We just had another issue on our street and have police involved. I have yet to find a good extremely-low-light camera that works with a telephoto range, and of course won't be a blurry mess. I get great video from the ultra-wide 1/1.2" cameras closer to the house, but the street/mailbox further away (we're in a flag log at the end of the dead-end street) is currently covered most effectively by one wide angle camera (vehicle color, few pixels), and two b&w/IR cameras that are zoomed to the road. One for plates, and one 1/1.8" ptz that I zoom in, but of course has a small aperture at telephoto distances.
What options, besides a huge micro four-thirds ptz, do I have to get at most a 25 degree fov, on a road with only one sodium lamp nearby, where I can't add lighting (not my properties near the street), but get better effective detail than what I have now with the 1/1.8" ptz? Is there anything? Is there any <$1000 larger-sensor box camera and fast-aperture lens that I can grab and use with my PoE/BI setup?
Thanks,
PS:
I will add that I did get "enough" - the police have the two people in custody as of a few minutes ago, and they are believed to have hit 15 other homes, but every time I need to obtain distant street-footage, I'm always let down by limitations of my current setup. This person was stupid enough to have their own plates on their own car, and the video clips were able to prove that they are the same person. The vehicle was linked back to mom's house, and the vehicle was home, as was the driver.
I wish I could just get the 1/1.2" sensor with a f/1.6 or faster lens in a medium telephoto focal length - I think that'd work okay for the lighting and shutter speeds needed for this location. 1/1.8" sensor zoomed all the way out at f/1.6 aperture is decent, but stopped down to f/2.8-f/4 when zoomed in is pretty useless for night/need switchover to IR.
What options, besides a huge micro four-thirds ptz, do I have to get at most a 25 degree fov, on a road with only one sodium lamp nearby, where I can't add lighting (not my properties near the street), but get better effective detail than what I have now with the 1/1.8" ptz? Is there anything? Is there any <$1000 larger-sensor box camera and fast-aperture lens that I can grab and use with my PoE/BI setup?
Thanks,
PS:
I will add that I did get "enough" - the police have the two people in custody as of a few minutes ago, and they are believed to have hit 15 other homes, but every time I need to obtain distant street-footage, I'm always let down by limitations of my current setup. This person was stupid enough to have their own plates on their own car, and the video clips were able to prove that they are the same person. The vehicle was linked back to mom's house, and the vehicle was home, as was the driver.
I wish I could just get the 1/1.2" sensor with a f/1.6 or faster lens in a medium telephoto focal length - I think that'd work okay for the lighting and shutter speeds needed for this location. 1/1.8" sensor zoomed all the way out at f/1.6 aperture is decent, but stopped down to f/2.8-f/4 when zoomed in is pretty useless for night/need switchover to IR.
