So i am working in a biology research lab, and we are working with plants (arabidopsis thaliana and epimompsis rubra to be exact) i am personally working with the arabidopsis, which is relatively a small plant.
here is the thing: we want to 'watch' the plants as they go through a simulated drought to observe their reaction and resistance to it. we need to be able to replicates fairly easily, and wanted to do a time lapse video of it.
so i was wondering what the best/easiest setup for this would be? just for the video equipment, we have 1k-1.5k to play around with but no more. i was thinking maybe something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815100122 with security cameras? and have the cameras set to capture a frame every 10 minutes or so and have it compiled into a video file? another option we were thinking about was using a lot of webcams. we would like to be able to do 5-10 cameras simultaneously. can a computer handle 10 usb2 webcams reliably all at the same time? also, what software would be best to work with to capture and manage up to 10 cameras? what would be the best value as far as hardware goes? what brands would be good enough for our task and still within our budget?
thanks!
-Melvin
here is the thing: we want to 'watch' the plants as they go through a simulated drought to observe their reaction and resistance to it. we need to be able to replicates fairly easily, and wanted to do a time lapse video of it.
so i was wondering what the best/easiest setup for this would be? just for the video equipment, we have 1k-1.5k to play around with but no more. i was thinking maybe something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815100122 with security cameras? and have the cameras set to capture a frame every 10 minutes or so and have it compiled into a video file? another option we were thinking about was using a lot of webcams. we would like to be able to do 5-10 cameras simultaneously. can a computer handle 10 usb2 webcams reliably all at the same time? also, what software would be best to work with to capture and manage up to 10 cameras? what would be the best value as far as hardware goes? what brands would be good enough for our task and still within our budget?
thanks!
-Melvin