30 Sep 2005

JVC’s TK-WD310E camera used in difficult lighting conditions

Four JVC TK-WD310E cameras have been installed inside the fish market at Newlyn Harbour, the Main Fishing Port in England and Wales.  They are used to monitor the reflective delivery and pick up areas for the fish.  The cameras were specified and installed by Cornwall based, CCTV specialists, Perspective CCTV for Newlyn Harbour Commissioners.

The TK-WD310E camera is especially designed to capture clear, easy-to-view images under poor or unpredictable lighting conditions.  This versatile high-resolution ultra compact camera features a wide-dynamic-range digital image device that uses sophisticated multisampling and a 14-bit DSP with 5 level of multi sampling which accurately reproduces natural colour tones without any halation (blooming) or smear.  Even when the illumination suddenly changes — becoming suddenly brighter or darker, or if the scene includes both bright and dark areas, this camera still captures a clear image that closely resembles what you see with your own eyes.

Andrew Oakes, Director at Perspective CCTV comments, “This solution could not be achieved with a standard CCTV camera! There was a problem with reflection from the wet flooring and light of the doors in the delivery area where vehicles were either pulling up or reversing.  The area is a very busy one. With the use of the JVC wide dynamic range camera, the scene looks real and the colours are true.”

”The fixed camera sends images via a radio signal to the Harbour Commissioners’ Office and all images are digitally recorded.  The first morning after installing the system, there were some crates of fish stolen and the cameras recorded the scene. The crates of fish are worth hundreds of pounds each.  The fish is sold locally and 90% is exported throughout the EU.  As the trawlers come in first thing in the morning, a lot of valuable stock is being loaded and it is fairly easy to steal a crate,” adds Andrew Oakes.

Installer, Perspective CCTV has done work for the Newlyn Harbour Commissioners for some years.  Andrew Oakes explains, “We are a local company who know the coastal companies well and a new phase to the project is soon to be initiated with European funding to develop the harbour in a multi-million pound regeneration project developing the tourism of the area and a new marina as well as a fishing port.” 

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