Re: Problem with cheap video cam

["Dandelion Acres" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, you are a good case AGAINST the "cheap is best" mentality. Pay a few
bucks more, perhaps from a main-line manufacturer like Pelco or Sony or
Panasonic or something.

Cheap is Cheap.

Cheapskates

Korean Krap

Tiawan Trash

"Nick Hull" <nhull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:nhull-B646F3.09450912042005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'd like to add some video to my home but know little about it so I
> bought a cheap B&W camera from Harbor freight to play with using an old
> apple monitor to watch the picture.  Actually the picture was reasonable
> BUT everywhere there was grass the picture was too bright.  There must
> be something in grass that the camera was sensitive to, the grass was
> bright in both sunlight & shade.  I tried various angles to cut down the
> grass visible but was limited by what I need to see.
>
> I got that camera also because it uses a standard 4-wire telephone wire
> to carry the power to the camers and the video back, and got the B&W
> version since I thought it would work better in low light.  I could have
> gotten the color version for a few dollars more.
>
> What I want to know is, what do I look for in a better camers to avoid
> the bad glare I always got from the grass (the trees were OK).  I plan
> to run a wire 800' to my gate to mount the camera so I want something
> that can operate over long cables.
>
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