CCTV Camera Advice

[M L]

So I'm looking into the next step ITO a CCTV setup.

I started out with a R1,400 odd rand Wifi camera (TP Link). It's convenient in that it connects to the router - but it's detection/AI system is horrible - any cat or wind triggers it's motion detection, making unusable. 

It's 2022 so I'm certain there must be some options that won't break the bank but give a proper entry system that covers the entire house and gives proper person/human detection.

Any advice? What do you have that works or doesn't work?

[zaslayer]

Hikvision/ezview is really what you want to look at.. also, if you can get IP cameras, that's where you will get the best quality..

I have some hikvision IP cameras connected to a NVR with a 4TB hard drive.. this gives me around 3 weeks worth of history, for 6 cameras, recording continuously..

Some of the biggest things to look at:

Night time quality: dark fighter tech from hikvision is really good here

Lens size: this determines both field of view or the horizontal angle of field the camera will capture as well as the distance at which you could make out a face.. a larger lens size will allow more details to be captured at a greater distance but, also narrows your field of view.. careful consideration should be given to lens size, depending on placement and area to be covered and level of detail needing to be captured at specific distances..

 

My models specifically come with some good features and motion capture alert notifications.. even goes as far as being able to ignore specific areas for movement, say like a tree that might blow in the wind etc.. also can set a line, which when crossed would trigger an alert notification.. so draw the line on your fence for example, and if someone jumps over, alert is triggered..

Cameras and NVR came to about 10k, not including cat6 cable and sundries for installation..

 

 

 

[M L]

Good deals on Reolink at the moment - https://reolink.com/refurbished-products/

 

Tested a 5MP reolink and it's leaps better than your normal 2MP. 8MP is probably what you should be aiming for but they're expensive.

[M L]

On 6/3/2022 at 9:15 AM, zaslayer said:

Hikvision/ezview is really what you want to look at.. also, if you can get IP cameras, that's where you will get the best quality..

I have some hikvision IP cameras connected to a NVR with a 4TB hard drive.. this gives me around 3 weeks worth of history, for 6 cameras, recording continuously..

Some of the biggest things to look at:

Night time quality: dark fighter tech from hikvision is really good here

Lens size: this determines both field of view or the horizontal angle of field the camera will capture as well as the distance at which you could make out a face.. a larger lens size will allow more details to be captured at a greater distance but, also narrows your field of view.. careful consideration should be given to lens size, depending on placement and area to be covered and level of detail needing to be captured at specific distances..

 

My models specifically come with some good features and motion capture alert notifications.. even goes as far as being able to ignore specific areas for movement, say like a tree that might blow in the wind etc.. also can set a line, which when crossed would trigger an alert notification.. so draw the line on your fence for example, and if someone jumps over, alert is triggered..

Cameras and NVR came to about 10k, not including cat6 cable and sundries for installation..

 

 

 

Good points - went through a view cameras the past month to test. 

What I found:

- Don't skimp on megapixels (no use in having cameras if you cannot identify the intruder).

- Get something with great human detection (EZVIZ is crap and the Reolink I tested was great) - You don't want a bunch of false alarms.

 

I went with the IP camera route - excluding an NVR (so memory is on each camera). I might change this over time so that I have more control over the storage.