Re: Please recommend cctv dome camera

["Just Looking" <Spam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thinking that the camera is the only thing to consider is a mistake. Picking
a CCTV camera requires some knowledge of the kind of application you are
using it in.
There isn't going to be any one camera at any price that will do everything
you want it to. Cameras are part of a system where mismatches can occur
where expectations are high and knowledge is low.
Perhaps you get a mega pixel camera and have a great live image only to
discover that you recording solution limits you to D1 (4 CIF) resolution.
Perhaps you have the perfect solution but add too many megapixel IP cameras
and overload the system. Maybe everything else is great but you do not have
enough retention time to find the images you want in a timely fashion before
they are overwritten. Maybe the search features leave you watching recorded
video with a coke and a bag of popcorn and you never bother to check what
you have recorded since it takes so long to find anything.
Forget the price. Learn a little about the physics in photography. What to
you want to see? In what detail? Under what lighting conditions? You may
have enough resolution to get an image off a license plate, but only in
daylight, because the headlights blind the video. If you think a license
plate capture camera is going to cost 70 bucks on eBay think again.
http://products.boschsecurity.us/en/TAMS/products/bxp/CATM3e625a73ac58e0239acf2783a8e28599
These things run in the thousands of dollars.


<wdoe999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi - I have a small security camera system.  I have purchased several
> cameras from ebay.  Usually some cameras around 70 bucks.  I'm not too
> crazy about the image quality.  Can someone give some tips on what to
> get, and how much I have to spend to get that next step in quality.
>
> The claims for the cameras that I have already purchased are:
> Vandal proof dome (it's just a metal housing)
> 1/3 Sony CCD
> 480 lines
> 3.6mm or 4mm lens
> IR LEDs (I don't really need this)
> Priced around $70
>
> You definitely cannot read a licence plate with these cameras and
> you'd be hard pressed to ID a face.
> I've purchased box cameras with CS lenses (with the same price and
> specs and 4mm lens) and they seem to have a better picture (I'd
> estimate 30% better).
>
>
> So any recommendations for a dome camera that would have the same
> image quality of the box cameras?  And how much does it cost to go to
> the next step (and is there even a next step or is that as good as it
> gets for small cameras).
>
> Thanks