In the last decade the general public has come to accept the value of protecting themselves, loved ones and property with a security camera system, this helped fuel spectacular growth and innovation in the industry. Recently a new application for surveillance cameras is becoming quite popular - paranormal investigation. In this article we're going to examine what surveillance equipment is best for this and how to effectively apply it in your own ghost hunt.
A survey conducted by CBS News in 2005 found that 48 percent of Americans believed in the existence of ghosts. Other surveys have reported the number to be around 20 to over 50 percent. While such surveys don't prove that ghosts are real, they do imply that belief in them is relatively common. When people suspect the presence of a ghost in a location, sometimes they call in "paranormal experts" to determine if the site is really haunted. Paranormal investigation or ghost hunting has become so popular lately, it has spawned several TV shows like "Ghost hunters". These investigators regularly use a variety of equipment to determine this, one of the types of equipment that is often used to collect hard evidence is a surveillance camera system - usually with infrared capabilities.
Hunting for the presence of ghosts requires equipment with specific features to be properly carried out. A video surveillance system is without a doubt one of the most important pieces of equipment that you should have in your investigators toolbox. Since surveillance camera systems have become so popular in general, they have also become common place in the paranormal field over the last five or six years. Below we're going to take a look at the features that will be particularly useful in this endeavor.
Recording device:
The type of digital video recorder or DVR that's used is very important for this application. The key features that are needed are the ability to record high resolution images and a high frame rate, D1 resolution (720?486) at thirty frames or images per second should work great. The high resolution will give you a high level detail in your recorded footage and allow you to zoom in on a frame without loosing the much needed detail of the recorded image The high frame rates allow for more fluid motion in your video.
Hard drive space:
The storage space for your video footage is another key aspect to pay attention to, since your going to be recording at a high resolution and frame rate you'll need quite a bit of space to store it. Usually you'll want at least a 500 GB hard drive to hold enough footage for an investigation, you could need more hard drive space if you are recording with more then four cameras. When your investigation is complete it's a good idea to transfer the footage to another form of storage and reformat your hard drive to make sure that you are confusing previous video fragments with recorded footage from the next investigation site. Alternatively, you can remove and catalog a hard drive when it's full and replace it with a new one. Since the price of hard drives of dropped dramatically recently, this method has merit and isn't too expensive.
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