[TowerTalk] webcam atop the tower

[Paul Playford]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Didier Juges" <didier at cox.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 3:15 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] webcam atop the tower


> Michael,
>

> SNIP

> Make sure it is oriented such that the sun will not
> get into the picture. That would be assured destruction of the CCD sensor.
>

Hmm.  When I was working for RCA Broadcast as a television camera field
engineer I would deliberately point our CCD cameras into the sun to show
potential customers that no harm would come.

Vidicon cameras however will be destroyed as was the first television camera
that went to the moon.

de Paul, W8AEF

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