Document Camera Comparisons for CCRMA

Comparisons from the Net

• An excerpt of a report that includes a comparison of some document cameras.

The Cameras

• ELMO low-end cameras
  • DT-50 (at bottom of the page)
    
    Cost: about $750
  • DT-100AF
    
    Cost: about $1500
• ELMO Visual Presenter Line (page w/ comparison table)
  (The document camera used in Mus252 was an ELMO, but I don't know what model, probably EV-368 or an older model)
  • EV-274
    
    Cost: $1900-$2000
  • EV-368
    
    Cost: below $3000
  • EV-400AF
    
    Cost: $3500-$4000
  • EV-500AF (same form factor as EV-400AF)
    Cost: $4000-$4500
  • EV-700AF (possibly same form factor as EV-400AF)
    Cost: $13000-15000
  • EV-1200AF
    
    Cost: $(even more)
  Check out this interesting Taiwanese ELMO Products Page
• Canon Line
  • VIZCAM 1000 (this is the camera Perry used at his end in the HCI class)
    
    Cost: about $1000
  • RE-150 (mentioned near top of this page ) (This may be a defunct product. Apparently, it was a two-way camera, to be used either as a desktop video camera or as a document camera. Maybe it was superceeded by the VIZCAM 1000.)
    Cost: about $1300
  • RE-350 (another description )
    
    Cost: $2500-$3000
  • RE-650 MkII
    
    Cost: $3000-$3500
• Others
  • VideoLabs FlexCam Document Pro
    
    Cost: about $600

Companies that sell doc. cameras

• Multi-Media Solutions, Inc. (all ELMO EVs)
• PicturePhone Direct (RE-350, VIZCAM, ELMO 274,400,500)
• The Moore Company (RE650 and VIZCAM)
• Global VideoConferencing Solutions, Inc. (VIZCAM and RE650 only)
• Visual Innovation Co., Inc. (ELMO 274,368,400)
• ABG (Canon VIZCAM, RE650)
• Ashmor MicroComputer Recyclers (VIZCAM, RE350)
• Data Projections (This is a pricelist, ELMO 400,500,700, also ELMO DT-50,DT-100)