OT: Wireless video, like in NASCAR?

PossibilityX wrote on 12/15/2005, 10:05 AM
A local experimental dance troupe wants to incorporate my shooting partner and I in one of their dance projects.

My partner and I would "dance" with the dancers, shooting video. The idea is to have our video show up on monitors, live as we shoot.

For obvious reasons we don't want to mess with cables...so my question is, is there a video equivilent of a wireless microphone, something that would allow us to beam our footage to the monitors live? I know there must be, because they use this sort of thing in F1 and NASCAR machines to show the driver's POV of the racecourse.

I'm using a Canon GL1 and my buddy uses a GL2.

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johnmeyer wrote on 12/15/2005, 10:10 AM
I don't know whether the quality is what you will want, but the R/C (radio control cars/airplanes/blimps) industry has had these for years. Dozens of sites. You can start with this:

http://www.wirelessvideocameras.com/

The quality, even on the best systems, is not great. If you remember the Dave Letterman "Monkeycam" bit from 15 years ago, you'll know what I mean. You've also seen these things in surveillance video. The NASCAR video is bulky and heavy, I'm sure. Something you can wear and take around with you entails some compromises.
dand9959 wrote on 12/15/2005, 10:14 AM
I would guess that the onboard NASCAR video equipment is anything but bluky or heavy. Every ounce matters on these machines and any variations from their highly engineered flow surfaces would not be appreciated.

We're probably talking very high $$ setups for those venues.
winrockpost wrote on 12/15/2005, 2:20 PM
Notice at a NASCAR race a chopper will be hovering, that is what the cars cams are transmitting to, havent a clue how it works but the cams are small and the costs are large.
JJKizak wrote on 12/15/2005, 2:39 PM
They are small, expensive, and not even High-Def. I heard a rumor they were 100k apiece.

JJK
JackW wrote on 12/15/2005, 3:27 PM
Take a look at this
and this to whether they do anything for you. Also Google "wireless video" for more possibilities. Check out local equipment rentals, too.

Jack
rextilleon wrote on 12/15/2005, 7:17 PM
My Steadicam operator uses one----works great particularly in an enviornment that requires the camera operator to cover an entire area. We did it with a dance video and I monitored the shoot from outside the room. If you give me a couple of days I can get you the name of the rig he used. The receiver went directly into my production monitor via BNC connectors and the transmiter was attached to the camera. I'll get you the info.

This might be helpful until then: http://rf-links.com/video_senders.htm
richard-courtney wrote on 12/15/2005, 8:20 PM
I know this may be way out of your budget but I asked a friend what
they used on their trucks. On camera transmitter transmits to
vehicle and then gets converted for the studio link.

http://www.nucomm.com/pdf/040_datasheet.pdf