Camera recommendation

[TheE]

We are about three months from moving into our new home. Our home is about 400 ft from the road. What camera(s) would you recommend to catch vehicles coming into our driveway?

 

[bigredfish]

Do you have a straight line unobstructed view from the house to the end of the drive?

 

[TheE]

Do you have a straight line unobstructed view from the house to the end of the drive?

Yes sir

 

[looney2ns]

Are you going to have power at the end of the drive?

 

[Chokolinho]

I would then say this camera : B52IR-Z12E-S2

 

[bigredfish]

400 ft is a log way for most cameras.

So it comes down to what you want to achieve.
If just detecting a vehicle and having the camera alert you to that, sure the B52IR-Z12E-S2 as mentioned by @Chokolinho would do that.

Nighttime is a problem is you dont have light out there. You'll have to get IR out there somehow

The PTZ5a4m-25x PTZ would reach, again not sure IR would be sufficient by itself

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You wont be reading license plates with it at that distance, and if you needed to do LPR you'd need to look at placing a camera closer to the entrance @looney2ns is asking

The triple lens may be a possible solution and would cover more of your driveway, but without as much zoom as the Z12
The seawall is 100-120Yds so detecting a vehicle should work fine, minus great detail. But you still need to get IR out there, this scene has a streetlight

 

[TheE]

Thank you everyone, a lot of good input and recommendations!