Hello, from the SF bay area

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Rexrode

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Good afternoon everyone!

Looking for a good/great setup for a 1400 sqft house, front yard, & large backyard.

Not sure of what all I need, but I do know that I want good night vision as well as high quality cameras for the daytime.

Only background I have in security cameras is an Arlo system & some Wyze cameras.

Thanks for any help & guidance
 
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Welcome!

Without knowing what your goals of the camera is (just monitor or do you want identify?), this thread is used as the go to for the new person here outlining the commonly recommended cameras (along with Amazon links) based on distance to IDENTIFY that represent the overall best value/best bang for the buck in terms of price and performance day and night. It might be a 2MP camera in some instances. Many here feel 4MP is the current sweet spot for these cameras.

The Importance of Focal Length over MP in camera selection

And coupled with that thread is this great thread which will show why all of the same 2.8 or 3.6mm cameras is the wrong choice (these are the common focal lengths consumer brands sell):

i-want-2-8mm-cameras-everywhere-to-see-everything-this-is-why-you-need-specific-fovs-with-purposeful-focal-lengths.70053/

We would encourage you to look at those threads in detail.

It will probably raise more questions than answers LOL
 
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Welcome to IPCT! :wave:

P.S. - I spent 29 years out there myself, from 1975 to 2004, lived in San Jose and Santa Clara.
 
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Rexrode said:
Good afternoon everyone!

Looking for a good/great setup for a 1400 sqft house, front yard, & large backyard.

Not sure of what all I need, but I do know that I want good night vision as well as high quality cameras for the daytime.

Only background I have in security cameras is an Arlo system & some Wyze cameras.

Thanks for any help & guidance
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Welcome @Rexrode

Arlo was one of the prior brands of cameras I used before getting better IP PoE cameras.

The Arlo and Wyze cameras can be used to augment a better core wired IP PoE camera setup.
 
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