Hi All,
I've been looking for an outdoor video camera on-and-off for the last several years. My problem is that I haven't found the best system for my needs. Or I wait long enough and better cameras come out and I decide to wait longer.
What I'm trying to do is:
* Find an outdoor video camera with great low lighting support that can stream the data across the internet.
* I may only be on-site every 1/2 years to do maintenance. With that said, I'm willing to pay more for quality/piece of mind.
* I already have an LTE Gateway (i.e. cellular data) running on it's own solar solution and I will build a separate solar solution for whatever camera I get.
* Since power will ultimately be the limiting factor, I'm fine with giving up whiz-bang features (ie PTZ) and instead of multiple cameras, just running one.
* I don't need the camera to constantly stream beautiful high resolution video across the internet. Instead, I'm fine with low quality stills (preview) and will go high res only on demand (live or limited archival on site).
* I would like to also upload the video to the cloud (ie HTTPS, SFTP, etc), but for the right offering I might consider paying for a service.
* Ideally I should just be able to plug the camera in via CAT 5/6 and configure the camera over a TCP port. I'm indifferent on whether the camera is PoE or not.
* The field of view is over great distances and the sun will be in frame at some point during the day
* The environment is very dry (high desert), windy, rains rarely, and the temperature extremes is low 60s to high 80s
So yeah. What do people think? I'll probably head back over to the wiki now to refresh my memory on certain details. I can't recall if there was much discussion on camera/service pairings.
In terms of time frame, I'm thinking about doing the install in April. For those in the know, if there are some new cameras coming out before then that I should look into, then please let me know.
Thanks!
I've been looking for an outdoor video camera on-and-off for the last several years. My problem is that I haven't found the best system for my needs. Or I wait long enough and better cameras come out and I decide to wait longer.
What I'm trying to do is:
* Find an outdoor video camera with great low lighting support that can stream the data across the internet.
* I may only be on-site every 1/2 years to do maintenance. With that said, I'm willing to pay more for quality/piece of mind.
* I already have an LTE Gateway (i.e. cellular data) running on it's own solar solution and I will build a separate solar solution for whatever camera I get.
* Since power will ultimately be the limiting factor, I'm fine with giving up whiz-bang features (ie PTZ) and instead of multiple cameras, just running one.
* I don't need the camera to constantly stream beautiful high resolution video across the internet. Instead, I'm fine with low quality stills (preview) and will go high res only on demand (live or limited archival on site).
* I would like to also upload the video to the cloud (ie HTTPS, SFTP, etc), but for the right offering I might consider paying for a service.
* Ideally I should just be able to plug the camera in via CAT 5/6 and configure the camera over a TCP port. I'm indifferent on whether the camera is PoE or not.
* The field of view is over great distances and the sun will be in frame at some point during the day
* The environment is very dry (high desert), windy, rains rarely, and the temperature extremes is low 60s to high 80s
So yeah. What do people think? I'll probably head back over to the wiki now to refresh my memory on certain details. I can't recall if there was much discussion on camera/service pairings.
In terms of time frame, I'm thinking about doing the install in April. For those in the know, if there are some new cameras coming out before then that I should look into, then please let me know.
Thanks!
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