Hi Jeff
We have actually upgraded the specification now it can be seen on
http://www.omni-guttervac.com/guttervac_system.html
In fact we have upgraded again since this new site was put up to minimum of 30gb hard drive DVR.
I agree what you are saying with regard to building a more inexpensive unit and I am constantly looking at these issues. I am trialing a 2GB unit with a fixed camera at the moment which would be very suitable for smaller operations.
Our complete camera system is £800.00 which based on the very high specification is I believe very resonably priced.
Others may disagree with the above but I have been interested in cameras for many years and built my very first pole system for low level aerial photography and have spent thousands of pounds on Rollieflex's, Leica's, Nikons.
A pro photographer could buy a very decent camera for a few hundred pounds so why do they choose a Nikon costing £3,000.00 to £5000.00
Thanks Glyn
I did read the better spec one and I do admit it is value for money, the reason I know this, is I spent 15 years as a security engineer installing all sorts of cctv systems all over the country and in military installations, even up to microwave level, so I do know good specs when I see them.
Again for guttering work you could lower your spec and reduce the price accordingly, although your 2 GB would be within my price range, I know its out of range for a lot of one man bands who would love a little cctv system for there guttering work, after all its not a necessity for us, its just another tool in our box.
I'm almost 99% sure that omnipole could do a lower range cctv system for the one man band.
I have to do a test tomorrow for a guy, he wants me to put the camera onto my wfp system and check what its like doing windows with, I know I have to deal with shutter speeds and auto-focus along with white balance, but this is just a test run, the guy does some high buildings, if it works out good, I'll tell him, if its rubbish I'll also tell him, it is not for looking into bedroom windows Lol
Who knows it may have a potential for wfp in the future as well as guttering work, I might be knocking on a bit, but I think I'll stick to using my eyes for wfp work, I had enough shocks when I was up my ladder, might be even worse if I had a camera on the end of my brush.