Re: WTF?

["Jay" <jpetrilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt Ion wrote:
> Petem wrote:
> > "Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> a =E9crit dans le message de news:
> > bfd2h.237277$5R2.206712@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>So I stop in a site today because they say the pictures they're getting=
 on
> >>their DVR are "too fuzzy" for the cops to use... find out that's because
> >>the cameras they're worried about - the ones on the gas pumps - are
> >>cheap-ass IR bullet cams that WE DIDN'T INSTALL.  But that ain't the
> >>screwy part...
> >>
> >>I see one input on the DVR showing NO SIGNAL... okay, I'll check that o=
ut
> >>once the software upgrade is done.  Finish the update, fire the server
> >>back up... ahh, got picture now!  Wait... a minute later... NO SIGNAL
> >>again.  Da hell?
> >>
> >>Look for the camera... oh nice, it's a cheap PIR motion sensor
> >>(functional!) with built-in pinhole cam, really ugly wiring hanging down
> >>the wall (obviously also NOT installed by us)... and the camera only co=
mes
> >>on when motion is detected.  Soon as the "red light" goes out... so does
> >>the video.
> >>
> >>Cheap bastards... apparently all this junk is stuff that was GIVEN TO t=
he
> >>owner's brother for money that was owed him.  Nice.
> >>
> >>Just to rub it in, I showed the owner some pics from the 1.3MP IP camer=
as
> >>I installed last week... 40 degree FOV and a license plate is still
> >>CLEARLY legible from a distance of 40 feet.  Sweet.
> >
> >
> > NP1004 from Panasonic?
>
> IQeye501 from IQinvision.

Was this a moving vehicle? If so, can you determine what speed.  I've
got a customer that wants license plate capture, but doesnt want to pay
the money for a full setup.