Re: Camera Mirror Setup

[RTS <gafa@xxxxxxx>]

After viewing the location photos and mirror selection,  I must suggest
a different approach to this problem..

I don't think  your going to have a long term favorable view of your
problem areas..

It appears to me your biggest problem is going to be that roof top AC
unit. and the distance from the camera is the problem..

I'm assuming from the photo that the roof is longer in the rear, and the
angle looks pretty low given the height of the light pole out front..

and the wide angle mirror isn't going to help.

my guess is that it will appear as around 200 - 300' in the monitor..



On 11/26/2017 9:05 AM, ABLE1 wrote:
> Ok Guys here is a link to a dropbox folder I set up with a couple of
> pictures of the challenge.  I hope the link works, if not let me know
> and I will attempt something different.
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z8p4or5lu7p18p0/AADnQ0TR0GvKkgkzYTUJBIkPa?dl=0
>
> As you can see I have marked up the important areas and estimated
> locations of the roof areas of concern, camera and mirror location.
>
> And yes, a picture is worth a thousand words.
>
> The approximate distance from the camera to the mirror would be 60 feet.
>
> A mirror that I have found that would seem to work can be seen here.
> According to the specs it has a 160 degree view.
> https://tinyurl.com/ybjusn4k
>
> I was thinking that if I could zoom into the mirror I could get a
> fairly good view of the roof areas.  The extra challenge is how much
> zoom is going to be required.
>
> I am thinking at least 70x with a 3MP bullet camera.  That is a bit of
> a bite.  Unless I am missing something.
>
> Oh and to help with the geography the site is located in
> South Central Pennsylvania.  We don't get the snows as we did in the
> past but it does happen.  Two years ago we got a 24"++ at one shot.
>
> I will be pulling these pictures off of dropbox after a couple of days.
>
> Hope the links help.  Thanks for any input.
>
> Les