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Question

Camcorder for medical setting to research walking pattern?

Jul 5, 2011 12:24AM PDT

I am a physical therapist that wishes to carefully objectivate the walking pattern of a person. For this I want to use two camcorders to record gait from two different planes simultaneously. My question is thus, which camcorder would be best for this purpose, or does any camcorder on the market with a USB connection allow this? Does anybody have any helpfull suggestions and tips? Thank you very much in advance for your help!

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Clarification Request
What is the purpose
Jul 5, 2011 1:08AM PDT

of the USB connection?

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reply to "what is the purpose"
Jul 5, 2011 3:37AM PDT

Question #1. Does the USB connection from the camcorder directly to the computer allow me to see what the camera sees from the computer?

Question #2&3 . The camcorder needs to have at least 24-30 frames per second and has to be HD quality.

4 The purpose is to show the clients their walking partern in slow motion with the final goal to improve gait. Another purpose is to do research.

Thank you for replying

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There's a problem with USB.
Jul 5, 2011 7:10AM PDT

So far, unless you use some web cam no "HD" camcorder I know of will do this.

I have a background in video processing, CCTV and more so I'm guessing that you are looking for some camcorder and didn't find it. That's the result I expected.
Bob

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I agree with Bob - and provide my $0.01 worth...
Jul 5, 2011 8:54AM PDT

1) Not any camcorder I know of. Consumer grade camcorders were not designed to provide streaming high definition video. They might provide "streaming" over HDMI or firewire - even over component (RGB) - but not USB. How about a high-quality, commercial/professional-grade, webcam from a video conferencing system? Or a professional-grade security camera? Maybe one of the studio-grade cameras from Sony or Canon... but I don't think any will stream over USB (except consumer-grade webcams which likely won't provide your specified video resolution).

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Answer
Not possible.
Jul 5, 2011 12:27AM PDT

Best would change every week as some company rolls out a new camcorder.

Try this. Share with the forum what camcorders you have under consideration.

And why aren't subservience cameras an option?
Bob

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Typo by spell checker.
Jul 5, 2011 2:35AM PDT

I didn't catch it before posting.

Look at SURVEILLANCE cameras.