Was not sure if this was the best spot to ask this.
Our family has a small business
We are getting ready to open our new store location in the coming weeks, we are putting video in for the first time, I have been communicating with Andy at empire and he has been giving me guidance, I have been studying on here as well but have to reach out for help.
In our store I think I have it mostly figured out but I have an area about 30 ft x 30 ft or a little over 9 meters x 9 meters that has 3 rows of 2 sided grocery store style shelfing I need help with
Imagine standing with your back against a wall looking down aisles in a grocery story
To one side you have a wall then a 6 foot (1.8M) aisle the a 3 ft (.91M) shelving unit then a 4 ft (1.219M) aisle then 3 ft (.91m) shelves then 4 ft (1.219m) aisle then .91m shelves then open space each shelving unit is about 26 feet ( 7.92 m in length)
from the wall your back is against, it is 7 1/2 ft (2 1/4 meters) away from where the shelves start and you would enter the aisle or row between shelving.
My thought was to mount cameras on this wall to point looking down the isles between shelving units I can mount up to 9 1/2 feet height but was thinking about 7 - 7 1/2 feet to help with facial Id
I did not know if I can cover more than one row with a singular camera or if I will need a camera pointing down each row also I do not if it will be necessary to run a camera from each end of the rows or if one side will do for now, our business is industrial so it is not nearly as crowded as a grocery store can be.
If I had more time I would get one varifocal camera and experiment to see what focal length would work best to give me my coverage down the isles and to see if one camera can cover more than one isle. I just do not have the time window to allow it. I would prefer fixed lenses for this unless you all tell me I should run varifocal. We will be very well lit in this area
Can you help me with some suggestions, any guidance and education is appreciated!
Our family has a small business
We are getting ready to open our new store location in the coming weeks, we are putting video in for the first time, I have been communicating with Andy at empire and he has been giving me guidance, I have been studying on here as well but have to reach out for help.
In our store I think I have it mostly figured out but I have an area about 30 ft x 30 ft or a little over 9 meters x 9 meters that has 3 rows of 2 sided grocery store style shelfing I need help with
Imagine standing with your back against a wall looking down aisles in a grocery story
To one side you have a wall then a 6 foot (1.8M) aisle the a 3 ft (.91M) shelving unit then a 4 ft (1.219M) aisle then 3 ft (.91m) shelves then 4 ft (1.219m) aisle then .91m shelves then open space each shelving unit is about 26 feet ( 7.92 m in length)
from the wall your back is against, it is 7 1/2 ft (2 1/4 meters) away from where the shelves start and you would enter the aisle or row between shelving.
My thought was to mount cameras on this wall to point looking down the isles between shelving units I can mount up to 9 1/2 feet height but was thinking about 7 - 7 1/2 feet to help with facial Id
I did not know if I can cover more than one row with a singular camera or if I will need a camera pointing down each row also I do not if it will be necessary to run a camera from each end of the rows or if one side will do for now, our business is industrial so it is not nearly as crowded as a grocery store can be.
If I had more time I would get one varifocal camera and experiment to see what focal length would work best to give me my coverage down the isles and to see if one camera can cover more than one isle. I just do not have the time window to allow it. I would prefer fixed lenses for this unless you all tell me I should run varifocal. We will be very well lit in this area
Can you help me with some suggestions, any guidance and education is appreciated!