Newb with no cameras installed at the moment.
Have 3x HDW5231R-Z and 1x 2.8mm HDBW4231F on hand. Open to alternatives.
My goal is simple driveway/vehicle monitoring. My house pic attached.
I have a cheapo two flood motion sensing light above the garage.
I've read a ton of the forum posts on the subject of driveway monitoring and haven't found the ONE answer so I pose the question, what's the best way to monitor your cars in the driveway with camera and lighting recommendations?
I'd put the 'wedge' (hdbw) down kind of low in the vicinity of the door on one of those three walls by the by the green line in this image. Without knowing how things are framed its hard to say if any of those should be excluded. A siding mounting block designed for the profile of your siding can be a nice way to install these and is very helpful with vinyl.
I'd consider a soffit height camera on the right of the garage angled to the left
That high corner by the font door and and location by the downspout wouldn't be my fist choices. A lower location for the wedge camera makes more sense. The downspout could block the camera and pointing it at those lights won't yield the best results. A location in the soffit would be better suited (green circle above the window), just try to keep it away from the light a little.
You've made some good choices so far. The best advice at this point is to experiment before you mount them permanently. Mount them to a 2x4 in a bucket of rocks or temporarily anchor them to the house and experiment the settings a little. Sometimes moving a camera as little as a few inches can have a huge impact on the resulting image. Take it slow. There's no need to try to do it all at once, learn from your mistakes as you go.
What kind of siding is that? It kind of has the look of vinyl.
The gate to your back yard is another location you may want to cover.
