2 cams with night vision

[squirrellydw]

I'm looking to start buying some cams. I would like to get 1 or 2 for now to mount above my garage door look at my driveway and front yard. I would like them to have decent night vision and be $200 or cheaper if possible and work with power over ethernet. Just to verify if they support POE I only need to run the ethernet cable correct?

What would you suggest?

Thanks

 

[tomw]

It'd be hard to past these bad boys...
https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/6964-5-MegaGixel-1-1-8-quot-low-light-destroyer-for-90

 

[squirrellydw]

Won't work, I only have Apple Macs. Any others someone could recommend? Ideally it should work with Zoneminder

 

[LeeH]

The Hikvision 2232's have equally as good IR as the Longse S500's.

 

[tomw]

Won't work, I only have Apple Macs. Any others someone could recommend? Ideally it should work with Zoneminder

Doesn't Zoneminder support ONVIVF?

You only need IE for the initial setup - they you'd never touch it. Could just run a VM/parallels to do the initial setup?

 

[squirrellydw]

So are those Longse S500 really that good? I saw the other thread and the video quality looks amazing? Will they last? I think I can get a PC to set them up. Why are they so much cheaper then HK?

 

[jaclarkaus]

I'm also looking for a couple of all weather bullets to hide in the garden near the front gate, would prefer Hikvision, as I have a Hikvision NVR, but as I also use Blur Iris, somewhat flexible.

Problem from what I see with Hikvision, is they are all narrow in the bullet format (4mm+ 70 degrees) where my Foscam i9900 has a 2.8mm lens and covers 'almost enough...'

Any ideas? 5mp probably overkill as the 2mp Foscam is really good, so 3-4 would be fine if cheaper.

 

[Abbell]

I just ordered some variable lens cams so I can "dial in" the FOV better. They are domes and not bullets. I should know how well they work in a few weeks when they come in... ah patience...bah