Camera recommendation for balcony 3rd floor

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Hello everyone! I would be glad to get a recommendation for a camera which I want to install on the 3rd floor. It should be available with a power device which I can plug in to the AC mains. It should be accesible by LAN and Wifi by anyone who types in a userid and password. Many thanks!
 

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Hello everyone! I would be glad to get a recommendation for a camera which I want to install on the 3rd floor. It should be available with a power device which I can plug in to the AC mains. It should be accesible by LAN and Wifi by anyone who types in a userid and password. Many thanks!
Hi @cameraanfaenger

please do share the purpose of the camera, as that will help determine what the main function need is?

Sunset pictures? Watching the moon? Watching people steal cars in the lot below???
 

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Similar to watching the parking lot :)
Hi @cameraanfaenger

In general you can not trust the OEMs of the security cameras to keep them "secure" - their software is full of security holes.

So, you'll want to setup some sort of PC / embedded PC to protect the camera from cyberjacking

I'm not an expert on this, so if no one chimes in on this thread - please do feel free to search the forum for what others are doing. Perhaps something in the Blue Iris section?
 

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From the third floor you will see them steal the car, but not who did it.

My standard welcome to the forum message.

Please read the cliff notes and other items in the wiki. The wiki is in the blue bar at the top of the page.

Read How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!) in the wiki also.

Quick start
1) Use Dahua starlight cameras or Hikvision darkfighter cameras or ICPT Night eye cameras (https://store.ipcamtalk.com/) if you need good low light cameras.
2) use a VPN to access home network (openVPN)
3) Do not use wifi cameras.
4) Do not use cloud storage
5) Do Not use uPNP, P2P, QR, do not open ports,
6) More megapixel is not necessarily better.
7) Avoid chinese hacked cameras (most ebay, amazon, aliexpress cameras(not all, but most))
8) Do not use reolink, ring, nest cameras (they are junk)
9) If possible use a turret camera , bullet collect spiders, dome collect dirt and reflect light (IR)
10) Use only solid copper, AWG 23 or 24 ethernet wire. , no CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum)

Read,study,plan before spending money ..... plan plan plan
 
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Hi @cameraanfaenger

In general you can not trust the OEMs of the security cameras to keep them "secure" - their software is full of security holes.

So, you'll want to setup some sort of PC / embedded PC to protect the camera from cyberjacking

I'm not an expert on this, so if no one chimes in on this thread - please do feel free to search the forum for what others are doing. Perhaps something in the Blue Iris section?
From the third floor you will see them steal the car, but not who did it.

My standard welcome to the forum message.

Please read the cliff notes and other items in the wiki. The wiki is in the blue bar at the top of the page.

Read How to Secure Your Network (Don't Get Hacked!) in the wiki also.

Quick start
1) Use Dahua starlight cameras or Hikvision darkfighter cameras or ICPT Night eye cameras (https://store.ipcamtalk.com/) if you need good low light cameras.
2) use a VPN to access home network (openVPN)
3) Do not use wifi cameras.
4) Do not use cloud storage
5) Do Not use uPNP, P2P, QR, do not open ports,
6) More megapixel is not necessarily better.
7) Avoid chinese hacked cameras (most ebay, amazon, aliexpress cameras(not all, but most))
8) Do not use reolink, ring, nest cameras (they are junk)
9) If possible use a turret camera , bullet collect spiders, dome collect dirt and reflect light (IR)
10) Use only solid copper, AWG 23 or 24 ethernet wire. , no CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum)

Read,study,plan before spending money ..... plan plan plan
Many thanks for these hints, very comprehensive :)
 
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