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Supported Cameras

Øystein E. Krog
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Supported cameras

 Swing Catalyst supports many different types of video cameras, the different types fall into 2 different categories.

  • Live/streaming video capture using a computer. The image is automatically synchronized with other hardware sensors.
  • Imported video from a video recording device such as a smart phone or hand held camera.

Depending on your license you may use up to 4 cameras, or not be licensed to use live streaming cameras at all.

If you are interested in purchasing a camera from us please visit our webshop

 

Live video capture

Using live video capture you can capture from multiple video cameras/angles simultaneously and automatically have all the data saved and synchronized.

The accuracy of the data synchronization depends a great deal on the type of camera. The best cameras for synchronization are high-speed machine vision cameras.

Most of our recommended cameras use a Global Shutter, which eliminates the rolling-shutter/bent club distortion effect.

 

Consumer-Level Cameras

For live video capture we currently support using the following camera types:

High-Speed Machine Vision Cameras

Swing Catalyst supports a number of machine vision cameras. These cameras provide unique benefits for data synchronization.

There are many different types of machine-vision, in general there is a much greater variety in terms of both resolution and frames per second. We generally recommend a minimum of 50/60 FPS for golf swing analysis.

  • Teledyne FLIR Blackfly S series cameras (USB & Ethernet)
    • We also support the older Point Grey camera lineup.
  • AVT Prosilica GC, GE, Manta and Mako series machine vision/high speed cameras (PVApi only)
  • iDS uEye CP & SE series (note we do not support iDS Peak).
  • Generic support for the USB3 Vision, GigE Vision & GenICam-standards through Mvtech Halcon.

Limitations:

High resolution cameras beyond Full HD is not recommended due to the longer encoding times and increased file sizes, depending on the frame rate and resolution it might not produce a satisfactory experience. 

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