Benefits
This short course provides an introduction to filming (video and still) equipment for remote site use. The tutorial will introduce you to solutions to the principal problems associated with filming elusive subjects away from the office and lab.

Features
The tutorial starts with an overview of why people want to film under these conditions. Next, participants will be introduced to the problems associated with such filming and their solutions including:

• Filming without mains power using 12V equipment
• Power management systems
• Filming and monitoring in the dark with infra-red
• Filming only when the subject is present using passive infra-red detectors
• Filming with multiple cameras using quads and multiplexers
• Filming for long periods (12 hrs +) using time-lapse
• Capturing images (as opposed to video) of animals using triggers
• Adverse environmental conditions

Audience
This tutorial is aimed both at researchers who already film at remote sites, and those that are planning to. There will be a discussion of how the recorded images can be analyzed using The Observer Video-Pro.

Presentation
Lecture and practical demonstration followed by questions and answers session.

Instructor resume
Dr. Richard Lilley is Sales Manager at Tracksys with responsibility for the Zoology and Entomology markets in the UK where there is a growing list of users in the field of remote filming. He also provides training and instruction guides for remote filming and other systems produced by Tracksys. Dr. Bill Budenberg founded Tracksys Ltd, the UK distributor of Noldus products, and has worked with many users of The Observer Video-Pro, and others, to develop robust reliable systems for filming animals around the world.

Sign up
To sign up for this tutorial, please send an email to Richard Lilley. Feel free to ask questions in advance, thus allowing the instructor to tailor the content of the tutorial to the interest of the participants.