Do you guys hide your cameras? Is it a deterrent or a capture mechanism

[keithl]

My wife asked for a front door camera. 11 cameras later my approach has been to place them to get best view, but my goal was to not make them obnoxious, but they are visible. Between visible cameras and my alarm company signs I hope the deterrent factor prevails over needing the video to hunt down a perp. I really like the Eco-Savy 3.0 turrets as they are compact and between the PFB204W and PFA139 mounts you can get the installs very clean and professional looking. I plan on eventually posting my impressions and some pics eventually.

 

[trucams]

Not magical invisibility cloaking, but painting does help the mini wedge blend in.

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

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Not magical invisibility cloaking, but painting does help the mini wedge blend in.

Woo, @trucams you are doing a great job!

 

[jeremylatz]

No I am 100% serious

I have avocados and oranges on the trees that are cameras. I simply made a mold out of fiberglass them made a fiberglass fruit. put the camera guts in them.
You cant tell the real from fake

@SoCal, dude, that is so cool.

 

[jeremylatz]

Hi @jeremylatz

If you don't keep your porch light on all the time or have some other source of external light at night then the camera needs to provide its own light. The camera has Infrared LEDs that come on automatically when it gets dark. The camera is sensitive to IR light and you get a black and white image.

You don't have to do anything special, by default the camera will automatically go into IR mode when it needs to. You can set up different profiles and manage it yourself, but it's *usually* best to just let the camera do its thing automatically.

Thanks, that's really helpful, I'm still learning so much - cheers @TheDank

 

[jeremylatz]

I posted a pic of my new wedge install. Wife wants me to put a bird house cover on it. Working on it I told her.
First cam up HDBW4321FP-AS 2.8mm

That's really nicely done, love it.

 

[jeremylatz]

My wife asked for a front door camera. 11 cameras later my approach has been to place them to get best view, but my goal was to not make them obnoxious, but they are visible. Between visible cameras and my alarm company signs I hope the deterrent factor prevails over needing the video to hunt down a perp. I really like the Eco-Savy 3.0 turrets as they are compact and between the PFB204W and PFA139 mounts you can get the installs very clean and professional looking. I plan on eventually posting my impressions and some pics eventually.

Good lesson for me too I guess. I kind of want it all but will remember the best view component. 11 cameras is a lot!

 

[jeremylatz]

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Not magical invisibility cloaking, but painting does help the mini wedge blend in.

Looks fab actually. I like your sign too. I'd definitely look at it, it really draws the eye, very smart.

 

[keithl]

Good lesson for me too I guess. I kind of want it all but will remember the best view component. 11 cameras is a lot!

Actually if you are covering 4 sides of a home, that burns 8 right away, then I have one in basement garage, one inside on front door and one outside front door, probably adding 1 more varifocal pointing to street on front of house, so will likely be 12. Longer term wife wants a bird feeder and may put one aimed at it so she can watch the birds.