I'm moving into a house in a residential area of a city, and am planning out my first ever home security setup. Based on prior reading, I figured I'd go with IR cameras rather than full color, since I don't want to have to keep floodlights on all the time.
I was looking at the cameras on empiretechs website, and there was a 180 degree camera that I thought might be useful on a particular spot, but it's starlight only. It got me thinking though, is starlight really as much of a non-started as people make it seem. The empiretech website says they only require .0005 lux, and I'm wondering if there's enough straight up light pollution taht my street will always stay above that.
Does anyone have experience with using starlight cameras in a residential (single family home) neighborhood close to an urban core, and relying on light pollution? Or know of a way I can measure the light in the area to see if it's enough, without having to just spring for an expensive camera and hope for the best?
I was looking at the cameras on empiretechs website, and there was a 180 degree camera that I thought might be useful on a particular spot, but it's starlight only. It got me thinking though, is starlight really as much of a non-started as people make it seem. The empiretech website says they only require .0005 lux, and I'm wondering if there's enough straight up light pollution taht my street will always stay above that.
Does anyone have experience with using starlight cameras in a residential (single family home) neighborhood close to an urban core, and relying on light pollution? Or know of a way I can measure the light in the area to see if it's enough, without having to just spring for an expensive camera and hope for the best?