Cameras built for the AV side, not the security side.
Cameras that pan, tilt, and zoom from a control panel, plus fixed cameras for wide shots. Built for live streams, board meetings, and school productions. Different gear, different goals from security cameras — these are designed to look good on a broadcast, not to identify a license plate at 50 yards.
How AV cameras differ from security cameras
Security cameras are built for detection — clear images even in bad light, recorded continuously, kept for weeks or months. AV cameras are built for picture quality on a live feed — better color, controllable framing, smooth motion, and outputs that plug into a streaming setup or a video-conferencing room instead of a security recorder.
You don’t want a security camera pointed at the pulpit for a stream. You don’t want an AV camera mounted at the loading dock for surveillance.
What we install
- Pan-tilt-zoom cameras — the operator (or a volunteer) presses a button and the camera moves to a preset framing. Common in sanctuaries, lecture halls, and council chambers.
- Fixed cameras — for wide shots, audience pickup, or a single critical angle that doesn’t need to move.
- Conferencing cameras — for hybrid rooms running Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet on a permanent room setup.
- Recording cameras — for events you want to record but not stream live (board meetings, training, depositions).
We work with a few vendors and pick what fits the room, the operator skill, and the budget.
How this crosses into the rest of it
For a streamed service, these cameras feed the streaming system. For a hybrid conference room, they’re part of the room with the projector and microphones. For a school auditorium, they might do all of the above plus recording for review.
Talk to us
Tell us the room, what you’re trying to capture, and where the feed is going. We can usually scope a starting range from there.