I have skimmed through the wiki and cliff notes, but before I really sit down and digest it, I just wanted a few pointers or things to look for in my situation. I am setting up a blue iris system with a computer I have laying around, the specs should be sufficient for my needs. It’s an i5 4430, 8GB Ram, 120 SSD, and mass storage will be determined once I have final camera choices determined.
I am looking to replace some of my old coax/DVR cameras with newer technology and this NVR is the route I chose. The cameras in question are not in ideal face viewing angles and heights, but more of a street view from my 2.5 story roof. The idea here is to have a good birds eye of my street, there have been some car breakins and a couple high school vandals up to no good in the area and I want to have better clarity than I currently have. From my reading thus far I believe this puts me in the 2k camera with a good sensor category as I want good night vision clarity.
Cameras will be ~40 feet high and 50-80 feet away from my street depending what angle. Is there any specific specs I should be looking for, and is this really something that I should expect to accomplish with such a “cheap consumer” setup. Trying to keep camera costs under 200 a pop, but I am not sure if that price point allows for such a long focal length with “good” night vision. The street is somewhat well lit by street lights so it’s not trying to see in complete darkness, but I fully understand the limitations of IR at that sort of distance without being a telephoto type lens. I still want to see large area, I don’t intend to zoom in on the street to catch cars passing through, I want to see a good 2-300 feet up and down my street.
Hopefully this thread can help point me in the right direction as I go hardware hunting and deep diving the cliff notes.
Thanks!
I am looking to replace some of my old coax/DVR cameras with newer technology and this NVR is the route I chose. The cameras in question are not in ideal face viewing angles and heights, but more of a street view from my 2.5 story roof. The idea here is to have a good birds eye of my street, there have been some car breakins and a couple high school vandals up to no good in the area and I want to have better clarity than I currently have. From my reading thus far I believe this puts me in the 2k camera with a good sensor category as I want good night vision clarity.
Cameras will be ~40 feet high and 50-80 feet away from my street depending what angle. Is there any specific specs I should be looking for, and is this really something that I should expect to accomplish with such a “cheap consumer” setup. Trying to keep camera costs under 200 a pop, but I am not sure if that price point allows for such a long focal length with “good” night vision. The street is somewhat well lit by street lights so it’s not trying to see in complete darkness, but I fully understand the limitations of IR at that sort of distance without being a telephoto type lens. I still want to see large area, I don’t intend to zoom in on the street to catch cars passing through, I want to see a good 2-300 feet up and down my street.
Hopefully this thread can help point me in the right direction as I go hardware hunting and deep diving the cliff notes.
Thanks!
