there is actually a 4ft eave over this garden, never seen it drift up here so I doubt it.. but nothing I cant cope with.. if I get that much snow I have to move it within 24h off my sidewalks.. after the camera is clear hah.. im going to get a pretty tall faux rock try to get the camra over a foot off the ground near the peak.
other than the obvious security advantages I kinda want to use this for a bit of automation, like warning me code enforcement is out or my parents are pulling up to the house unannounced or Chinese food is here, package delivery people, etc.. but the driving factor comes from me being the suspicious type I tend to go for a short walk when I see odd behavior and try to discretely take a pic of a plate with my phone as I pass on foot, believe it or not its came in handy many times when a neighbors shady contractor just up and disappears.
Lots of burglaries going on lately and I feel this will really expand the local security if any happen near by and I can provide an ID.
Then we have the repeat offender assholes who need to be reminded they are in a residential area, my neighbor put up a kid at play flag at the end of there driveway when kids were playing street hockey.. asshole speed by honking his horn flipping everyone off. He continued the stupid behavior until I managed to grab his plate number.. gave it to the kids next door and the behavior stopped.. was some teenager a few blocks away taking the "backroad" home at highway speeds.. There have also been a few instances of senile old neighbors loosing there marbles and going arround and screaming at anyone they dont like.. im not going to be policing anyone, just covering my bases so those fuckwads up to no good wont see it coming.
the lens I went with should look like this but say 1:1.4
6-60mm (10x Zoom) F1.4 1/3" IR Corrected Auto Iris Vari-Focal