Carport camera recommendation

[Sonnie]

I'd like to put something in the upper corner of our carport to capture the package dropoff table and as much of the rest of the area as possible. I think I'll get more width and height than my camera shot here by using a 2.8mm lens, but I'm not opposed to trying a varifocal if there is a chance I could still capture more and improve on DORI.

 

[mat200]

I'd like to put something in the upper corner of our carport to capture the package dropoff table and as much of the rest of the area as possible. I think I'll get more width and height than my camera shot here by using a 2.8mm lens, but I'm not opposed to trying a varifocal if there is a chance I could still capture more and improve on DORI.

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Day time and night time important ?

 

[Sonnie]

Probably more for day becaues that's when delivers are except in the winter when it gets dark at 4:30, but night wouldn't hurt to at least see the area.

 

[JDreaming]

Maybe an EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 1/1.8" CMOS 4MP IR Starlight 2.7mm–12mm Vari-focal Turret Security Camera ?

I don't have this camera myself, but thinking of buying one with Andy's next sales event. This camera seems like a very nice camera
for almost everything and flexible with the vari-focal design good for day or night. And it's not that expensive only $184.99.

EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 1/1.8" CMOS 4MP IR Starlight 2.7mm–12mm Var

The EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 offers advanced features such as a 4MP 1/1.8" CMOS image sensor, 40 m max. illumination distance with integrated IR LED, deep learning algorithms for face and object recognition, 512GB Micro SD card slot, built-in microphone, IP67 rating, and SMD 3.0 support.

empiretech01.com

 

[mat200]

Probably more for day becaues that's when delivers are except in the winter when it gets dark at 4:30, but night wouldn't hurt to at least see the area.

4MP 1/1.8" sensor fixed lens 3.6mm is probably what I would look for if I needed low light also ..

Otherwise a 8MP 1/1.8" model that can go IR mode if you have enough light .. the 1/1.2" sensor model I like but focus is limited and no ir model on those iirc.

More mp in the day will help get more pixels on that drop zone, as will a 3.6mm lens vs a 2.8mm lens. The 3.6mm lens should give close to a 90 degree fov iirc.

 

[Sonnie]

I was reading reviews on that ZE S3, and it looks pretty good. I could set it to 3.6mm or vary it to what would work best, giving me the most coverage with the best freeze image.