Additional Camera Advice

[Stephen_L]

Hi all
Just starting setting up my cameras at a property that I monitor remotely, it's an acreage property that I don't live at but have some farming equipment that I want to keep an eye on. It's been a steep learning curve but getting there.

I have bought my first camera (IPC-T5442T-ZE) from Andy based on reading on this site. The idea is to get a feel for what zoom range to purchase for subsequent cameras.

In this first image, I have the camera at full zoom. This is the only street access to the property. This seems OK to me but I have no experience in this area.
Would I be better off with a bullet camera with similar specs to get some extra zoom in this scenario? The intention is to be able to identify any vehicles or intruders. By the way, this area is very dark at night.
It is approximately 16 meters from the camera location to the fence and the camera is about 3 meters off the ground. (that is realistically the closest I can get without running trenches etc which I really would rather avoid).
Thanks in advance

 

[Flintstone61]

I'd keep the ZE there, and add a 5442-Z4E bullet for a tight shot of any vehicles that might be of interest to you....either coming down the main road, or down your road. Give a camera 2 jobs and it has weaknesses. Give 2 camera's 1 Job and they are stronger evidence gatherers.

 

[TonyR]

@Stephen_L , that pole on the left up near the fence:

• Is that a power company pole?
• And do you know what's in the square box?

 

[Stephen_L]

@Stephen_L , that pole on the left up near the fence:

• Is that a power company pole?
• And do you know what's in the square box?

That is a private pole and the box contains the electricity meter for the property.

 

[TonyR]

That is a private pole and the box contains the electricity meter for the property.

I ask because if you can get power from that location, have LOS (Line Of Sight) and mount a camera or cameras AND 1/2 of a Ubiquiti Layer 2 transparent bridge you could connect that cam to the house via wireless to the other half of the Ubiquiti wireless bridge.

If set up correctly the Ubiquiti Layer 2 Transp. Bridge will be like a CAT-5e cable, but without the distance limitations, will be a dielectric media that won't attract or conduct ESD / lightning damage but of course, cannot carry POE voltage.

Here's the schema I've used the last several years. The Litebeams are different as far as configuration terms but the instructions above to the Ubiquiti airMAX Guide will make that distinction between "AC" devices (like the Litebeam) and "M" devices (the type in my image below) when configuring.

 

[Stephen_L]

Thanks for the replies
I don't know if I would go through the trouble of the wireless link for the sake of 16m, but it sounds like a good option for the shed which 540 meters away.
I have ordered 3 more cameras (they do multiply) and will do some experimenting.
Cheers