Why miss a single second of your local birds’ feeding frenzy?
What’s better than one camera on a bird feeder? How about two? What’s better than two cameras on a bird feeder? A 360 lens setup that will offer the full panorama of your local avian’s antics. Birdfy, one of the main competitors to the Birdbuddy series of smart bird feeders, showcased its new Birdfy Feeder Vista, which promises that no feathered friend will escape your sight.
The feeder sports a cylindrical shape with two lenses on either side of the top platform. Already, it’s a pretty intricate design considering it promises to shoot a 6K video at 30 fps through its two fisheye lenses. You want a higher resolution for 360 video considering the number of pixels needed to offer a clear picture of a global image (most 360 cameras like the GoPro Max 2 from this year support up to 8K footage at 30 fps). These kinds of 360 cameras take the two images filmed simultaneously and stitch them together, creating one contiguous video whichever direction you look. The camera also supports 2K resolution at 120 fps for slo-mo shots, though there’s no guarantee the footage at that resolution will show each wing flap clearly.
However, the real innovation may be in how the device offers the winged creatures their enticing morsels.
