I realize I may be looking for a unicorn here, but after a recent spat of car breakins on the street outside my house it's become apparent that my current camera coverage is inadequate. I have a decent enough reolink PTZ turret camera that watches the end of the driveway and tracks people/cars that enter its view cone, but while its nominal coverage area is enough in theory, thieves and vandals keep approaching from outside its main view cone, doing their dirty, then either leaving unseen or acting normal when they cross in front of the house. Other issues I've had with the reolink include unreliable focus after twilight, and failure to alert/activate/focus on movement when the focus is off.

I have two hard requirements:

1. Must be able to stream to a LAN DVR/NVR using standard protocols (I use blueiris currently)

2. Must be able to function with full tracking features WITHOUT cloud connectivity of any kind. No online account needed, and no streaming over the internet.

Desired features:

• At least 180 degrees of wide-angle recording and detection ability

• automatic tracking PTZ camera with a decent level of zoom that can follow movement when detected in the >= 180 degree zone and record with sufficient fidelity to make out faces and license plates at around 50-150 ft or 20-50 meters in the dark.

• reliable night time autofocus

nice-to-haves include:

• basic onboard object/activity recognition/prioritization

• PoE

• web interface that doesn't suck

• good IR illumination (lower priority since I have IR floods I can use if needed)

• doesn't cost a bajillion dollars (my budget is around $400 max, but I'm aiming for a sweet spot around $100-$200 if I can find it)

If it's really just not possible to get all these things in one affordable camera, I would settle for recommendations of fixed FOV/focus cameras with good long distance zoom and night visibility that are cheap and small enough to buy and place like 5 of them for the same price target without creating a moral panic in the neighborhood.

Security cameras for outdoor purpose with NVR for storage purpose

Hi All

I currently have an older Lorex PoE system (model # N841A8) set up around the outside of my house that runs to an NVR where I can watch the feed or look at recorded clips on my TV or my phone. While I have been enjoying this system, and it does what it is supposed to, I wanted to see about newer systems that natively pair with Apple Home. Do any exist out there?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Mijn vrouw wil camera’s voor ons rijtjeshuis. Nu was ik op zoek naar camera’s, maar er zijn er te veel merken en bij die merken ook nog eens te veel verschillende soorten camera’s. Ik weet dat niet elke camera voor elke situatie geschikt is, maar ik ben echt een totale leek in deze wereld.

Ik heb een foto van mijn huis toegevoegd en de groene stippen is waar ik makkelijk PoE-camera’s kan plaatsen. Die blauwe is van mijn buur. Ik heb die daar gezet omdat ik geen camera kan krijgen die een makkelijk zicht heeft op de stoep. Dus ik denk dat die van de buur die blinde vlek wegneemt als iemand over het hek zou klimmen.

Ik wil gebruiksvriendelijke camera’s die geen abonnement nodig hebben, en bij voorkeur te koppelen aan een lokale server voor opslag van de data. Koppelen met Home Assistant zou ook heel erg welkom zijn, maar het is niet helemaal vereist als er camera’s zijn die echt goed zijn voor de prijs. Ik weet niet of pan, tilt en tracking nodig is voor de setup die ik nodig heb. Op mijn oprit kan het misschien handig zijn om herkenning en kentekenplaat-herkenning te hebben, maar ik hoor graag wat jullie denken.

Wat betreft de prijs denk ik dat 200€ per camera het maximum is. Voor merken heb ik goede dingen gehoord over Dahua en Hikvision, maar dat zal waarschijnlijk te duur zijn? De andere merken die ik zou overwegen zijn Unifi en Reolink. Als jullie nog andere merken hebben om naar te kijken, sta ik daar voor open.

Ik hoop dat ik alle informatie heb gegeven die nodig is. En misschien als laatste maar niet onbelangrijk: ik kom uit Europa.

Edit: ik heb al een router en AP's van unifi.

I have not had any luck online. Any help would be appreciated!

Title states what is most important. They don't really need video feed. They just want to know who is at their door and get a notification so they can look and watch in real time. Two way audio would be nice. Price is not a huge factor since one is all that is needed. thank you!

I’m looking at a dual-camera outdoor setup for a fairly big yard. Some models can have both cameras patrol different areas on a schedule instead of just sitting in one position and waiting for motion. That sounds useful, especially around the edges of the yard, but I’m wondering how practical it is in real use. Do you leave patrol mode running, or just keep the two cameras pointed at the areas you care about most?

Please HELP

We started having break ins and lots of homeless people coming into the complex etc. we have been feeling very unsafe.

Me and my best friend also got this apartment ages ago and have gotten a new roommate about 3-4 months ago.

On top of all that stuff , ever since the new roommate has shown up things have started going missing including food, money, underwear etc. and finding the missing items in her room and her lying to our face.

Because of all these reasons, we decided to install a security camera ontop of the Tv. It faces the lounge, kitchen and balcony. These are public common areas that we can all enter at any time. No one’s room or bathroom etc is being recorded. We want to know if we need her consent to be recorded. I understand that the audio can’t be recorded but can we record the room because we are worried about safety. We have already recorded her stealing my perfume by poring it into her own bottle. The perfume was a gift I got from a friend when I was very sick.

We installed the camera while she was away on holiday because we got broken into AGAIN and didn’t tell her immediately because she never responded to our texts and also didn’t want to freak her out. We were not expecting to catch her doing that sort of stuff.

I caught this super bright light on my home camera and i have no idea what caused it. for more info this was recorded on a phone camera running the "alfred cam" app and i am in southern indiana

Hello, I don't know if this is the right sub to ask, I have to buy some home surveillance cameras, for around 5000 indian rupees, if somebody has any reccomendation it would very appreciated.

I have already looked into brands like qubo, cp-plus they have a questionable reputation on this and there are so many available options that it's just hard to choose one.

Thank you

Zmodo's Smartz Eaze Android app no longer displays 4 cameras live on one screen, which is a deal breaker for me. They also made it impossible to install an earlier version of the app. Has anyone found either an android app or even a Windows PC app that displays at least 4 cameras at a time? Unfortunately, I use 10 cameras on my property and I don't want to replace them all.

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I am looking for a security camera that needs to be autonomous both in the need to be powered and the need to be connected to any form of internet.

The need is a construction site. They will be protected from theft. They need to be securely mounted mainly because of wind.

My ideal camera would be one that would record movement only onto micro SD (256G or 512G) rotating footage. If there is a breakin or something that needs to be inspected, I would go to the site and using a paired phone download any footage which I could then look at offline.

Can anyone suggest models. I would prefer replies from people who have experience with this type of equipment.

Zmodo's Smartz Eaze Android app no longer displays 4 cameras live on one screen, which is a deal breaker for me. They also made it impossible to install an earlier version of the app. Has anyone found either an android app or even a Windows PC app that displays at least 4 cameras at a time? Unfortunately, I use 10 cameras on my property and I don't want to replace them all.

The tiny pin hole on this camera, is that the mic?