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Old 12-11-2007, 06:07 PM
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Re: Is IR making any money for anyone
I was at a seminar recently with a presentation by an inspector who had been using IR for 5 years. In essence he said that he was not making any money on residential only on commercial surveys. The last camera he purchased was $30K and most of the cheaper >$10K did not have the features that are needed for a comprehensive survey.

He spent quite a bit of time on how the 'camera companies are really pushing these cameras into the hands of inspectors with minimal training and the really expertise was reading the images. Reminds of a doctor reading the shadows on an X-ray. Not all shadows are bad....

At some point I will get a camera but with the low production rates it may be awhile before these cameras get below $3K and small enough to go into my bag.

//Rick
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