Camera spotters

[Don McDowell]

In my past life I did a lot of work with motion detecting DVRs (video security). I found that those concepts apply well to this application, too. The bullet marks were typically enough to trigger the motion capture, and grab a still of the now-changed target. (If you manage to hit it, that is...)

The problem I had wasn't the camera. A typical USB job had more than enough pixels to detect and record the change.

My issue was with the optics. Getting that kind of clarity out of a machine at, say 800 yards wasn't going to be cheap. Turns out your eyes do a lot of the work, even through a scope.

Now the idea of staging something small near the target is pretty cool. I imagine you could use something so simple as an old android phone. Maybe $50. Then you can add wireless for the data, either cellular or wifi. Though if wifi you're going to want a cantenna. Not sure which phones might be good for that, with the antenna ports and the like.

Interesting thought though.

Well lets see what the IT guru can come up with... I know a feller that'll test it for ya