Last year I ran a bunch of cat cable to the corners of my house so I could put cameras up at a later date, and that later date has arrived, at least partially. I am expecting a total of 8-10 cameras by system's end, but am only looking to add 2 or 3 tops at the moment (~$500 total budget).
First location (front of home/driveway)
I have 2 wires run here. What I imagine is one camera looking out over the driveway towards the street/mailbox. Then, a second camera here that looks back towards the garage doors and the back of the house. Other things to consider are there is a growing bush here that could interfere with the line of sight out to the street/mailbox, particularly in a few years if it is mounted on that underhang.
A second location is on the other side of my garage. same side of the house, but the back. I also have 2 wires run here. I was thinking have 1 camera look along the back of the house (there is a stairway leading to a 2nd story screened in porch here) and the other camera looking towards the driveway/front of the house effectively "criss crossing" the view with the second camera from that first location. Here is a view of that:
Some things to note about this second location is there is not that underhang, but I do have a gutter to contend with, So I have 4 total wires dropped on this side of the home but for now, I think I can probably only afford 2 reasonable quality cameras.What two cameras would you start with here and what cameras might you add later?
On the other side of the home, I have 2 wires dropped, one high and one low. Here is that area (I pointed to the high cable because it is hard to see):
For this area, I want a good view of my entire front yard. What camera would you get here and where would you mount it?
I am looking for solid quality cameras that can work with my Blue Iris machine that I have built but am not really yet utilizing. I will want to be able to do things like recognize people and animals and cars and all that jazz but that's all pretty standard at this point. And I plan on using Deepstack/Blue Iris to handle all that.
What I need help is deciding on what specific cameras to use and what type (dome? bullet? mount type? etc)
As mentioned earlier, I envision the whole system to probably be 8-10 cameras at a cost of $1500-$2000. For now, I am just getting my feet wet with 2-3 cameras and about $500. Thanks in advance.
First location (front of home/driveway)
I have 2 wires run here. What I imagine is one camera looking out over the driveway towards the street/mailbox. Then, a second camera here that looks back towards the garage doors and the back of the house. Other things to consider are there is a growing bush here that could interfere with the line of sight out to the street/mailbox, particularly in a few years if it is mounted on that underhang.
A second location is on the other side of my garage. same side of the house, but the back. I also have 2 wires run here. I was thinking have 1 camera look along the back of the house (there is a stairway leading to a 2nd story screened in porch here) and the other camera looking towards the driveway/front of the house effectively "criss crossing" the view with the second camera from that first location. Here is a view of that:
Some things to note about this second location is there is not that underhang, but I do have a gutter to contend with, So I have 4 total wires dropped on this side of the home but for now, I think I can probably only afford 2 reasonable quality cameras.What two cameras would you start with here and what cameras might you add later?
On the other side of the home, I have 2 wires dropped, one high and one low. Here is that area (I pointed to the high cable because it is hard to see):
For this area, I want a good view of my entire front yard. What camera would you get here and where would you mount it?
I am looking for solid quality cameras that can work with my Blue Iris machine that I have built but am not really yet utilizing. I will want to be able to do things like recognize people and animals and cars and all that jazz but that's all pretty standard at this point. And I plan on using Deepstack/Blue Iris to handle all that.
What I need help is deciding on what specific cameras to use and what type (dome? bullet? mount type? etc)
As mentioned earlier, I envision the whole system to probably be 8-10 cameras at a cost of $1500-$2000. For now, I am just getting my feet wet with 2-3 cameras and about $500. Thanks in advance.
