Hello everyone,
What an absolute treasure trove of information on this forum. I still have a lot of learning and reading to do, but I'm doing my best to get caught up on the reading so I can make an informed decision on what camera(s) to get. Ideally, I'd just be getting one for now, but we'll see where this goes.
Equipment Currently Installed:
- Ring Doorbell Pro and Ring Floodlight
- Synology NAS to be running Blue Iris
- Cameras and other IoT will be setup on a segregated network using Unifi Security Gateway -- still haven't read up on the thoughts behind using a VPN but it seems the gist of it is port forwarding is bad...mmkay?
Goal:
I'd like to be able to have a camera that has a view of our driveway out to our mailbox that is approximately 60 feet away. We've had some mail theft occur over the past year and I'd like to have a camera that would be able to read a licence plate with little ambient light. Based on where I'd hoped to place the camera, I only need a FoV of about 45 degrees.
Budget: <$250
Preferred Options (I think):
- Starlight or similar technology for color nightvision (if this still makes sense considering the importance of clarity).
- POE
- I'd previously thought I'd want a high MP camera to ensure I'd be able to make out faces and license plate numbers that are at a distance greater than 50 feet, but I'm not sure if this would be the same for night shots
- View live feed from phone and be able to access files from my phone.
- We've got an HOA that is a bit of a pain, so I'm not looking for something to act as a deterrent as much as I'd like someting that blends in. But, for the sake of security and quality, I would happily deal with the HOA.
- Observation, Recognition, and Identification are important but I may be asking too much for a single camera that would cover such a large area
- True WDR
Cameras I looked at reviews for and seemed promising:
IPC-HFW4830E-S
HDW5831R-ZE
Working on: Figuring out exactly how I'm going to get all my networking in order. How to use the IPVM calculator properly.
What an absolute treasure trove of information on this forum. I still have a lot of learning and reading to do, but I'm doing my best to get caught up on the reading so I can make an informed decision on what camera(s) to get. Ideally, I'd just be getting one for now, but we'll see where this goes.
Equipment Currently Installed:
- Ring Doorbell Pro and Ring Floodlight
- Synology NAS to be running Blue Iris
- Cameras and other IoT will be setup on a segregated network using Unifi Security Gateway -- still haven't read up on the thoughts behind using a VPN but it seems the gist of it is port forwarding is bad...mmkay?
Goal:
I'd like to be able to have a camera that has a view of our driveway out to our mailbox that is approximately 60 feet away. We've had some mail theft occur over the past year and I'd like to have a camera that would be able to read a licence plate with little ambient light. Based on where I'd hoped to place the camera, I only need a FoV of about 45 degrees.
Budget: <$250
Preferred Options (I think):
- Starlight or similar technology for color nightvision (if this still makes sense considering the importance of clarity).
- POE
- I'd previously thought I'd want a high MP camera to ensure I'd be able to make out faces and license plate numbers that are at a distance greater than 50 feet, but I'm not sure if this would be the same for night shots
- View live feed from phone and be able to access files from my phone.
- We've got an HOA that is a bit of a pain, so I'm not looking for something to act as a deterrent as much as I'd like someting that blends in. But, for the sake of security and quality, I would happily deal with the HOA.
- Observation, Recognition, and Identification are important but I may be asking too much for a single camera that would cover such a large area
- True WDR
Cameras I looked at reviews for and seemed promising:
IPC-HFW4830E-S
HDW5831R-ZE
Working on: Figuring out exactly how I'm going to get all my networking in order. How to use the IPVM calculator properly.