I am looking for a camera to install on my front porch near my front door. I want an Eyeball style with POE and human detection features. I will be using Synology's Surveillance Station on my NAS and would also like the camera to integrate into Home Assistant without too much of a hassle.
Below is a picture of the location where I plan to mount the camera and the scene it will be capturing, during the day and at night with my floodlight on and off. I hope to use the motion detection of the camera to trigger my front porch light. I don't want IR lights attracting bugs so close to my front door and I don't want a camera with LED's blinding me when I am walking up to the door. It is about 60' from my front door to my mailbox.
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I have read the wiki, cliff notes, and several of the reviews on different cameras and, admittedly, still don't fully understand the ins and outs of all of them. For now, I have decided on the EmpireTech IPC-Color4K-T camera. Though I do think its more camera than I probably need. If I do end up going with this one I will probably manually turn the integrated LED's off to avoid blinding anyone walking up to the front door.
I appreciate any and all suggestions. I am not afraid to research and read but I feel like I've been going in circles for the last week.
Below is a picture of the location where I plan to mount the camera and the scene it will be capturing, during the day and at night with my floodlight on and off. I hope to use the motion detection of the camera to trigger my front porch light. I don't want IR lights attracting bugs so close to my front door and I don't want a camera with LED's blinding me when I am walking up to the door. It is about 60' from my front door to my mailbox.
![70389405527__963D1EB8-3ADF-4C64-A273-D95090B157E4.jpeg](/data/attachments/160/160799-3b3fb271388b58c1edbd35c86bad7a61.jpg)
![70389453682__757FB521-E94D-41A1-A14F-AACA21667500.jpeg](/data/attachments/160/160800-6a8793ce7744b9b95b0bf2d9ef062b90.jpg)
![IMG_7297.jpeg](/data/attachments/160/160801-a88579cf510367a65e0b983c38fd194e.jpg)
![IMG_7302.jpeg](/data/attachments/160/160802-734fc04d6ca213e97eb0de5e19b16c0f.jpg)
I have read the wiki, cliff notes, and several of the reviews on different cameras and, admittedly, still don't fully understand the ins and outs of all of them. For now, I have decided on the EmpireTech IPC-Color4K-T camera. Though I do think its more camera than I probably need. If I do end up going with this one I will probably manually turn the integrated LED's off to avoid blinding anyone walking up to the front door.
I appreciate any and all suggestions. I am not afraid to research and read but I feel like I've been going in circles for the last week.
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