Camera: I chose this fish camera because it is already waterproof and has built in LEDs. I want the camera to tilt. Normally you use servos to do that but as far as I know they require digital controls. I have an analog system. So I found a slow DC motor that should allow control of the tilt movement. This motor will require two relays also. I have a portable 7" TV I bought a long time ago that I will use with a small DVR for viewing and recording.
The camera works good. Turns out the LEDs are useless because they reflect off the inside of the dome and obliterate the camera image. I do not have to use video baluns with this camera. The motor was too big to sit sideways and just attach the camera to the shaft. So I had to rig it another way, watch the video, crude but functional. The sleeve in which the camera and motor rests will have to be waterproof because the motor is not. Kind of makes getting a waterproof camera redundant. The camera will be on all the time. The cat5 wire was sufficient to carry the video and power. I did find out that you can use a servo like any other motor (I took one apart) if you bypass the control board and wire directly to the servo motor. But I already had to other motor so I decided to just use it. Since I can't use the lights that are on the camera I am going to use backup lights. I put four of those on the frame. The lights work. I just don't know how well they light-up things yet.
The camera works good. Turns out the LEDs are useless because they reflect off the inside of the dome and obliterate the camera image. I do not have to use video baluns with this camera. The motor was too big to sit sideways and just attach the camera to the shaft. So I had to rig it another way, watch the video, crude but functional. The sleeve in which the camera and motor rests will have to be waterproof because the motor is not. Kind of makes getting a waterproof camera redundant. The camera will be on all the time. The cat5 wire was sufficient to carry the video and power. I did find out that you can use a servo like any other motor (I took one apart) if you bypass the control board and wire directly to the servo motor. But I already had to other motor so I decided to just use it. Since I can't use the lights that are on the camera I am going to use backup lights. I put four of those on the frame. The lights work. I just don't know how well they light-up things yet.