Getting back into cameras.

[HomeAutomationMan]

Have a few old starlight varifocal turrets, an ultra starlight bullet and a starlight PTZ. Looking to see if dahua is still the go to. Buying a house and looking for a door bell cam too possibly. I run home assistant and a BI v4 server. Going to rebuild that at some point and upgrade to BI 5.

 

[wittaj]

Yes Dahua is still the go to by many folks here.

 

[HomeAutomationMan]

Awesome.

 

[wittaj]

Here is a thread that links the most commonly recommended cameras based on distance to IDENTIFY. These represent the overall best cameras in terms of price, performance day and night, and reliability:

The Importance of Focal Length over MP in camera selection

At the urging of several folks here, I created a thread to show the importance of focal length and how focal length can be more important than megapixels (MP). I mentioned some of this in the post regarding The Hookup’s latest video demonstrating different cameras, including one sold from a...

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[HomeAutomationMan]

Yep, that is why I only buy varifocal camera, otherwise it's a guessing game and you'll never get them quite right, I'll look at that thread to see what the current hotness is.