I knew the company president well - when he brought me in he explained what i was building was going to be a model that was going to replace 13 other mens prisons and 8 womens prisons in the state. The dollar amounts being thrown around, with all the service contracts, maint etc... it was ginormous. Needless to say I think, but he lost the contract. I know he got paid for the model, but wasn't asked to come back and replace everything. I will mention the company who provided the cameras was the one found guilty - Aventura was it's name. They swore they made they own cameras (lol!). It didn't end well for them.
How many cameras everyone running?
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Ah now, what are you using for the "sky cam"? A cctv type, or dedicated astronomy camera? I use a ZWO 178 MC on allskeye software.
I have 11. 7 outdoor, 4 indoor (1 in screened in patio and 1 in the garage). They work quite well but I will be upgrading the two front camera's to 5442's in the near future. I have had 'zero' problems with my setup, it has been great! And as I have said, the Mrs. approves of them!
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The sky cam is for UFOs, you never know. It's also may end up on WU because I like pointless challenges
Are there any cctv cameras sensitive enough for stars or even the aurora?
sebastiantombs
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Short answer is yes. If the field of view is the sky only and the shutter speed is low enough. I can see stars on a 5442B-ZE and it's actually set for ground level motion. Just a few bright ones but they can be easily seen by a camera.
A PTZ works well for zooming in as well. I can see 4 stars around Jupiter with the 49225 PTZ.
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This would be a candidate.
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10 installed so far. I have like 4 PTZ's and bunch of others waiting to be installed whenever I feel like it
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Indeed it did not end well for them:
A Military Camera Said ‘Made in U.S.A.’ The Screen Was in Chinese. (Published 2019)
The surveillance equipment was actually manufactured in China, raising concerns that Beijing could have used it for spying, prosecutors said.
The ironic part of this story is that Just about anyone on ipcamtalk.com could have taken one glance at those cameras and known they were made in China, yet they were installed at U.S. government sites for years without anybody questioning it.
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I have a total of 26 right now. Running Blueiris with all of them at some resolution or other.
These are spread over 3 locations linked with Ubiquity links.
2 Dahua NVR (1 local, 1 remote)
2 Dahua DVR for the old analog stuff that's slowly going away.
4 Wize cameras for backup and sharing with others
Just covered the PVC that is running fiber to another building, so will be adding more cameras there
These are spread over 3 locations linked with Ubiquity links.
2 Dahua NVR (1 local, 1 remote)
2 Dahua DVR for the old analog stuff that's slowly going away.
4 Wize cameras for backup and sharing with others
Just covered the PVC that is running fiber to another building, so will be adding more cameras there
The title of this thread should be "how many cameras do you still have unopened in brown unbranded Dahua boxes?" 
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How right you are. Definitely a common thread among all us hard-core types. There's always another camera waiting to be installed.The title of this thread should be "how many cameras do you still have unopened in brown unbranded Dahua boxes?"
LOL! I once considered doing FB marketplace to get rid of some of my cameras - I still have 30-50 in boxes, I took one look at the rack and decided it wasn't worth it - trying to sell one off cameras to non camera people ... so my rack full just sits and gathers dust.The title of this thread should be "how many cameras do you still have unopened in brown unbranded Dahua boxes?"
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That's exactly the reason why I only give away old cameras. I never sell them. I don't want someone coming to me and demanding their money back because they couldn't figure out what an IP address is.
Isn't IP similar to Plug&Play.... 
Yup which is why I'm giving two 4K turrets to my neighbor. His Hikvision malfunctioned. These Dahua's should suit well with his Lorex (Dahua-based) NVR