I am totally new to all this. Below is my scenario.
I have a single long exterior wall facing a parking lot.
I currently have a PTZ camera which covers the lot, but really doesn't do the job as i don't get 24/7 coverage of the full area.
So, i wish to provide 2 fixed cameras to cover the full 180 degree FOV.
Other things to consider.
1) running Blue Iris (have a couple of reolink cameras, but i'm not attached to them necessarily), and i'll record everything. I'll probably use BI motion detection as well.
2) Since, I'll be recording everything, and am not likely to be futzing and zooming in and out in real time, so not sure optical zoom is as important.
3) So, i guess i'm looking for something that will allow reasonable zoom after the fact (digital?) and give me the coverage i need.
My thought was that to get to 3) above, i should look at higher Pixel support. However, higher mp seems to lower the FOV
so, in the end, 2 cameras which will get me 180 degrees and as much decent zooming after the fact.
OTOH, i could be way off in my thinking
any suggestions?
I have a single long exterior wall facing a parking lot.
I currently have a PTZ camera which covers the lot, but really doesn't do the job as i don't get 24/7 coverage of the full area.
So, i wish to provide 2 fixed cameras to cover the full 180 degree FOV.
Other things to consider.
1) running Blue Iris (have a couple of reolink cameras, but i'm not attached to them necessarily), and i'll record everything. I'll probably use BI motion detection as well.
2) Since, I'll be recording everything, and am not likely to be futzing and zooming in and out in real time, so not sure optical zoom is as important.
3) So, i guess i'm looking for something that will allow reasonable zoom after the fact (digital?) and give me the coverage i need.
My thought was that to get to 3) above, i should look at higher Pixel support. However, higher mp seems to lower the FOV
so, in the end, 2 cameras which will get me 180 degrees and as much decent zooming after the fact.
OTOH, i could be way off in my thinking
any suggestions?