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09-03-2007, 07:27 AM | #1 |
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Mountain WebCAM
A webcam has recently been installed up on top of the Ossipee Mountains, up on an unnamed peak. It faces WSW (towards Lebanon, NH); in the morning, when the sun is behind you, it looks spectacular. In the evenings, with the sun in your eyes, the close up trees are difficult to make out clearly, but you can see, for instance, the sun reflecting off Squam Lake. See attached morning/evening photos
Apologize for the focus, it’s not easy to tune, running up and down a ladder to check out the changes on a laptop, which really isn’t that clear. The mountain range in the foreground is Red Hill; it’s top is about 800 feet below this cam. There is a tree in the foreground ‘marking’ the saddle of the Red Hill range; the fire tower is to the right, on top of that knoll, and only visible at certain times. In the evening, with the sun in front, you can see light reflecting off Squam, right behind that tree in the saddle. Just to the left and top of this ‘saddle tree’, in the very distance is Mt Cardigan. It will be interesting to see what winters are really like up there. I have only visited the site during service calls, and in reasonably good weather (for safety’s sake). There is what appears like a rectangle, just above and to the right of where the fire tower should be, I believe that is a reflection of the aperture. Now does anyone have any tricks (other than what the manual says) to focus it quickly, my legs are still tired The cam downloads during daylight hours, and is available at: http://www.lakesregionwireless.net/webcam The drop down bar will return the last 10 pics (usually taken every 15 mins) Morning: Evening: |
09-03-2007, 12:15 PM | #2 |
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Great spot for a webcam
The link you provided just takes me to a page with html code. Until the page is corrected this link will get you to the image.
http://www.lakesregionwireless.net/netcam.jpg |
09-03-2007, 01:26 PM | #3 | |
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Thanks paddler, try this link with the proper suffix: http://www.lakesregionwireless.net/webcam.html |
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09-03-2007, 02:09 PM | #4 |
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Congratulations on a great location. That sounds like hard work.
I hate focusing webcams! I finally decided I must be looking at a live image while I focus. Or there must be two people, one focusing and one watching and yelling. Have you considered pointing the camera down a little to sacrifice some sky for more ground detail. |
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This is what my Stardot Dealer recommends for focusing the cams. Quote:
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Is there any way to point the cam North? The image quality would be much better and it would better for the camera sensor. |
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09-04-2007, 02:56 PM | #8 |
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Focusing is tough!
I just went through many hours this weekend trying to get my Stardot cam focused after ordering a new lens (auto-iris varifocal 4.5-12 mm replacing the stock manual-iris 8mm lens). I had the laptop up on the ladder with me, but dropped it once (luckily no damage). I was having trouble getting the entire image in focus. If the center was in focus, the edges might not be. I had a Stardot technician on the phone with me looking at the image as I tried to focus it and giving me some tips. I ultimately got to a satisfactory image, but not the perfectly crisp one I was hoping for. They said I could send the camera and new lens back to them and they would re-focus it for me for free but I would need to tell them the focal length I wanted - I wasn't sure of a convenient way to describe that to them so I just did my best.
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09-04-2007, 06:01 PM | #9 |
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Paddler:
Thanks for the info on changing the resolution. I was turning the lens about 10 degrees at a time, 180 sounds good, I was afraid I would over shoot the right spot too much. Reguarding to repointing it, the best shot is where its looking, the building is to the west of the very top of the mountain for protection from the weather. I could put it on the tower with its spectacular views, but with the regular lightening hits and winter icing (falling chunks), it wouldn't last a year. Great idea tho. Long Pine: Thanks for sharing your experiences. My recording thermo showed -30F as a low, so I opted out of mechanically moving lenses or I would have ordered an auto lens, tho with the heat this cam puts out, it might not have been a problem. It will be interesting to see what the weather station reports for temperature. It certainly shows lower humidity than I expected... fire danger weather. |
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Sunset tonight on the Ossipee Mt. Cam
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