Dear all,
Already got an IPC-T5442T-ASE 2.8mm as an overview camera for watching my driveway and the cars. It's a great camera.
I'd like to buy another one, so I can also guard my frontdoor and garden. Which makes it a little bit difficult is the fact that the public road is right in front, and there is a big tree in the garden. That makes it difficult to attach a camera to the house. Therefore I placed a pole at the beginning of the driveway on which I'd like to attach another 5442 from Andy. I'm not sure on the focal length, hopefully you can give me some advice. I've circled the current 5442 above the driveway (note that in some pictures it is still an old Foscam and not the actual 5442). Distance from pole to front door is about 7 to 8 meters.
Frontview of the house:
More sideways, showing the pole:
Attached to the pole:
Old Foscam attached to the pole (2.8 mm):
2.8 mm would be too wide I guess. Image of the frontdoor and garden is relatively small, and I don't need to film the other camera. In the corner there is a flood light that is triggered by motion. I don't think that one needs to be filmed as well. So I guess a 3.6 mm or 6 mm might be better, or even a varifocal? But which one?
The current camera would also film the camera on the pole. Will it be blinded by the IR?
All the advice is more than welcome!
Already got an IPC-T5442T-ASE 2.8mm as an overview camera for watching my driveway and the cars. It's a great camera.
I'd like to buy another one, so I can also guard my frontdoor and garden. Which makes it a little bit difficult is the fact that the public road is right in front, and there is a big tree in the garden. That makes it difficult to attach a camera to the house. Therefore I placed a pole at the beginning of the driveway on which I'd like to attach another 5442 from Andy. I'm not sure on the focal length, hopefully you can give me some advice. I've circled the current 5442 above the driveway (note that in some pictures it is still an old Foscam and not the actual 5442). Distance from pole to front door is about 7 to 8 meters.
Frontview of the house:
More sideways, showing the pole:
Attached to the pole:
Old Foscam attached to the pole (2.8 mm):
2.8 mm would be too wide I guess. Image of the frontdoor and garden is relatively small, and I don't need to film the other camera. In the corner there is a flood light that is triggered by motion. I don't think that one needs to be filmed as well. So I guess a 3.6 mm or 6 mm might be better, or even a varifocal? But which one?
The current camera would also film the camera on the pole. Will it be blinded by the IR?
All the advice is more than welcome!
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