Ed Boyer
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Which PTZ camera would be the best to use for a newbie, SD6CE225U-HNI or SD59225U-HNI, it will be used with NVR from Andy and will be mounted on a pole at 10'. Thanks
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usaf_pride
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Best to explain what you are trying to accomplish with the PTZ and what other cameras you have.
Ed Boyer
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Ed Boyer
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I have no cameras now. I would like to see the front and side of my garage as well as the my driveway and back of my house. The garage is to high to mount cameras on the soffits they are 14' ft high. And the front is brick and don't want them there. So I was thinking about a PTZ mounted on a pole off to the side of the garage.
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I'll let others respond, but a PTZ won't work for you how you want it to work. As @fenderman always says, Murphy will show up and the PTZ won't be pointing where you need it (and he also asks "are you going to be there aiming it all the time?"
You are better off with figuring out how to use fixed cameras to accomplish what you are trying to do.
Ed Boyer
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Do you know of any cameras that have a wide angle lens?
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If I were you, I'd start by reading the Cliff Notes, then buying either a 2231 or 5231 and get a bucket, a 2x4, and some rocks and testing placement.
You can also use the IPVM tool by entering your address and choosing the cameras to test placement (pay attention to the DORI section of the Cliff Notes)
Remember, the wider the lense, the harder it is to identify faces.
You can also use the IPVM tool by entering your address and choosing the cameras to test placement (pay attention to the DORI section of the Cliff Notes)
Remember, the wider the lense, the harder it is to identify faces.
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14' high may not be too hight for an overview camera. Overview cameras are typically wider-angle that squeeze a lot of area into the image (i.e. the driveway and front lawn). Like @usaf_pride mentioned, the wider the camera angle, the closer someone has to be to the camera to ID them, so don't plan on using overview cameras for that. Overview cameras are good for detecting general things like "hey, someone's in the front yard", and then you'd use a non-overview camera (i.e. a camera more tightly dialed-in on a key area, like cars in driveways, house doors, gates to backyards) to try and ID that person.
looney2ns
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To answer the original question, the SD6CE225U-HNI is the better camera. But, I agree with the others, fixed cams mounted properly will do a much better job overall.
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