Eastern USA checking in

[RyanT]

Sort of, I have a couple of ethovision systems, but they never worked well for my application, so basically I now just have an expensive video capture system!

 

[Incunabula]

Sort of, I have a couple of ethovision systems, but they never worked well for my application, so basically I now just have an expensive video capture system!

What are you trying to do?

 

[RyanT]

Track the path length of frogs. The primary issue has been poor video quality. The frogs are tiny in the frame and the tracking software will randomly grab many of the static pixels on the frame. We work in Panama, so even with a decent camera, the electrical sine waves are not stable, and it often generates static. A non-first world problem!

 

[Incunabula]

Track the path length of frogs. The primary issue has been poor video quality. The frogs are tiny in the frame and the tracking software will randomly grab many of the static pixels on the frame. We work in Panama, so even with a decent camera, the electrical sine waves are not stable, and it often generates static. A non-first world problem!

That seems like something a UPS, or a power conditioner could solve. The shot noise on a sCMOS should be low enough not to compete with a frog.

 

[RyanT]

We use a power conditioner. Don't underestimate the combo of dirty sine waves, poor wiring, and tiny frogs! At any rate, welcome again to ScubaBoard, lots to learn here!