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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    You bet right
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    The closest things I have would be daisy chaining 5 power strips or using my thicc 50ft extension cord though. I don't know why but I just don't have extension cords
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    extension cord + wall wart for less than 9 bucks?
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    I have an outlet right next to it but i wanted to plug it into a UPS which is probably about 15ft away
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    @samplenhold Does the PoE injector matter at all or would pretty much anything work? I'm thinking of getting this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NRGJCM6/ The distance from the PoE injector to the cam would probably be less than 20ft
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    I already bought a panasonic window cam from amazon and I plan on returning it for a full refund. I also bought a sandisk 256GB max endurance microSD card which is currently in the panasonic window camera and i plan on using that in the next camera i decide on. But it was like 70 bucks so my...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    Wow that is a very distant light source. I have a street light in my front yard about 40 feet in front of the place I'd put the camera so my situation isn't as bad as that. I'm getting the feeling that I'm just going to have to buy and try cameras until i find one I like. I was hoping for...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    When you say the Dahua 3241T-ZAS is good in low light, is that reliant on IR? because I'm putting this behind a window so I can't use IR
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    Everyone only has good things to say about blue iris but it costs money doesn't it? and the Amcrest cameras come with free to use PC/android software so I'm thinking I'd try to stick to just that unless I was planning on throwing another $500-ish at this. I'm hoping to buy from amazon for the...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    @samplenhold @biggen @wittaj @SyconsciousAu So I've got the Panasonic HomeHawk window camera set up (just stuck it to the window) and I've learned a lot from it already. I can definitely see what a few of you were talking about when it comes to not getting a camera with an unnecessarily wide...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    Someone asked in the FAQ what image sensor this camera uses and the response was: "2.0 megapixel CMOS". Is that good?
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    Thank you all for the help and info you've provided. What I've learned is that getting a clear video recording, through a window, at night, at a distance of 20-40ft, is impossible to fit into a $200 budget so I have to compromise. I'm sure that 99% of what this camera setup would be used for...
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    I don't have an outlet I'd be able to use for that but I do have a light above my garage that can illuminate the cars. I could just keep putting higher lumen lights in it or get a new fixture that can hold an IR bulb and a high lumen LED bulb. But would the IR bounce off the cars then go...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    If I'm definitely going to be running it behind a window, would you suggest something different? and generally what kinds of specs should i aim for if i wanted to look into the 2 cameras at around $90 each idea?
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    so what about this 4MP 3.6mm lens one? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S47VXGY?tag=ipctk-20&th=1 or maybe instead of getting one camera at like $160 maybe i should get two $70-$80 cameras and just point them in different directions... I'm also not gonna be running software like blue iris so...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    I was basing the 4k thing off of what I was learning from playing around with the ipvm calculator because it showed a 4k camera getting great shots at 40ft in light and dark but I'm guessing i was reading it wrong. My budget is hopefully a firm $200 so sadly I won't be getting a $2000 camera...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    What I'm doing currently is basically taping an old tablet to the window and video calling it with discord. That's alright for watching for important packages during the day so a $100-$200 camera has gotta be way better, right? That 5442 camera looks like something i could work with since it...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    First of all thank you for helping me out so far. I've already learned a lot I was hoping to try out both and see which I prefer. Based on the cliff notes it makes it sound like motion detection might not work through the window so 24/7 recording might be my only choice. The cliff notes list...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    Would going the micro SD card route lead to storage issues if I wanted to record like a week of video? or will the camera probably compress it well enough that that wouldn't be an issue as long I got a large enough micro SD card? Do you have a brand of micro SD card you would recommend? My...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    I have a street light right outside my house and I can turn the garage light on if I need more light but would prefer not to. But I can't go mounting things outside because that would require a lot complex cable runs and drilling holes in the siding which I'd like to avoid. Is there any reason...
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    Cam for drive way monitoring

    I'm very new to security cameras but my plan is to have a camera looking out my front window so I can watch for delivery trucks and catch anyone messing with my car. I'd like 1-7 days of video to be recorded to a PC running windows 10 and has 5TBs of storage free. I'm also able to run power...
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