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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    There are always pros and cons. I had considered micro on/off in each lamppost. That's $250 for the posts. I still might do that, as having power that far down the driveway all the time would be useful, but my reasoning against was I didn't want to use wi-fi for the camera. It's never as...
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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    Yeah, that was my conclusion, running it all night won't cost too much. I have the Insteon controller turning the circuit on 20 mins before sunset, and off 20 mins before dawn, so that's my day/night taken care of. So a camera without IR (assuming the light level I have will be enough) and no...
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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    I have a ton of Insteon home automation in this house. I could put a switch into each fixture and then leave the circuit power on and control each lamp centrally, but that too is costly for the number of fixtures I have. I don't want dusk/dawn at each fixture as I found them unreliable, they...
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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    The 110 I have out there is switched with the driveway lights. old school. So when the lights are on I have power, else, nothing.
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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    Great replies. Thanks all. I also came to the conclusion that leaving my driveway lights on at night, now I have LED's in there, is really not that big a deal.. and that will help with the imaging I'm sure. So I think I'll take one of the options above. Thanks again, you guys really helped.
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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    That looks very interesting, thanks guys. I'll take a look.
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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    It's a long driveway and the only place there's visibility from the house is that spot. The other option is digging and running cat5 out there. That's not really a good option either. So any suggestions for camera, lens and enclosures from anyone?
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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    Thanks for the reply icerabbit, I quickly discovered the whole car tags thing is a touchy subject. :) it's not a must-have but it would certainly be nice. I'm not expecting to read plates at night necessarily, but during daylight that would be good, just in case. Thanks for the link to the...
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    Reco please for an IP camera trained on driveway 125 feet away

    First time novice poster looking for some help from the collective expertise. I have been using Blue Iris with a couple of Foscam cameras for a few years, but my needs have changed (well, my house to be precise). In my new house I would like to point a camera at an area of my driveway about...
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