Re: NANFA-- Pond Cam

Henry Deford (hdeford_at_home.com)
Thu, 1 Mar 2001 21:08:40 -0500

Sajjad,

I know that I wouldn't take the chance with any camera to put it in a bag
and fully submerge it. Bad news.....

Wires are also an issue, you would have 2 wires needing to come in and out
of the camera. How would they be able to get through the bag and into the
camera without any water entering the bag?

Maybe I am thinking negatively but if I were you Lee, I would wait a little
while and get a camera made for water. (I think it was Lee that brought up
the idea to have the pond cam, maybe I am wrong).

Thanks,

Henry Deford
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sajjad Lateef" <sajjad_at_acm.org>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Pond Cam

>
> Did anyone see the ad on TV put out by Hewlett-Packard or Agilent
> (I am not sure) where the little kid has a video-camera in a ziploc bag
> inside the dishwasher ? After the wash cycle is over, the kid removes the
> camera and happily watches the movie of the dishes being cleaned.
>
> If you don't want to wait for cameras to become cheap enough, you
> could try this with an old video-camera. Only if you are really really
> curious and can afford to have the video-camera being damaged!
>
> Sajjad
>
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Jeffrey Fullerton wrote:
>
> > << A waterproof camera would work I'll bet ya but first off there is
> > cost
> > (will
> >
> > probably run $2,000) and then having to string $300+ worth of USB wires
> > out
> >
> > to the pond. >>
> >
> > Henry,
> > I was thinking more about the Aqua-Vu which sells for $299.99 with a
> > 60'
> > cable for B&W and up to $499.99 for color with 120' cable.
> >
> > I think I'll wait on that. With technology the way it is right now it
> > pays to wait - considering my PC is more powerful and far cheeper than
> > the computers that guided the Apollo missions to the moon almost thirty
> > years ago! Or even the first PCs used by private firms in the 1980s!
> > The Law of Accellarating returns - ten years from now maybe even five,
> > everyone and their uncle who wants an aquarium cam or pond cam will have
> > one and cams for just about every hobby you have.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
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