Good thread and great install
@just some dude !
I've been prepping things around my house for some installs (mostly network and BI stuff) and tonight putting in a little more time thinking about camera placement. Originally I was thinking I would use a 5231 for my front door (ID) camera, but it is pretty big. I think I could still make it work, but I could also for sure use that 5231 somewhere else at my house.
So I came across this thread and I'm thinking I could
MAYBE get away with 4231 at my front door, near the door bell because it is mostly shaded and pretty well covered up. I'll have to see about running cable to the location but I wanted to run the idea by you or anyone else on this thread. Front door faces SW, so maybe a little sun light but full Westward facing sun should be mostly blocked by the alcove I think.
I'm assuming that I could temporarily mount one of the 5231's on a mobile stand to test placement (as suggested on these forums) and because that camera is varifocal I could test at 2.8 and 3.6 to see which is better in my situation, is that correct? I mean, it should give me a pretty good idea which I would want?
I'm also just wondering if or how soon I'd regret a dome here...