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Dear all,

my parents have asked me to mount some security cameras in their house and I hope you guys can give me some feedback. As you can see on the attached pictures, I have planned for 5 cams only as I do have only 5 CAT cables available.
Towards the north west, I would mount 2 Dahua IPC-HDW5442T-ZE, where I can also adjust the vari focal, but probably I would set them at 10mm as the field view is really limited. The problem here is that on the one wall (indicated with a green cam), I only have one network cable and here I was looking for a fish eye camera, but I do not understand how far left and right a fish eye camera can view. The total house length at this side is somewhere around 9 meters. The alternative would be to install a regular turret looking to one the sides and then a wifi only camera with external power supply (e.g. battery and solar panel), but I am not a big fan of WiFi only cameras. What do you think?

On the second picture, there is another Dahua IPC-HDW5442T-ZE for monitoring of the terace and a Dahua IPC-HFW5442T-SE (or IPC-HFW5442E-SE as I do not need the IK10; otherwise they look the same) as an overview cam for the garden.
The cams will capture 24/7 and will run probably on a NVR5208-4KS2.

With the given setup, would you do something different?

Thanks

PS: I have just seen there is a IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2. May be this could work instead of the fish eye camera?
 

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Pseudoreal said:
Dear all,

my parents have asked me to mount some security cameras in their house and I hope you guys can give me some feedback. As you can see on the attached pictures, I have planned for 5 cams only as I do have only 5 CAT cables available.
Towards the north west, I would mount 2 Dahua IPC-HDW5442T-ZE, where I can also adjust the vari focal, but probably I would set them at 10mm as the field view is really limited. The problem here is that on the one wall (indicated with a green cam), I only have one network cable and here I was looking for a fish eye camera, but I do not understand how far left and right a fish eye camera can view. The total house length at this side is somewhere around 9 meters. The alternative would be to install a regular turret looking to one the sides and then a wifi only camera with external power supply (e.g. battery and solar panel), but I am not a big fan of WiFi only cameras. What do you think?

On the second picture, there is another Dahua IPC-HDW5442T-ZE for monitoring of the terace and a Dahua IPC-HFW5442T-SE (or IPC-HFW5442E-SE as I do not need the IK10; otherwise they look the same) as an overview cam for the garden.
The cams will capture 24/7 and will run probably on a NVR5208-4KS2.

With the given setup, would you do something different?

Thanks

PS: I have just seen there is a IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2. May be this could work instead of the fish eye camera?
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Hi @Pseudoreal

Looks like a good start .. normally I like to have my focus more on the front of the house ..
 
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@mat200

thanks - the front house is on the north (1st picture where the dark red cam is. This is the entry.

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I have just heard that the fisheye cannot be made waterproof, so I am now checking on the IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2. I could not find the viewing angle, but can I get to 150°?
 
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The viewing angles are usually on the datasheet for the camera. I get the datasheets from www.dahuasecurity.com and then also search Youtube for some reviews and examples.
I installed all my Cat5e cabling on the outside wall of my house since I also don't like WIFI cameras. I recommend you find a way to cable all cameras.
 
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It says: 2.8 mm: Horizontal: 95°; Vertical: 52°; Diagonal: 114° , so can I assume that this is per cam on the IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 (so in total 190°?)
3.6 mm: Horizontal: 78°; Vertical: 41°; Diagonal: 94° and here in total 156°
 
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What are you trying to do with the cams? Watch the street? Watch the entry points to the house? Watch something else? Makes a big difference as far as what will work best. The vari-focal is a good way to go but you need to provide some more info as far as what you're trying to monitor.
 
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Wide angle cameras, short focal length like 2.8mm, are not appropriate if you expect to be able to get a useable identification shot. These two charts are approximations and you can be sure they represent the best case scenarios of angles and lighting. Be guided accordingly.

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Just to stress the point, those distances are optimistic and based on a good angle. That means the camera is no higher than about seven and a half feet and the subject is looking straight forward, not looking down.
 
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The waste on the ground was a joke to @sebastiantcombs, as we kibbutz each other to have some fun.
It referred to M&Ms candies on the ground. As for the pics those will be the "spotter cams" for a future
(Q2) PTZ from Andy.

By posting the pics it might give a future searcher an idea of the FOV of certain cameras.
Providing they learn what that little magnifying glass thingingy up towards the upper left.

I apologize for any confusion rendered.
 
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