+1 on this recommendation.I would suggest looking at a IPC-T2431T-AS S2, the build is not as good as the 5442 but if it’s in a garage the plastic mount is less of a concern and the quality is very good with IR IMHO
Andy has a cheap price on these as well
Personally I don't think a 180 degree FOV is needed/appropriate in this scenario. If you place a camera near a corner of the garage, you only need a 90 degree FOV. If you really wanted full coverage, placing a second camera in the opposite corner would provide coverage on any blind spots created by cars or other items in the garage.How about the enw Dahua 180 degree cam? Isn't it effectively 2 x 5842's bolted together.
Well that is an even bigger reason not to use that camera. I would agree that having a camera with IR is more appropriate than having to rely on LEDs or ambient light for this scenario.Plus the 180 doesn't see infrared, so the built in white LED would need to be on.
I'm not sure you need infra red. No burglar / thief is going to be in there in the pitch dark. They at least need a torch or a some light to see. Also the 180 has leds built in. If worried the camera won't see the trip zones, you could put a very small low powered sensor light in there as well as the regular light to give the camera enough light to see it's trip zones and once the PIR has been activated and it sees it's trip wires crossed, have it kick it's own leds on. I have no doubt something around 5 watts or even less in led PIR would be sufficient. You only need enough light for the camera to see the trip wires. Beyond that a 2nd light could become annoying under regular use if you have the main light and the pir coming on so I'd keep it to a minimum to allow the camera to see the trips. Even 3w led could be tried. Buy a bulkhead style so you can choose / swap the bulb as required and I'd mount it on the ceiling / in the rafters so you don't notice it with the main light on.Plus the 180 doesn't see infrared, so the built in white LED would need to be on.
How is it on motion? That camera is fine if you just want to look around and be like is the garage door down. But they are notorious for being ghost blur motion during nighttime and infrared situations.I am a newbie, I had a lorex camera in the garage. It was kind of a waste having an outdoor camera inside. So, I bought a 2 pack of Reolink E1 Pro cameras and swapped out the Lorex for one of the Reolinks. Very happy with the swap. The 2 pack was about $85, look like the price jumped abit now. But 2 of these in a garage and the power to pan and tilt should provide pretty good coverage.