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Blink User Manual (including Motion Detection)
CamDo Blink User Manual Index Introduction What's Included Blink Overview LED Status Indicator Powering Blink Connecting to WiFi User Interface Setting a Schedule Email Notifications Scripting Motion Detection Custom Interfacing Updating Blink Specifications Troubleshooting 1. Introduction This manual describes how to...
CSI FIRMWARE PATCH - FOR GOPRO HERO4 BLACK AND SILVER CAMERAS
This document outlines how to install CamDo custom firmware to enable the scripting functionality of your HERO4 camera (previously available on the HERO3 series). The firmware update is not required for standard use of the Blink, Bullet, and Dash controller...
Blink Quick Start Guide
Introduction Congratulations on purchasing your new CamDo Blink! This quick start guide will show you how to connect to a GoPro camera and create a schedule so you can start capturing amazing footage. You can also view helpful instructional videos...
Triggering the GoPro with an Accelerometer
This article relates to our original Time Lapse Intervalometer controller board. Read about how to interface our newer time lapse controller Blink in this blog post. When Hugh McGregor of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy asked if we could help him...
Deep Water Housing User Manual
Deep Water Housing for GoPro Cameras This housing is machined out of a solid block of aluminum. A third party lab has tested this case at different depth, in a vacuum chamber. The housing did not implode until it reached...
Deep Water Housing Documentation
User Manuals Deep Water HousingUser Manual Click icon to view manual FAQ How long will the battery last before it is discharged? The Intervalometer can be used to extend the battery life. How long the battery will last depends on many factors such...
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CloudX: Rebuilt From the Ground Up
We wanted to provide more, for less when it came to our CloudX time lapse platform. We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve released an all new CloudX, built entirely from the ground up. We've dropped the price but added many new, amazing features. Read about this exciting update here.
Five (More) Construction Time Lapse Mistakes to Avoid
Construction time lapse is a strong tool for documenting a build, recording progress, updating stakeholders, and marketing your services. Last year, we featured an article highlighting five common long term time lapse mistakes to avoid. But that list certainly was not an exhaustive one. Here are five more time lapse mistakes to avoid, specifically on construction time lapse projects.
Customer Footage: Thai Residential Construction Time Lapse
Tanapol Euaungkanakul is an IT professional from Bangkok, Thailand. He was set to begin the construction of his home and wanted to have a high quality time lapse video of the process from start to finish. He hoped to have a fixed camera position, a system that was maintenance free, and not have to rely on the grid for power.
Planning a Time Lapse Construction Shoot
Time lapse photography is an essential addition to many construction projects because it charts progress and provides information for stakeholders. However, all of this is contingent on staging a proper environment and knowing the purpose of the images you capture. With that in mind, let’s discuss some of the essential elements of composition and planning for time lapse construction photography.
How To Use TimeLapse Calculator
As a construction site manager, you are likely well aware that there are a variety of benefits to implementing a time lapse camera system. However, like introducing any technology into your operations, there needs to be an appropriate plan in place on how to correctly and successfully deploy it. Using a time lapse calculator helps construction site managers plan the needs they have for a time lapse project long before it starts.
Construction Site Monitoring: Project Manager’s Perspective
Construction is a trillion dollar industry for a reason. Even small construction projects can cost millions of dollars in investments. Commercial jobs with this kind of scale and value require a high degree of monitoring in order to effectively secure the developer’s return on investment (ROI). Construction site monitoring can’t be limited to a photographer or a security team. It needs to be implemented from the top-down, using a manager’s perspective.
Intervalometer: Learn Its Function
Who knew measuring time was such an important aspect of photography? For professional construction time lapses and photo delays, you will need to use a rig that has an effective intervalometer. This device is an adjustable timer that can be used to limit the number of wasted shots and select the times when you want photo capture. But how does an intervalometer work? And why is it so important to industrial photography?
1 Million Photos Captured + Exciting things on the horizon for CamDo in 2021
2020 was probably a year most of us would rather forget, but at the same time we have to be grateful for all the amazing things that our customers did, and the solid position we're in for the new year ahead. Read on for a few exciting things to note.
Time Lapse Cameras vs. Construction Security Cameras
Every construction site needs to be monitored. It’s especially important to be able to keep an eye on things when you’re not on-site in person. COVID-19 has increased demand for remote surveillance on construction sites. But beyond surveillance, cameras at construction sites can provide a ton of additional benefits.
Time Lapse Software Guide for Buyers
When purchasing time lapse software, there are a few key capabilities that your construction company will need. But the most important criteria is actually unrelated to construction—usability. After all, fancy features are great, but they can’t help your team if the software is difficult to navigate.
Time Lapse Intervals vs. Remote Monitoring Intervals
One of the most effective ways to attract new clients in the construction industry is by creating a visually appealing and comprehensive time lapse video of your site. The other reason to make a time lapse video, of course, is for up-to-the-minute site-monitoring.
Future Trends For Time Lapse Photography in Construction
Construction time lapse photography has evolved and become an increasingly reliable way to cover and assess the progress of projects on job sites. However, these future trends for time lapse photography are speeding things up without putting any proverbial dents in quality.
4 Reasons Why Remote Construction Jobsite Monitoring Is A Critical Tool In The Times of COVID-19
In the age of COVID-19, there is an increased focus on the health and safety of everyone involved with your construction project. And part of the way to achieve this is a shift towards new ways to use technology, including remote monitoring.
Take a Trip Around Earth With the Longest Time Lapse Ever Shot From Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) featured a time lapse to celebrate 20 years of international collaboration and research for the benefit of Earth. It is the longest continuous time lapse shot from space.
Metropolis Visual Makes The Most Out of School Renovation Footage With Construction Progress Videos
Last week, we featured the transformation of the derelict Carmelite Convent into the Chichester Free School. The team at Metropolis Visual did so many things right on this project. Not only did they create a stunning video highlighting the project, but they also created progress videos to allow the public to follow along with the progress.
A Little Time Lapse of the World’s Largest Cleanup Program: The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit that is developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. And they’re doing this by developing large floating systems that concentrate and collect the plastic from the sea. It’s the largest cleanup effort in the world. Yes, it’s as cool as it sounds. View a time lapse of the construction of one of their systems and learn more about the effort.
Introducing UpBlink: 4K Long Term Time Lapse with Cloud Upload Capabilities
UpBlink is a time lapse intervalometer and scheduler that allows for image upload. It provides all the things you know and love about BlinkX: 4K quality, is easy to deploy, allows for remote monitoring, lowest total cost of ownership... but expands its capability to uploading images to the cloud via CloudX Pro.
Customer Footage: Extreme Cold Winter Time Lapse in Pisgah National Forest
We love seeing customers successfully using our products for winter time lapse in the extreme cold. Nichaolas Holshouser recently sent us this beautiful time lapse. He captured it in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina at 6,000 feet in elevation along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It covers January 20-21, during the eclipse. Temperatures dipped into the single digits (5F/ -15C as the low). The time lapse kit had already been in the field for two weeks prior to this.
4 Reasons Construction Progress Videos Should be Part of Your Workflow
We talk a lot about creating construction progress videos. No matter what your role is within the project--builder, photographer, or principal--It’s a good thing to do for many reasons. With just a little extra planning and effort, you can make the footage you're already collecting work so much harder for you. Read on for the reasons that construction progress videos should be part of your project workflow.
Time Lapse Videos Show Wildfire Progress of Decker and Saddleridge Fires
Time lapse is an incredible way to visually display progress. I think we can all agree on that. And progress is good, right? Not always. In the midst of another very active fire season, fires have been progressing rapidly due to high winds, an abundance of fuel (dead branches and leaves), and non-existent precipitation. And time lapse videos of some of the fires are popping up all over the web showing this progress.
Watch: 6-Year Construction Time Lapse of Amazon's Seattle Headquarters
Watch Amazon’s Seattle headquarters six-year construction project in just 40 seconds. This impressive time lapse shows the work done on the SR 99 tunnel project.
Streamline Your Project Planning with our New Camera Strategy Tool
We’re excited to offer our newest planning tool: the Camera Strategy Tool. With so many camera types and applications on construction sites, planning, tracking, and executing, and monitoring your camera strategy can get complex. This tool makes it easy.
Customer Footage: Roofing & Waterproofing Construction Time Lapse & Aerial Footage
CamDo customer Nick Henry at Drone Life Aerials shared footage of his recent construction time lapse project with us. The video mixes both time lapse and aerial footage to capture a roofing and waterproofing construction project and used our BlinkX Time Lapse Controller, a GoPro HERO5 camera and a Solar Enclosure to capture the time lapse images.
Studying Ice Shelf (In)Stability in Antarctica with BlinkX
A few years ago, we featured a project from CamDo customer Douglas MacAyeal, which featured a time lapse video that monitored an ice shelf in Antarctica to study ice shelf stability at McMurdo Station Antarctica.
We recently heard from Douglas that BlinkX will be used for another project in Antarctica. This time around, the location is the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica. They will be monitoring surface lakes that fill and drain as the polar seasons progress, as hundreds form here. They’ll...
Customer Time Lapse: 7-Month Industrial Warehouse Rehabilitation & Construction
CamDo customer Albert Sanfeliu recently shared footage of a recent 7-month project that he completed through his company, Pandora Box TV. The video shows the rehabilitation of an industrial warehouse for loading, unloading, and storage of products that arrive via sea transport. The ship was badly damaged, both internally and externally, so steel masts had to be placed outside for the first five months in order to have a high point of the space.
Customer Footage: Garage with Living Unit Construction Time Lapse
CamDo Customer Seth Larson recently shared a long term construction time lapse video of a recently completed construction project by Stel Builders, a residential remodeling company based in San Diego, CA. The project consisted of the demolition of a garage structure and construction of a garage with a rental unit on top.
How Construction Video Marketing Will Drive More Business
Video is highly effective. This is an undeniable fact. Whether it is because people have short attention spans or prefer engaging with moving images, video has become a marketing force that cannot be ignored. If you haven’t included video in your construction marketing strategy, it’s time to start. And we can help!
CamDo Expands Integration Capabilities With Autodesk BIM 360
We are thrilled to announce our expansion of integration capabilities with a leading construction management software platform: Autodesk BIM 360.
Beginning immediately, you'll be able to integrate your CamDo construction time lapse and site monitoring technology into your BIM 360 Dashboard.
5 Considerations of Winter Time Lapse Photography
Our customers tend to run long term time lapse projects with average durations of 6-12 months (or longer!). If you’re one of these people, you’ll likely experience the joys of dealing with the cold weather that accompanies winter months… and all of the challenges that come along with it. Here are the five things to consider when capturing time lapse footage during the cold winter months.
Customer Footage: Walsh Community Development Time Lapse
Matthew C. Grammer recently shared a video he created for his client, Republic Property Group, a Texas based real estate developer which manages a few communities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The company was working on Walsh, a budding development west of Fort Worth. Grammer was tasked with producing videos to showcase the initial stages of the community. As part of this, he captured the construction of two buildings: a marketplace and an activity center.
Solar-Powered Cameras: A Worthy Investment?
Time lapse cameras do an excellent job of capturing the evolution of a build, and more and more construction sites are turning to solar time lapse cameras to do the job. But are they worth it? Here are the pros and cons of using solar-powered cameras on your project.
BlinkX is Now Compatible with HERO7 & HERO6 Cameras - A Talk With CamDo CEO Todd McCann
Last week, we announced a pretty major update: BlinkX is now compatible with HERO7 and HERO6 cameras (in addition to HERO5). Now you can capture long term time lapse videos with the newest GoPro cameras. This was a major milestone for the CamDo Solutions team, as this has been a complicated compatibility update that has been in the pipeline for many months. I sat down with CamDo CEO, Todd McCann, to discuss this exciting update.
Breaking It Down: What is The Difference Between Wi-Fi and The Internet?
A common misunderstanding that we see is in the customer support inbox that people use the terms WiFi and Internet interchangeably to mean access to the Internet. This comes up specifically as it relates to accessing various UpBlink features. Sometimes there is confusion surrounding the difference between setting up our controllers via our web-app and setting up CloudX to receive email updates or automatically upload images to the cloud.
Get Enormous Time and Money Savings with the Underwater WiFi Inspection Pack
We’ve been taking a break this week with our regular construction time lapse programming to highlight another amazing solution that we offer: our Drop Camera Underwater WiFi Inspection pack. While long term time lapse is our main focus, this smart solution also deserves some love. It is drastically improving our customers’ workflow - and that’s why we do what we do every day.
Construction Project Visualization: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
As we mentioned in last week’s in the summary from our time at the Advancing Construction Technology event, the need for greater visualization into projects was a recurring theme during our time at the event. This week, we wanted to explore this concept a little more in depth, especially as it relates to our long term construction time lapse offerings.
Customer Footage: Studying Oyster Farm and Aquatic Wildlife Interaction with Blink
A collaborative research project in Long Island Sound uses Blink to document and study the interactions between oyster farms and aquatic wildlife. Learning what fish and mobile invertebrates (crabs, shrimp, snails, etc.) use the farm gear as habitat provides a better understanding of the benefits an oyster farm provides to the environment.
Time Lapse Digest: Astrophotography, Airport Construction Progress Time Lapse, River Monitoring, and Construction Project Visualization
We’ve gathered articles focusing on all things time lapse. We highlight a visually interesting astrophotography project, and note a few meteor showers this week that you can get out and capture. We feature an airport construction time lapse video, as well as a massive 8-year, 60+ camera time lapse project that monitors the Missouri River. And finally, we dive into the topic of construction project visualization—what it is and why it’s important.
New GoPro Hero4 Features Announced at CES
GoPro fans were buzzing at CES with the most recent GoPro firmware update. Read about the new GoPro Hero4 features for its HERO4 Silver and Black editions. LATEST: Also read about the V04.00 firmware update in this blog post.
New Product Highlight: CamDo GoPro HERO4 Battery Eliminator
The CamDo Hero4 Battery Eliminator allows you to power the GoPro HERO4 through the HERO Port on the back of the camera. The Eliminator can be powered by any available high current USB port or charger. Read more.
Stunning Time Lapse Video of Joshua Tree
This stunning time lapse video of Joshua tree is part of the More Than Just Parks project. This project was born out of their love for America's National Parks and enthusiasm for engaging multimedia.
Breathtaking 4K Time Lapse Captures 4 years of the Sun
This solar time lapse pieces together 21 scenes from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's 4K footage, captured over 4years by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly.