Someone made off with my £40k campervan recently, and so I'm here to see what I can do to prevent the same thing happening again.
I already have a HIKVISION DS-2CD2387G2-LU(4MM) and it did capture the theft, however the light is very low where I live so what it captured was somewhat pointless.
The camera was hidden, so it did look as if the person who stole the campervan didn't take any precautions to cover themselves.
However, the camera was originally set up to catch whoever kept going past my house and beeping their horn as it was getting so annoying that I was going to report this to the police, and as a result the camera wasn't in the right position either to capture the theft.
Because of this I've decided I want to embark on a covert installation that covers the perimeter and entrance of my property.
I like the hikvision camera I have as it has it's own control panel and a slot for a memory card as I didn't want to set up a recorder, so I can connect to it instantly and view the live capture or play footage from an earlier point in time.
I appreciate that IP cams are computers too, so I think paying £200 for a camera seems rather inexpensive, and I'd be quite happy to pay a lot more.
Given I want a covert installation, I will be illuminating my house like a Christmas tree, so infrared won't be needed and therefore won't give away the set up.
I'd like full colour cameras too, so at night time I can see if a white van keeps passing by my house prior to anything happening, and I know it is 100% white.
The problem I have with hiding the hikvision camera I have is that the glass on the front is reflective so I am going to use it inside the house instead.
Has anyone carried an installation to this spec and if so are there any cameras you can recommend?
I already have a HIKVISION DS-2CD2387G2-LU(4MM) and it did capture the theft, however the light is very low where I live so what it captured was somewhat pointless.
The camera was hidden, so it did look as if the person who stole the campervan didn't take any precautions to cover themselves.
However, the camera was originally set up to catch whoever kept going past my house and beeping their horn as it was getting so annoying that I was going to report this to the police, and as a result the camera wasn't in the right position either to capture the theft.
Because of this I've decided I want to embark on a covert installation that covers the perimeter and entrance of my property.
I like the hikvision camera I have as it has it's own control panel and a slot for a memory card as I didn't want to set up a recorder, so I can connect to it instantly and view the live capture or play footage from an earlier point in time.
I appreciate that IP cams are computers too, so I think paying £200 for a camera seems rather inexpensive, and I'd be quite happy to pay a lot more.
Given I want a covert installation, I will be illuminating my house like a Christmas tree, so infrared won't be needed and therefore won't give away the set up.
I'd like full colour cameras too, so at night time I can see if a white van keeps passing by my house prior to anything happening, and I know it is 100% white.
The problem I have with hiding the hikvision camera I have is that the glass on the front is reflective so I am going to use it inside the house instead.
Has anyone carried an installation to this spec and if so are there any cameras you can recommend?