Thanks for the feed back.
The light pole is visible in the night shot image. It is the light up higher past the pool lights. "5442 series cameras" I gather there are several models with various options in a "series"?
Had not thought a PTZ. (having to google these acronyms, lol)
Not planned on LPR, wondering if trying a vari-focal to that distance on the front. The area of the parking lots are small.
All outside lighting is planned to be motion activated
Painting the post, might be frowned on, I was thinking some small pieces of reflection tape for night time.
There is only 1 window on one side between the houses, unless they have a 20ft ladder to access the other one.
Ok googling "boobie cam" was interesting....I was wondering something like that at the garage door to aim one more down and the other out some mounted on a Wall Mount Bracket. The parking area is small and slow moving.
If that is the only light pole, I would slap in some lighting out front for sure. Maybe not 5,000 lumen flood light but at least 12v or 24v LED fixtures to give off some lighting in a immediate 0'-15' range. I installed a lampost out infront of my house just for that singular purpose. Remember, cameras need close enough lighting at the right angle to get a facial ID.
Most folks do not plan for either a PTZ or a LPR camera setup. Most do not actually need neither. I was just tossing it out there as an option because gotta think big
So here are my positions & angles and the reason why:
#1 and #2:
IPC-T5442T-ZE. The 5442 series camera is the goto camera. This thing does it all, depending on the model. The "ZE" means varifocal, or in laymens terms, zoom. I suggest identifying a person as far away from your property as possible, within reason. Not so much a facial ID but more of a 'whats going on over there' kind of ID. This camera placed at #1 and #2 will catch a person 50'+ down the street to see what this person is doing (going car to car looking to break in? checking garbage cans? looking in front windows?).
#3 and #4:
IPC-T5442TM-AS 2.8mm fixed lens. Main purpose for these 2 cameras are facial ID and general of someone walking on the sidewalk approaching your porch and to keep an eye on things immediately around the porch area at a 5'-6' height from ground and 0'-10' range. If someone gets into a car parked infront or side of porch, the facial ID is crucial to give to police and also you can see what the person is doing.
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A single camera for the square betwen #3 and #4 up high on porch eave for front general duties. Though not ideal to catch faces.
#5: IPC-HDBW4231F-E2-M is a dual camera for general close up duty. One camera points down to keep an eye on packages, the other points upwards to catch facial ID at the door. Or a Dahua DHI-VTO2202F-P 2MP Villa Outdoor Station that has a fisheye camera and you can have inside remote VTH displays. Can buy standalone or buy the KTP01 kit (1 VTO, 1 VTH, associate accessories).
#6: LPR: goes without saying. optional.
#7: Dahua
SD49225XA-HNR to cover all bases. optional. It is rather nice to be able to 'track' a vehicle or person. optional
The squares on the corner walls would be 12v/24v lighting to reflect off a face in a 0'-10' range.
The rectangles on the concrete sidewalk should be excavated down 6', place punji sticks & pit viper snakes.
I included a picture of my IPC-T5442TM-AS 6mm (more zoom than a 2.8mm) with 24vdc lamp post lighting. You can see how far away or how close the lighting works enough to get a facial ID at a 6' height. If I didn't have lighting there, there would be no way I could get facial ID at 3am, in full color. In black & white? For sure but I love my color! But notice if this camera was 10'-12' high on eaves, their baseball caps would of hidden their faces. The video looks much better than the still image. The challenge with any camera to get facial ID at 3am is low lighting, movement speed, and distance from camera. I could probably tighten this up a bit (I believe it's at 1/120 manual shutter speed).
The number of cameras seem....excessive. I'm paranoid
I originally had 4 cameras placed outside my house for general duty. Until I had a ongoing tire slasher. Catching facial ID at various angles were key to give proof to the local authorities. I now have 12 cameras for outdoor duties.
