Camera Operator

A day in the studio starts with 'check in' – a briefing covering the jobs I must shoot throughout the day. When I am working on news stories days are completely unpredictable. The news desk tells me where I will be filming – it could be anywhere between the Scottish border and North Yorkshire.

Patience and experience give me confidence to move forward either way.

Get the best moment captured.

This can be achieved by following these steps.

☛ Set the lens to full wide angle view.

☛ Set the physical focus of the lens to infinity (clockwise viewed from the front).

☛ Aim the camera at an object at least 30 Meters away.

☛ Release the camera back focus mechanism.

☛ Adjust the back focus to obtain optimum clarity.

☛ Zoom the lens in to full telephoto and focus on a nearby object.

☛ Keep this object in view as you slowly zoom out and if all is set correctly it should remain in focus (track).

☛ Secure the back focus mechanism.

I have installed a new camera and lens why I am unable to obtain a sharp image?

The most common resolve to this is to ensure that both camera and lens are the same mount i.e. 'CS' mount lens on a 'CS' mount camera and a 'C' mount lens on a 'C' camera

There's a lot of variety in this job, especially because I work on so many different types of programmes. I like the fact that this isn't a nine-to-five job. I also enjoy the travel. I've been to Rio de Janeiro, shooting a documentary on world music. I also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, filming 15 local people who were raising money for charity. I travel in the UK and Europe to cover football matches.

I operate a TV camera as part of a large production team. I work on programmes ranging from news bulletins to documentaries, music shows and sporting events.

Availability of equipment restricted our original intentions. However, I believe gaining the trust from colleagues who appeared in front of the camera was the most testing.

No, we are not giving a rental facility. We ensure that all of our equipment remains in great condition by not renting it out.

As a camera operator, you'll manage and operate video equipment on the set of films, motion pictures and television shows. You'll typically use high-tech, expensive cameras that are specifically designed for the entertainment industry, though you might need to provide still images with digital handheld or industrial cameras. You'll often work under the guidance of a photography or film director who organizes your camera work in order to capture a particular scene. Other considerations for the profession include lighting, sound and equipment maintenance.

PC Based Digital CCTV Surveillance systems are a reasonably new technology in the CCTV Industry. This type of Digital CCTV system works in two stages. You then install the digital cctv surveillance card and software on to your PC. This Software (or program) will allow you to view your Digital CCTV Cameras, search through previously recorded footage, backup footage to CD/DVD, control PTZ Cameras either on the PC system or remotely and much more.

The answer to this is a definitive NO. Color cameras are typically fitted with an IR cut filter and will not allow IR light in excess of 700Nm to pass resulting in the camera performing poorly in these circumstances.

This is the end of line resistance of any CCTV system and this should be set to 75 ohm. Should you encounter any double image or ghosting this is more often than not caused by two pieces of equipment in series both having the 75-ohm switch set on. Only the last piece of equipment should be set at 75-ohm.

A general rule of thumb is only to use a MI lens in an internal application. This is because you are reliant on the electronic circuitry of the camera compensating for light changes in the scene and this is not able to compensate to the same degree as that of an Auto Iris lens.

Hardware Compression: Both Capturing Video Signal and Compressing Video Signal are done by DSP chipset integrated on DVR Board. It doesn't need the computer's CPU to do this work. It's low cost of CPU and RAM resources. In this system the computer CPU's task focus on answering network request, streaming the video/audio to network and saving recorded data to local hard disk.

Software Compression: The DVR Board only capture video signal but doesn't compress it, it is the computer CPU and RAM to do this compression work. It's high cost of CPU and RAM resources. In this system the computer CPU and RAM are often overloaded. It is easier to crash than hardware compression system.

Digital CCTV, or Digital Closed Circuit Television, is the technology used in modern surveillance systems. Traditional ,VCR, CCTV pictures are sent via cctv cameras to a closed area, e.g. a CCTV Monitor, this type of CCTV is likely to produce lower resolution images and have to be displayed via cabling in the workplace. Modern Digital CCTV Systems can be operated remotely via a pc or mobile phone, can monitor various locations and can be monitored from wherever there is internet or GPRS Access.

The correct level is 1 volt peak to peak. This can only be accurately set either with an oscilloscope or with a video level meter.

When there was power shut down I used my Mobile phone to capture the moments and got rewarded as this was the only material had available for producer.