Archive for the 'Pan Tilt Zoom' Category

By Peter H Williams

PTZ is an abbreviation for Pan, Tilt and Zoom and is a term used in the security and surveillance industry. You will find the PTZ acronym used in any of the following ways - a PTZ controller, a PTZ camera, PTZ software or PTZ equipment. A PTZ equipped surveillance camera can be controlled remotely in the following manner:

• You can PAN the camera from side to side thereby controlling movement in the horizontal plane.
• You can TILT the camera up and down thereby controlling movement in the vertical plane.
• You can ZOOM in towards or zoom out and away from your subject.

As mentioned above there are many products preceded by the PTZ acronym so lets consider.

Like so many things in life the development of technology has brought huge developments to the security and surveillance industry with the use of computers almost everywhere. The PTZ camera will be a digital camera and the zoom will probably be digital and all the movements of the camera including the pan and tilt, can be controlled from a computer workstation. Continue Reading »
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