Recent content by CCTV Guy

The dog was like, "So does this mean we're not playing ball?"

You know, sometimes sh- er, stuff just happens at an inopportune time. I had a bank that was a customer that had an early DVR. It was checked by the branch every day and by their Corporate Security Department weekly. They had a hostile takeover, in which the thieves held everyone at gunpoint...

OMG! That is so freaking great. The other professionals I work with will appreciate this, as we've all dealt with the customer who thinks this is reality.

Unfortunately, the cops won't do squat in California. I had great video of a guy stealing packages off my porch. I put it on Facebook and he was identified the same day. The cops wouldn't do anything unless the contents of the packages were worth more than $950.00 (grand theft in CA). Now...

My thoughts, exactly. I once saw someone trying to get in my back yard. I yelled at him from inside the house and he casually started to walk away. That's when I opened my door and racked my shotgun. His retreat became considerably less casual; more Jesse Owens. The camera placement between...

Even pet immune PIRs should detect something with this much mass. Unless, of course, if they were installed too high or upside down (which I've seen many, many times). This had to be a really poorly designed or implemented alarm system. I am amazed at how many times I go into a place like...

As someone who does this for a living, I can't agree enough with the above. Use the overview camera to get the color info and the zoomed camera for the detail at night, even if it is IR. As suggested, get a decent supplemental IR flood that doesn't create a hotspot in the middle (similar to...

LOL! When you've gotta go, you've gotta go...

Straight color mode. Here is a shot of the one on the front of my house. I have a 25 Watt equivalent LED bulb in my porch light. The scene is actually very dark, but the camera rarely ever changes to B/W. This is with AGC at the maximum setting. Mind you, this is a 540TVL analog camera, so...

I have not used the IP versions of these cameras, but I have used the analog Super Exwave version quite a bit and find the low light performance to be excellent. The sensor specs for light performance are similar. I have several customers in the banking industry that use them in ATM drive-up...

An external IR illuminator would allow you to turn off the camera's IR, eliminating this issue and providing a better picture anyway.