I've been lurking and researching for a while. I've tentatively settled on the ever-popular Dahua 5231R-Z 2MP starlight turrets. I've been playing with calculator.ipvm.com and a scale drawing of the house I already had in Google SketchUp. The colored lines represent potential camera locations and FOVs with the arcs being 50 ppf. (I used a protractor to measure the angles and look up the 50 ppf point on ipvm.com)
The cameras are numbered for discussion purposes. The red dots on the front of the house are alternate locations for cameras 2 and 3, having them aimed toward each other, rather than opposite directions. Thoughts?
Camera's 1 and 5 would be in corridor orientation to capture anyone coming up the sides of the house. The right side of the house has a chimney flanked by two tall & skinny windows. I'm not sure what to do with the area behind camera 5. The chimney partially blocks the view of the gate from a camera located anywhere behind it. Option 1 is to put another camera at the back corner aimed forward which would get a good view of anyone messing with the window behind the chimney. Option 2 is to put another camera on the opposite side of the chimney from camera 5, aimed backward.
The house has a 6' block wall surrounding the back and sides. The wall on the right (with the gate) is 10' from the house. The neighbor's house looks to be a bit closer to their side of the wall. The left-side wall is 7' from the house. Both neighbors' houses have bedroom windows facing my house, so the cameras will need to be aimed and zoomed to avoid those.
The back yard has no structures or storage sheds, but does back to a major street. The covered patio has a door, a window, and a sliding glass door.
The front door sits back in a mostly-uncovered atrium, for lack of a better word. The attached picture is an ultra-wide shot from just above the door. I plan on zooming the camera in on the arch to capture as little stucco and sky as possible.
The house has 8' ceilings and an attic throughout. So for most locations, I could mount just above that level and access the attic directly. I'm trying to avoid externally visible wires or conduits if at all possible.
The cameras are numbered for discussion purposes. The red dots on the front of the house are alternate locations for cameras 2 and 3, having them aimed toward each other, rather than opposite directions. Thoughts?
Camera's 1 and 5 would be in corridor orientation to capture anyone coming up the sides of the house. The right side of the house has a chimney flanked by two tall & skinny windows. I'm not sure what to do with the area behind camera 5. The chimney partially blocks the view of the gate from a camera located anywhere behind it. Option 1 is to put another camera at the back corner aimed forward which would get a good view of anyone messing with the window behind the chimney. Option 2 is to put another camera on the opposite side of the chimney from camera 5, aimed backward.
The house has a 6' block wall surrounding the back and sides. The wall on the right (with the gate) is 10' from the house. The neighbor's house looks to be a bit closer to their side of the wall. The left-side wall is 7' from the house. Both neighbors' houses have bedroom windows facing my house, so the cameras will need to be aimed and zoomed to avoid those.
The back yard has no structures or storage sheds, but does back to a major street. The covered patio has a door, a window, and a sliding glass door.
The front door sits back in a mostly-uncovered atrium, for lack of a better word. The attached picture is an ultra-wide shot from just above the door. I plan on zooming the camera in on the arch to capture as little stucco and sky as possible.
The house has 8' ceilings and an attic throughout. So for most locations, I could mount just above that level and access the attic directly. I'm trying to avoid externally visible wires or conduits if at all possible.
