Cameras VS. Monitors/TV's

I wrote this blog in order to educate some people and to keep people from falling prey to a huge money making sceem. I'll try not to get to technical as most people like to keep things simple. Most of the people in the paranormal community, whether they watch all the TV shows and think its cool to go ghost hunting, try to help people by investigating in there home and telling them yep it haunted or those that do this to try and find proof, always want the newest gadget out there. And there's nothing wrong with that, but as I have said before and will always repeat myself...RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH.

With that said, there are a number of cameras out there that shoot in numerous resolutions. The most common are HD, 4K and 1 paranormal TV show actually claims to shoot in 6K. Now there are also a lot of HD cameras out there that are labeled 4K when they really are only HD cams with that label in order to up the price a bit. A true 4K camera will cost a bit more true. Now you can't purchase a 6K camera, if you could it would be ridiculous in price, especially since there are no 6K TV's or monitors on the market, so I won't even get into the whole "we use a special 6K full spectrum cam to film with" paranormal TV/Soap Opera/Reality show.

Now to get to my point (finally huh), No matter what resolution camera is used to shoot the footage, it will only be as high of resolution as the monitor/TV it is being watched on. Example: if your using a 4K camera to shoot footage, and the monitor it is being seen on is 1080, then it will only be 1080, not 4K. Another example: if your using an HD camera to shoot the footage, but the monitor/TV is 4K, it is still only going to be seen in 1080 because that is the resolution of the camera. And if you really believe the scenario about the 6K camera, it will only be as good as the TV you are watching the program on.

So to sum things up: cameras are being labeled as 4K just as a way for some companies to make extra cash don't get fooled. I'M NOT SAYING THERE ARE NO 4K CAMERAS OUT THERE, just use your common sense and RESEARCH, RESEARCH RESEARCH.

Redesigned piece of old school equipment from Paranormal Investigations Equipment

Matt here from Paranormal Investigations Equipment, I have redesigned a piece of old school equipment.

The Auto-Write Planchette

The Auto-Write Planchette has been around since the middle 1800's, but has not been widely used as an ITC tool. I am trying to change that, this device does not need a spirit board to accompany it as is the assumption of many people. Yes the planchette IS used with spirit boards, but the Auto-Write Planchette only needs a piece of paper for the spirit or entity being spoken too, to write out it's answers. I have however redesigned this Auto-Write Planchette to be used as a normal planchette as well. By removing the front leg and replacing it with a pencil this ITC device can be used for either a normal planchette or an Auto-Write Planchette. 

Paranormal Investigations Equipment's version of the Raudive (RAW-DEE-VAY) Diode (mic).

I just finished building my Raudive Diode, and with a few minor tweaks it is the same as the original Diode made by Konstantin Raudive a Latvian psychologist and philosopher. Below is a picture of the Raudive Diode I built. 

The Germanium Diode which is the major part of the Raudive Diode is essentially a non-physical microphone used in place of a physical microphone. The Germanium Diode acts as a microphone picking up only EVP's and not recording any ambient sounds (depending on the recorder used, when an external mic of any kind is plugged in, the recorder automatically shuts off the internal mic).

The copper disk mounted to the top is used as an antenna as its wired directly into the board containing the Germanium Diode. I believe copper is a better conductor rather than chrome or insulated wire. As you can see it plugs directly into the mic in or input socket on the recorder via a 3 foot cord. 

I use Zoom H2N recorders to plug these into during investigations, and let them sit constantly recording for the entire investigation. Also visit my online store for other paranormal investigating equipment.

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FULL SPECTRUM CAMERAS CAN DETECT VISABLE, NEAR INFRARED, AND NEAR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT

These modified cameras are taking over the ghost hunting world because of there size and abilities. Either of the two cams come in regular or wifi versions, on the wifi versions the wifi can be turned on/off . There is also a 1.5" screen on the back of both versions that are great when using the cam as static or mobile to see what the cam is shooting. Both fit a wide assortment of accessories. Personally I use these for static cams as I don't like to carry a cam around with me, but I may in the future get a shoulder harness. A lot of teams (including the one I am affiliated with) have set there dvr's aside using these cameras strictly. These cams record both audio and video to an sd card and is easily review-able without having to download anything. Also there are no wires to run or having to tape wires down so they don't get tripped over making setup time much faster. If the wifi version is being used, there is a free app that can be downloaded to an Android phone, tablet or iPhone or tablet that lets one not only control the recording of the device but each wifi cam has its own ip address so there is an option to view up to 4 cams at a time.They do need a light source either ambient light, full spectrum light or IR light. Below is an adapter and filter that let the full spectrum modified camera act as an un-modified camera making the one camera act as two by just sliding on the adapter and screwing the filter to it.

With this filter adapter one can place the hot mirror filter or many other 37mm filters. The adapter can easily be slid off and on. The camera (both versions), the adapter and the hot mirror filter as well as many IR filters can be found and purchased by clicking this link and going to Paranormal Investigations Equipment. 

Here is a video I did of the filter working.

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