Thoughts from a belcany on the construction camera_Can’t get any Simpler?

Thoughts from a belcany on the Construction camera

The #1 thinking is “Is it really necessary to use your expensive DSLR at the construction site ?

The purchase cost or rental cost is one thing. What really matters is the DSLR complicated camera setups, settings for time lapse video and it also difficult to ask the job site workers to take over. So you may foot the service company bills monthly or try to train your job site people to operate the DSLR.

Learned about the limited Shutter life of DSLR? It seems that the average statistic shutter life is around 100,000 shots. 100k shots is probably a big number for ordinary photo shots but it can be “toasted” so easily by the time lapse mode. Here is a good example: taking photos every 1 min then 1×60 min x24 hrs=1,440 shots per Day, Your DSLR will just burst in 69.44 days (100,000 divided by 1,440) which is only TWO Months!

My advice is

Try not to use DSLR for Construction camera recording. It’s too expensive to pay the service companies , too hard for the job site workers to use and the DSLR life is Two months only.

Lesson learned: Will you use your F-22 ( unit cost: USD 150M) to fight against the terrorists who carry AK 47?

2nd thinking: Is there any other inexpensive and easy to use solutions for the Construction job site workers?

There are some rugged and Point of View cameras like GoPro or Brinno to be a easier ways for the construction sites. These POVs are all features like

• Rugged with water proof cases
• Wide angel lens (>120 degrees, Field of View)
• Default external DC power input ( ensure long term shooting)
• Time lapse video Photography ( you can set up the camera by different Time intervals, say taking one photo every 1 minute )

The Brinno construction camera also featuring

• Rugged with water proof case ( It’s not water proof while DC-IN if using GoPro)

• “Timer” and ” Low light recording” ( the camera sleeps at night time)providing much more usefule time slots for you
• “Instant Video” and “Post Free“
• Truly “WEEKS” or “MONTHS” of battery ( GoPro  and the rest of camcorders —“Minutes” or “Hours” )

Lessons learned: A customer review on Amazon.com

	Brinno TLC200 Pro HDR Time Lapse Video Camera by Brinno $399.99 $299.99 In Stock

Can’t Get Any Simpler, October 24, 2013

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This review is from: Brinno TLC200 Pro HDR Time Lapse Video Camera (Electronics)

This is a great product. I’ve always wanted to do time lapse, but never wanted to get into all the mechanics of it. Who wants to tie up an expensive camera and risk it getting damaged or “permanently relocated?” Brinno makes time lapse stupid easy. It is almost a miracle in the palm of your hand. I read the manual, set up the camera and did a great first video of carpet being installed in my game room. Here’s all it takes: Position the camera, select the capture interval, turn the camera on, record the event, turn it off, let the Brinno do its thing (image processing), pop out the flash card, slip it in the computer. iPhoto loads it — BOOM! You’ve got a time lapse movie. It saves as an AVI, but when you load it into quick time (as in play it in quick time) it automatically gets converted into a .mov. It’s that easy. No assembling in post (as with the GOPRO unit). Seriously, this thing makes time lapse as easy as taking a snap shot. Image quality is very good. Size is shockingly small — in the palm of your hand. Light weight. I was even pleased with the packaging — rivals that of apple products. This is truly a user friendly device. Buy it and enjoy it.

What’s more?

The Award goes to:

Videos:

Winery foundation setup

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Solar panel construction

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Swimming Pool design & build ( via:Klapprodt Pools )

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Swimming

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3D street art: conceptual design on laptop and the on site implementation time lapse

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Cool gadget for any event video recording

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The Final thought on Brinno construction camera—CANNOT GET ANY SIMPLER

The Construction camera DIY setup & operated by the job site workers

It’s always never too late to have a new mindset and use a better gizmo

You Deserve something  Easierer ,Thinner  and  Longer Construction camera

• easy to use and setup with gloves on
• More than HD and not just Mega Pixels–> Low Light
• Rugged
• Endurable
• Post Free
• Versatile “Mounts”

It’s never been easy with gloves on

The Size :GoPro Hero 3 vs Brinno TLC200

What’s “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) Much Thinner file compared to normal video files and no H.264 compressed loss on image quality

(2) Instant Playback ( thin file) on the Android Phone

(3) Social medias Sharable at the job site ( Facebook or Twitter right away)

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

You can capture the entire construction project HANDS DOWN. enjoy your “Instant Video”.

Playback on site—Yes, No PC or Laptop invloved–Instant Video on Android phone

The battery life(4 AA batteries) is 78 days , not  78 mins

Mounts have been a big challenge at the construction job site.

sometimes you need more than one

The mounts included in the Brinno construction camera bundle

Showcase your unique panorama for effective online advertising.

360 degree Panorama video + Night shots

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Forget about low resolution and poor night image capability of commercially available webcams – Footage displays every detail of your project without loss of quality even at dark night.

—- The GoPro Hero 3 Black vs Brinno TLC200 Pro in Night Shots. low light capability

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For those IR fans, The IR video

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Anything is possible and feasible at the jobsite with the Construction camera

a Photo a day_Pregnancy Calendar by Self Portrait Camera

This Pregnancy Calendar is trying to help you understand your pregnancy and the fetal development taking place week by week through your pregnancy including ultrasound pictures, visual comparisons for how big your baby is and practical advice on being pregnant from the physical to the emotional.

A complete Pregnancy Calendar offers:

• Day-by-day facts and tips
  • Information about standard tests
  • Suggestions on every aspect of pregnancy
  • Benchmarks appropriate to your every stage

This typically easier said than done. How to create the effortless way of daily pregnancy calendar?

The complete documentary has never been spontaneous and automatic. The Brinno‘s   “Self Portrait Camera” is one of the leading edge gadgets for capturing and stitching thousands of photos into a handy time lapse video(Instant video)

The Brinno camera featuring ” Instant Video” helps you captures and converts thousands of photos into a Time Lapse video as you take the photos. effortless with hands down

How to use the Brinno self portrait camera:

(1)align yourself with the grid on the mirror

(2) press the button of the shutter line

(3)It’s Done and do it EVERYDAY and EVERYWHERE, NEVER miss the shot!

(4)It’s a Time lapse video of Pregnancy Calendar in 280 days

The 280 days wonder–A photo a day, Making your pregnancy calendar ( Copyright @ Genevieve MamaNatura )

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YOLO: You only live once…

Never miss the  your and your baby’s own and only Pregnancy Calendar

Vice versa:

Do not miss the “weight loss” daily progress after the due day!!

Road model is here

The Key to successful Construction Management is DIY setup Construction camera

Why Construction management ?

–High turnover ( $$$)

–Industrial safety ( Safety is  No.1)

–Recovery and Insurance ( disaster recovery , property restoration, Insurance claims)

–Multi players (  owner/ employer/ subcontractors , employer, government, industrial safety committee)

–Rich Data  ( plan, templates, sheets, photos, videos)

There are plenty of construction project management systems or templates available. The paper sheets or electronic text data can be created, published and stored easily by current PC or Laptop. Photos were no longer a issue since the wide spread of the digital point-and-shoot cameras.

Videos are turning to be the real pains here. why ?

• Power supply. Let’s face it – digital cameras are infamous for draining battery life.  From snapshooters to professionals, everyone dreads that little flashing red light. Sometimes there is no stable power at jobsite and you are required to move these cameras around.
• Camera setup and frame. You need to hire the cameramen or outside company to do these. You workers with gloves on are your last choice.
• Video editing. This is the biggest nightmare. File transfer takes HOURS everyday. let alone those video editing and post processing.
• Video playback. It’s never ending story. Fast forward could be too slow(takes forever or too fast( miss your target). Once you find your target. The pause button may just “blur”the still image from the video(H.264 problems)
• Video storage : too fat to store unless subcontracting a cloud service

Video storage:10 years ago

Video storage: now:

It’s no difference. All FAT files and hard to store, share and manage.

Eco Friendly videos files

Quiz: How to reduce the trash in the planet?

It’s simple––Reduce the garage in the INPUT ! ( TLC from Discovery channel)

If you create the videos in the input. You are definitively suffering from the output and everything associated with

Anything other than Videos? Too big, fat and expensive to deal with? —— YES!   time lapse videos!

Brinno TLC 200  construction camera:

Brinno camera is powered by the proprietary “Instant video“,benefits are

• Once your video is shot, it’s actually a video and not a series of JPEGs. No stitching, no converting!
• No more Fat video files created in the input, File management(file storage, file sharing and playback) is nice and easy
• What you see is what you get:  No more H.264 compression “blur” on single frame
• Play LESS while playback with motion search on Brinno’s player, Saving playback time

Some people may insist that Video is inevitable in special occasions. That’s Correct for that 1% cases. Our experience shows almost all the events at jobsite can be just recorded at no faster than 1 photo per second.

You can also add on one the accessories of the Brinno TLC200 to make it from a fixed time interval time lapse camera to a Motion activated camera to handle different situations.

i.e.  anything with movement will be picked up by the motion sensor. This can be a good fit for surveillance camera which you’d like to move from place to place (Portable)

Bonus: Can I playback the “Instant video” instantly at the jobsite? Yes, go get the Brinno ABR100 Android phone SD card player.

Time lapse video is essentially the eco-friendly way in creating, publishing and managing your construction camera videos

A photo a day keeps the fat away

Natural evolution could be is a lie in America.

Fighting against Fat is a very difficult and long term painful process. How to carrry on?

belief, doc, loosing weight consultant?  You deserve smarter opinion—-Weight Loss time lapse video.

Time lapse video used to be a tedious and post processing demanding photography but now could be made extremely easy by Brinno TLC200

Instant time lapse video can be easily created IMMEDIATELY on the CAMERA after all photos taken periodically. No Photo converting or Stitching on you LAPTOP.   It’s an AVI file already while playing on site.

Instant time lapse video on the Brinno Camera, No Laptop required

OK. the time lapse video is automatic, perfect. But the problem is how to position your body at the center of each photo ?

The secret is the special “self portrait mirror” with the Grid. so you can always align, for example, your nose with the vertical line on the grid and align your cheek with the lowest bottom horizontal line on the grid of the mirror.

If you know how to align your face, It is easy too to align your waist or hips with the grid on the self portrait mirror.

		Face Time Lapse				Record Weight Loss
		Use the self-portrait mirror and remote shutter to create your personal visual body diary.				Keep a visual record of your diet results or work out results. Enjoy the slimming ecstasy!

Here is the attached video on “face” time lapse video by Brinno self portrait camera 

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How to video

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The Brinno BFC self portrait camera bundle: Content

Package Contents

Oxford’s Word of the Year 2013 Is…”Selfie”

Available at 

As usual , God bless America!

Prefab home timelapse video DIY_Never miss great moment

Pre fab home—One of the biggest events in your lifetime, but no videos left

People all know to hire a wedding studio or photographers for wedding photography.

Each daddy knows to buy a new V8, DV, Camcorder for the new born baby

The most weird thing is no one realizes to prepare a 3rd point of view camera to document the whole prefab home processes ( less than one week usually)

Here is video for better understanding the benefits of the prefab house timelapse

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The time lapse camera Brinno Construction Camera- outdoors is ideally suited for time lapse construction photography(modular home). The Time Lapse Mode allows you to set a regular interval for photographs from one second to 24 hours. Click here to see how to make time lapse movies 

The Time lapse camera allows you to specify whether the time lapse frames are captured . In this way time lapse camera Brinno Construction Camera will automatically stop photographing at night, saving film or digital camera memory.

Why using time lapse camera Brinno Construction Camera instead of DSLR or time lapse Apps on i phone?

Battery life is the key 

Never miss great moment—even in Prefab house!!!

The 100% DIY Wifi Construction camera will simplify all your Job site cameras setup and will make you Prefab home documentary Post Processing Free!
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WiFi DIY is here

More detailed info? Pls download Brinno  firmware the 1.02.3 or later (1.00.4 for TLC200 Pro)

How to take better night shots by HDR video camera?

3 Tips for better night shots on Point and Shoot camera

1. Larger Apeture ( (f-stops): f1.4 DOUBLES the light tan f2.0

Diagram of decreasing apertures, that is, increasing f-numbers, in one-stop increments; each aperture has half the light gathering area of the previous one. ( via Wikipedia)

 

2. Slower Shutter speed : ( 1/125 sec is faster than 1/60 sec)

Longer shutter speeds will bring in more light.  But chances are if you’re recording out field at night time, there’s barely no light.  What may happen is the sensor on your camera will have the Benchmark it needs in the aperture settings to have the enough exposure to be well developed.

3. Fiddling the ISO ( The bigger the ISO, More Gains  you gets)

It’s controversial.  Ordinary Point and Shoot cameras don’t often have the same noise reduction capabilities of their larger brethren (although they are constantly evolving) and this makes for some fairly grainy shots past ISO400.  Some people like this, some don’t

Furthermore, One of the biggest challenges of night shots is the mix of the dark and point lights ( e.g. Street lamps, car head lights).  It will be really difficult even for the DSLRs to handles the situations like this.  Two choices here: Post Processing or HDR.

 

Post Processing:

Thanks to the rapid development of the Software and hardware rendering and animation technologies adopted by Hollywood film pioneers. The Post processing fulfilled by both software and hardware has been a pretty effective approach. The only problem is the money and time required ( sounds CRAP…I know)

HDR:

High dynamic range had no doubts been widely supported by Surveillance camera manufactures ( Home security industry) till the big boom of the smart phone business just now. The mobile phone camera has the biggest boost for the fast deployment of the HDR cameras worldwide. Everything looks cool except for the Mega Pixels war on the smartphone. HTC was remembered to be the 1st major phone camera company to fight against this crazy higher resolutions competition by adopting the more reasonable way of ” UltraPixel”–Pixel “size” matters,  not just only the number of Pixel.

It’s the perfect solution no matter it’s too bright or too dark or even both, The HDR sensor is the one to See the Unseen.

Brinno camera is supposed to be the first camera company to focus on the fusion of HDR & Pixel Size

Press reports

 

IFA     trade show in Berlin

 Brinno camera: The Low Light & Low Power leadership

It’d be great to visit the Brinno Booth if you are planning to stop by Berlin

 

To See the Unseen

Unprecedented Midnight Bright!!  The recording time was 11:00 PM

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Night shot comparison: GoPro Hero 3 Black edition vs Brinno TLC200 Pro

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2013 Taiwan Balloon Festival

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Sunset time lapse video by Brinno HDR video camera with Brinno CS-mount lens
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How about something hard here: The Stars, Galaxy night shots:

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Interchangeable Lens is always Awesome ! Brinno ‘s own CS mount Lens ( 18-55mm and 24-70mm )

The Ultimate Freedom of CS-Mount, C Mount, E Mount…..

5 features to look in your next Construction camera and howto WiFi?

5 features of the the construction job site:

1.Large area to be taken care ( large place and many stories)
2.Long period of project ( > 6 months )
3.Tough environments (Windy, Rainy, Dust)
4.Workers with thick gloves ( instead of Photographers) at the job site
5.Unstable grid power supply thus it better to be battery(or UPS) powered for important gears like cameras

It ain’t easy to perform the photo shooting under the harsh job site environment.

Wire Free is the key differentor

Currently it’s high cost subcontracting with photo firms in setting and taking the photos with the basic charges of 30,000-50,000.

Besides, Asking your job site workers to operate the DSLR for shooting long term time lapse video is not supposed to be a brilliant ideas. Why?

Thing about this: wearing thick gloves is hard to use the DSLR versatile tiny buttons, neither is previewing with your helmet atop to target your subject if not using the super wide angle lens.

Learned about the Barbie’s new Mar mission? It takes many outfits here, gloves, mask, helmet, cloths, heavy boots…so the photo shots are not the NASA’s assignments to Barbie

 Source: Mattel

Remember we (Construction men)  work in Mars everyday !!

Tougher, Easy to setup cameras for your next Construction cameras

Something Tougher( to survive) Easier (to set up) , Longer (in battery life) and even Low light enhancer is definitely your next Construction Camera top list.

A Super wide angle Point-of- View camera like Brinno TLC200  is supposed to be a wiser choice in terms of the harsh conditions at the construction job site.

And  the Low light shots capabilities (powerful Night shots) is essential

Quick comparison in night shots ( GoPro Hero 3 Black vs Brinno TLC200 Pro)

Choosing the right Dark Knight who makes the difference to protect your properties

Long term recording is always challenging because of the unstable power supply

Super wide angle is a must

The Brinno long last and Super low light wide angle construction camera:

What is Instant Video?

I was an IT engineer before. The camera setup or WiFi access was fine but the biggest nightmare was to locate a single frame from tens of thousands of videos hiding somewhere in tons of DV tapes

The Brinno cameras are equipped the “Instant video”—-Once your photos are shot, It’s already a time lapse videos—No file transferring, Video editting or post processsing

With Brinno Instant Video technology, once your video is shot, it’s actually a Time Lapse video  and not a series of JPEGs. No stitching, no converting!

Color preference? and Wifi maniac?

Going to the Mars with Barbie and the Pink camera ?

Special edition

Footages for reference:

The 100% DIY Wifi Construction camera will totally simplify all your Job site cameras setup and will make you documentary Post Processing Free!
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Winery foundation setup

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Solar panel construction

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Swimming Pool design & build ( via:Klapprodt Pools )

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Eye Fi card is at service now with Brinno TLC200

Watch out :It is Pro X2 , not Mobi

3 steps to WiFi:

1. DC IN thru Micro USB on Brinno TLC200 ( The Brinno Camea is said to live up to 78 days by batteries but insert your DC IN if using with Eye Fi card)
2. Download and Upgrade the latest Firmware from Brinno web site ( 1.02.3 or later for TLC200 and TLC200 f1.2 including BCC 100) (  version 1.01.4 or later for TLC200 Pro)
3. Set up the “timer” to specify your transmission period

More detailed info?

Who’d use the Time lapse camera while there is a DSLR already?

Why not using DSLR for time lapse videos?

1. It’s complicated in setting up you camera : gears needed: time interval meter, extra batteries, memory cards to replace in time  (every 2hours)
2. It’s totally crazy in Big Data: File transfer, video editing and post processing: We are talking about dozens Giga bytes RAW data on your memory cards  (Normally in DAYS, WEEKS or Months (posting, the 4th gen of Intel Core i7–Haswell may not fit for this job ))
3. It’s killing your shutter : The average shutter life is 100,000 shots.  DSLR will be “toasted” in less than SIX DAYS ( if time interval is 5 sec)

In retrospect, Who made the Point and Shoot cameras so popular than traditional DSLR ?  Everyone! Why? It’s dead EASY ! No setups,  No user interfaces, It’s “Point and Shoot!

So is the time lapse camera, It’s “Point-Playback and Sharing”!   Automatic shooting and playback which is literally a Point and Shoot” Time lapse camera compared to DSLR.

 

Let the 4×4 to do the off road instead of your Ferrari.  

Create the time lapse video by proprietary Time lapse camera instead of your DSLR

HDR is the Steroid for any amateur

Also bear in mind that the DSLR is not everything, Personally I believe the HDR is a much easier way to enhance your photography esp. in Time lapse videos.

Wondering why the smartphone is killing the Point and shoot camera?It’s simple —HDR is the de facto standard for any mid range smartphone now. My personal opinion is The HDR is the Steroid for any amateur photoman. Everyone can create acceptable exposure in any light!

The following characterizing the user behaviors of the Time lapse camera:

• Looking for Automatic time lapse camera that will dramatically enrich your online videos posts hands- off?
• Having problems in shooting sunset or sunrise videos cuz no HDR video button on your cameras?
• Wanna publish the time lapse videos for social media sharing on the spot without any Laptop post processing?

Here are some of the HDR footages from Brinno TLC200 Pro which can be done by anyone without special photography skills. It’s the biggest Boost in your time lapse photography

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No one is perfect including DSLR and GoPro Hero 3 Black edition

One of the most interesting features of Brinno TLC200 Pro is the astonishing night shots. As  you can see from the video. The TLC200 Pro night shots are virtually ” To see the unseen”

This photo shows what your DSLR cannot but what the Brinno TLC200 Pro is good at:   The super low galaxy can co exist with the headlights at the parking place underneath–Again, The time lapse videois  “done” on the spot.  No more posting is required.  The Instant time lapse video!

The Brinno TLC200 Pro, HDR video camera,  your “point and shoot” HDR video dark knight!

Eye Fi SD card and Brinno TLC200 to be your DIY Construction Web camera

It’s been everywhere to hire a Construction camera service company to set up DSLR cameras, WiFi and record the construction job site daily images, perhaps a remote monitoring and Cloud storage if affordable.

I’m personally preferring a much more “less luxury “way in documenting related construction site videos and images.

We summarizes key issues to explain why we think DSLR is not necessarily the best solution for the On site Construction cameras.

The #1 thinking is “Is it really necessary to record the construction site by DSLR”?

The purchase cost or rental cost is one thing. What really matters is the DSLR complicated camera setup, settings for time lapse video and it also difficult to ask the job site works to take over. So you may foot the service company bills monthly or try to train your job site people to operate the DSLR.

Learned about the limited Shutter life of DSLR? It seems that the average statistic shutter life is around 100,000 shots. 100k shots is probably a big number for ordinary photo shots but it can be “toasted” so easily by the time lapse mode. Here is a good example: taking photos every 1 min then 1×60 min x24 hrs=1,440 shots per Day, Your DSLR will just burst in 69.44 days (100,000 divided by 1,440) which is only TWO Months!

My advice is

DO NOT use DSLR for Construction camera recording. It’s too expensive to pay the service companies , too hard for the job site workers to use and can on;y work for Two months.

Lesson learned: Will you drive your Ferrari from NYC to LA?

2nd thinking: Is there any other in expensive and easy to use solutions for the Construction job site workers?

There are some rugged and Point of View cameras like GoPro or Brinno to be a smarter choices for the construction sites. These POVs are all features like

• Rugged with water proof cases
• Wide angel lens (>120 degrees, Field of View)
• Default external DC power input ( ensure long term shooting)
• Time lapse video Photography ( you can set up the camera by different Time intervals, say taking one photo every 1 minute )

GoPro is, however, little constrained by not be able to DC IN if wearing the water proof case. I can fix this by many DIY water proof box.

What GoPro consistently bothers me is the Night shots capabilities.

The Brinno camera is much better at low light photography. ( which is essential at the construction sites: Moonless Night Shots)

Here is the Quick comparison in night shots ( GoPro Hero 3 Black vs Brinno)

Lessons learned: Dark Knight makes the difference to protect your properties

WiFi?

Brinno Construction camera for not providing WiFi for Construction job site remote monitoring was a big blemish.

But It’s cool now by using the WiFi Eye Fi card Pro X2 ( only Pro X2, not Mobi)

3 steps DIY Wifi construction camera here if using Eye Fi card + Brinno TLC200:

step 0: Ttake out the original SD card from the Brinno TLC200

Step 0.5: insert the Eye Fi SD cardS

3 steps to be WiFi:

1. DC IN thru Micro USB on Brinno TLC200 ( The Brinno Camea is said to live up to 78 days by batteries but insert your DC IN if using with Eye Fi card)
2. Download and Upgrade the latest Firmware from Brinno web site ( 1.02.3 or later for TLC200 and TLC200 f1.2 including BCC 100) (  version 1.01.4 or later for TLC200 Pro)
3. Set up the “timer” to specify your transmission period

More  info

Enjoy your Job site workers DIY Wi Fi Construction cameras!

Construction time lapse video:

Fore more info: Construction camera at B&H photos

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