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Encourage Spectator Attendance With 21st
Century Technology. Ray & Tina Odle |
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| Goal: Promote our sport through commonly used sports broadcasting techniques without putting an extra burden on our coaches. |  |
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Public Relations benefit our sport thus the need to use readily
available electronic gadgets. a)
Why have cameras, monitors and commentary? i)
Attract attention. ii)
These help hold the interest of the audience. iii)
Allows spectator to be part of the match iv)
Allows spectator to experience the shot v)
Informs the audience of current action and score. vi)
Commentary can explain the sport to a new audience. vii)
Shooters and shots can be observed up close. viii)
Makes finals more interesting. ix)
Preliminary scores can be determined for many shots. 2)
Take advantage of school and community clubs, also local technical
business. a) Technical knowledge b)
Extra help. c)
Camera equipment d)
Monitors e)
LCD projectors f)
PA system g)
Drama/ Speech/ Newspaper club for announcing, commentary,
reporting, interviews, promotion h)
Logically your state association should be well suited to take over
this endeavor. 3)
Camera and lens challenges: a)
AR-5 ten ring is small – need for proper lens and good lighting. b)
Camera movement from bull to bull – use pan/tilt unit or good
fluid tripod c)
Camera must be able to adjust for change of shooting position. d)
How can one camera be utilizing for more than one firing point? e)
How to over come the shooter and equipment from blocking camera
view? 4)
Simple camera system: a)
Camera – B/W 570 lines of resolution with power supply - $200.00 b)
Lens – 16 to 160 mm - $300.00 c)
Twenty inch monitor (TV) minimum - $150.00 d)
Tripod - $125.00 e)
Cables short run - $10.00 f)
Total $785.00 The camera can be set up behind the
ready area approximately fifty feet from the backstop. I have used this
system to observe the targets for nine firing points left and nine points
right. Manual focusing is convenient. This system works well for prone and
kneeling though scope stands will block a column of bulls. The camera can
easily be shifted to over come this. The standing position provides many
more obstacles to shift past. The
camera could be mounted on a high platform with a dedicated cameraman. 5)
Air Pistol and International Air Rifle range system a)
Individual firing point system with AR-5/1 or B-40/1 i)
Camera mount close to target ii)
Camera – B/W 420 lines resolution with power supply - $75.00 iii)
Lens – 6mm - $20.00 iv)
Monitor- per firing point v)
Or monitor used with sequencer ($70) utilizing four cameras vi)
Or use quad processor ($50 -$100) to have four cameras onto one
monitor split screen. vii)
This system could be set up for a tournament once or twice a year
by borrowing home video cameras and home TV sets. 6)
Multiple four-foot firing point system a)
This system will pan two firing points both left and two points
right. i)
Camera mounts ten feet from target between lanes. ii)
Remote Controlled Automatic Pan/tilt unit - $70.00 (limited tilt
capacity) iii)
Camera – B/W 420 lines resolution with power supply - $75.00 iv)
Lens – 50mm - $50.00 v)
Monitor – twenty inch - $150.00 vi)
Total approx $350.00 7)
3P Air Rifle system a)
Camera mounts ten feet from target between lanes. i)
Pan/tilt unit (will tilt more than above unit)- $140.00 ii)
Controller - $70.00 iii)
Camera – B/W 420 lines resolution with power supply - $75.00 iv)
Lens – 50mm - $50.00 v)
Monitor – twenty inch - $150.00 vi)
Total approx $500.00 8)
Options and rambling thoughts: a)
Homemade controller for two pan/tilt units (could be wired for more
units) i)
Junction Box – Qty 1 - $10.00 Each ii)
24V Transformer – Qty 1 - $17.00 Each iii)
SPDT Momentary Contact Switches – Qty 4 - $8.00 each iv)
RJ 45 Female Connector – Qty 2 - $10.00 Each v)
Total Cost $45.00 b)
Walmart Christmas special 20’ flat screen TV - $100.00 c)
TV monitor can use two cameras using Video 1 and Video 2 inputs d)
Home video camera (with remote control for zoom) mounted on a
pan/tilt unit down range facing shooters. e)
Set up two-monitor system with down range camera focused on shooter
while target camera is shown on second monitor. f)
$100 quad system could split four camera shots on one LCD
projection. g)
The systems can be directed through a computer. h)
Web cameras have not yet worked. i)
Live Web cam a possibility. j)
Closed Circuit TV allows a spectator room to be separate from range
i)
Not all ranges have room for spectators ii)
Brings the action to spectators iii)
Keeps range noise to a minimum. iv)
Announcer or commentator possible. v)
Equipment can be hard wired or wireless. Future
wishful thinking: Software that will score the camera image on the
computer monitor. |
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