitoring is not necessarily why you need the Construction camera

What most construction sites need is

>>a more daily basis documentary

>>a less expensive TOC ( total cost of ownership: it’s a more project based expenses vs the fixed estate investment)

>>less expensive cameras ( Do-it- yourself styled installation and operation cameras ), and no service or maintenance cost required

The Construction camera video is the most intuitive way for the Construction management

Ensuring project success (Performance) in various segments

 -Accelerate the physical construction (Schedule)

– Reduce the cost of the project (Cost)

 -Compare the conceptual design with the actual physical construction ( Virtual vs Physical , Plan vs Real), Project review

– Decrease the overall time required for planning and design ( Project life cycle management)

How to establish Construction cameras at jobsite?

One of the references is the Brinno Construction cameras employment view

You may have the UI like this–Eye Fi Center if using together with Eye Fi Pro X2 card

The Best part you may leverage the Flickr FREE 1T Cloud service.  The amazing 1,000 Giga bytes

Construction cameras setup_Brinno Construction cameras Tips

Event video photography is a billion dollars business.  One of the major items is the Wedding photography

YOLO—You only live once—Not only for the wedding. It’s for every major Event Video photography.

It absolutely pays back if there are comprehensive pre planned cameras SETUP on site.

Fail to plan or plan to fail

Construction has become the most significant GDP contributors in every country. don’t believe me ? Remember the end of 2008 financial crisis which barely demonished the America you ever knew?  The origin is the subprime estate mortgages —–It’s construction …

Since the importance the construction business that I cannot agree more in stressing the correct setup Construction cameras at jobsite.

How to set up or deploy the construction cameras?

The recommended jobsite SETUP of the  Brinno construction cameras

(1) Firmware upgrade:

What you can upgarde?

What’s new
1.	Add “Timer” function
		Timer function allows you to pre-set a recording period. ( eg. 8 am – 5 pm )
2.	Add Scene setting: Daylight & Night
3.	Add “Over write” mode for Motion Sensor (ATM100)
4.	Add “Specific Files” mode for Shutter Line (ATS110)

(2) The Deployment:

Overlook Cam x 4 + Crane Cam x 2 + Ground Target Cam x 2 + Motion activated Security Cam x 2

Who needs a 24hr Real time Monitoring Construction camera?

Real time remote-control and live HD cameras help you keep success in view by documenting the progress in HD megapixel imagery.

The IP Webs is simply too complcated

You probably are not be able to install , setup and use the DSLR or IP cams with these construction outfits ( it’s really difficult to press those tiny buttons on Digital SLR with the jobsite gloves on)

A camera as dumb as this Brinno Timelapse camera is the possible way out here ( One Button Operation)

IP Cam vs Brinno Construction camera

	IP cam	Brinno cam
Real time monitoring	Y	No
PTZ / zoom in	Y	No
Dedicated engineer on duty	Y	No
DIY Installation	No	Y
Setup difficulty	Hi	Lo
Auto Stitching photos to time lapse	No	Y
Complicated UI on DVR	Y	No
Storage cost	Hi	Lo
Playback speed	Slow	Fast
“Blur” while Pause (file comprss)	Y	No
Playback Search	Hard	EZ
Long term battery	No	Y
Wifi	Y	Y

Monitoring vs Documenting your project

The major difference is “Monitoring vs Documenting”.  Approaches rise from your purposes.

The monitoring means you can see what’s going on at jobsite while you are somewhere remotely.  Most are construction safety issues or environmental disputes.  I’d rather say call 911 at first place then call your jobsite manager to take care the rest. It’s more “emergency” . And It’s really not necessarily demanding the “Enemy of the States” movie like Monitoring.

In contrast, Documenting is more planned and more strategic for any daily jobsite management. It’s more a firewall preventing something unexpected against  project contractor performance, warranty claims, insurance issues and contract disputes.

99% are not requiring a real time monitoring( 30 photos per second) and hiring a dedicated 24 hr on duty engineer sitting in front the the DVR monitors. All you need is a DAILY project reviewing and thin files management and storage.

Some rugged cameras like Brinno construction cameras are proved for rapid, plug-and-play, drap and drop setup. A full line of camera accessories are facilitating construction engineers to effortlessly document the entire construction project as a more DAILY DOCUMENTARY style.

Here are the footages:

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At The Pit – Ponce City Market from Gnoggin Studios on Vimeo.

Rethinking Construction cameras for a more Connected and Sharable Future from IFA 2013

Legend Construction camera

Using DSLR as the Construction camera —Pretty old school now

And what really hurts is when you are done with your construction project after coupled months:

Rethinking the  construction camera…..

Minds for your next construction camera

The spot light of the IFA 2013 is so far the Sony revolutionized  QX10 &QX100–“smartphone attachable lens styles camera“. What does this to do with the construction camera? Well. Sony just broke the barrier between the Point of Shoot and the Point of View camera.

From now on you can cruise For the 1st time , You can even Self Portrait your back

The combination with Sony Action cam’s “remote controller” around the wrist

Personally I believe it is very promising approach to “remote control” your lens style camera from your wrist. It is actually better to do this on the Sony existing smartwatch 2.

The only question is this Sony smartwatch 2 has never been a hot watch for many years.

One of the most  breaking new is the Qualcomm watch in IFA 2013

But it’s also sort of “back to the future” wild guesses, No one know who will be the dominant player on smartwatch in next five years ( Qualcomm vs Samsung vs Sony) ( via this article )

Let’s go back to the ground of the jobsite.

Wanna something rugged, operable with gloves on and sharable on the spot?

Never miss the “wide angle” for your construction camera

The view angle of Wingscapes 8.0M vs the Brinno f1.2

Brinno Construction camera is super long lasting ( 78 days with standard AA alkaline batteries/ 230 days with Energizer Li batteries) or DC IN with Eye Fi card

Energizer Li Battery

The sweetest spot is the “Instant Video“

What is “Instant Video”?–Brinno Construction camera captures and
converts thousands of photos into a Time Lapse video instantly and automatically on the camera, No Laptop required

Benefits?

(1) Post Free ( No convertion, No stitching, No Post effects ( Deflickr…..)

(2) Instant Playback ( thin file)

(3) Sharable on site ( Facebook or Twitter right away)

(4) Quick Search by Brinno Player’s “motion search”

We’d like to see what we can expect from the CES 2014 now

Brinno Construction camera makes prefab homes no sweat

Why Prefab homes?

Prefabrication isn’t new. Even prefab homes have been around for decades.

Prefab homes are built using flexible, systems-based construction which supports a high level of design and craftsmanship, controls costs and eliminates surprises.The mobile home revolutionized functional, affordable housing. For its time, modular housing was incredibly waste-efficient, too, compared to the on-site building processes of today, which can exhaust more than 30% of building materials. Some modern fabrication system, reduces waste by up to 50%, compared to site built homes.

Once a buyer has chosen his or her concept, the company outsources most — if not all — major construction to factories, where large portions of a house (walls, beams, flooring, etc.) are assembled. The factory ships these prefabricated chunks of house to the build site, where contractors piece them together quickly — often, in a matter of days.

 

The construction time lapse videos have never been so easy to get done by Brinno construction camera

 

The Brinno construction camera is 100% DIY in photo setting up and final videos collections in many phases in Construction:

 

Landscaping or plant growth process is also now easy to document

 

Brinno construction camera is a brilliant choice in traditional construction work zone too

 

Using complete construction videos in Contract Management is a much more efficient apporach

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Brinno camera really does battery life wonders–78 days non stop photoing

 

Welcome to Berlin IFA

 

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