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westf27 - 25/7/12 at 12:31 PM

Seem to be having regular night visits from unwanted persons.Was thinking a motion activated night vision DVR could help indentify these people for future sorting.

Found this on ebay and wondered if you thought it would work

1280 Night Vision Camcorder CAR DVR Video IR Camera Recorder CCTV TFT 2.5' LCD | eBay

loggyboy - 25/7/12 at 01:15 PM

Its all about range with IR, I doubt those piddly IR Leds combined with a basic camera will give much clarrity over 2-3m

I have a Mapin DVR CCTV setup, cost about £200 for HDD DVR with 2 cameras and all the cables, my eaves mounted camera looks down over about 6m to my drive and gives quite reasonable quality.

Infact, you can look if you want to be nosy, I set up a guest account:

Click here
Username: guest
Password : password
(and type in the code that appears too)

Log on later tonight to check out the quality.

[Edited on 25/7/12 by loggyboy]

Agriv8 - 25/7/12 at 02:11 PM

I agree with loco boy I have these at home

http://foscam.co.uk/products/foscam-fi8905w-outdoor-wireless-ip-camera-23.html and a shoter range one two.

Both start taking Snaps when motion is detected to my NAS drive. both mine are Hardwired to my network at home ank can access via DYDNS and 'IP camera Viewer' through my Android phone

ATB Agriv8

loggyboy - 25/7/12 at 02:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
I agree with loco boy I have these at home


Do I come accross as mad?

jeffw - 25/7/12 at 02:33 PM

lol

maccmike - 25/7/12 at 02:41 PM

@LOGGYBOY
thats very impresive

Agriv8 - 25/7/12 at 02:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
I agree with loco boy I have these at home


Do I come accross as mad?


no worse than the rest of us !! what I should have typed was 'I agree with Loggyboy regading the range...' predictive text and my being S1te with english.

I will post up some IR snapps tonight if I get chance

ATB Agriv8

Ben_Copeland - 25/7/12 at 03:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
I agree with loco boy I have these at home

http://foscam.co.uk/products/foscam-fi8905w-outdoor-wireless-ip-camera-23.html and a shoter range one two.

Both start taking Snaps when motion is detected to my NAS drive. both mine are Hardwired to my network at home ank can access via DYDNS and 'IP camera Viewer' through my Android phone

ATB Agriv8


Do you use their additional software (£40) or something else?

vanepico - 25/7/12 at 06:06 PM

if the only problem with the cheaper ones is the inbuilt IR LEDs, get a motion light and put an IR bulb in it

RoadkillUK - 25/7/12 at 06:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
I agree with loco boy I have these at home

http://foscam.co.uk/products/foscam-fi8905w-outdoor-wireless-ip-camera-23.html and a shoter range one two.

Both start taking Snaps when motion is detected to my NAS drive. both mine are Hardwired to my network at home ank can access via DYDNS and 'IP camera Viewer' through my Android phone

ATB Agriv8


I have a separate PC that records from 3 cameras at home, they have caught 1 burglar and several pikey metal thieves, also they have helped me many times when I forget where I've put something

One of my cameras is the Foscam mentioned above, take a look mine by clicking HERE using 'guest' and 'password' and click on 'live video'

*Doesn't seem to work for me under IE, so ..er good luck *

Try it when it's dark ... it has good range.

westf27 - 25/7/12 at 06:34 PM

just saw the cat go out for a mouse

vanepico - 25/7/12 at 07:55 PM

quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
I agree with loco boy I have these at home

http://foscam.co.uk/products/foscam-fi8905w-outdoor-wireless-ip-camera-23.html and a shoter range one two.

Both start taking Snaps when motion is detected to my NAS drive. both mine are Hardwired to my network at home ank can access via DYDNS and 'IP camera Viewer' through my Android phone

ATB Agriv8


I have a separate PC that records from 3 cameras at home, they have caught 1 burglar and several pikey metal thieves, also they have helped me many times when I forget where I've put something

One of my cameras is the Foscam mentioned above, take a look mine by clicking HERE using 'guest' and 'password' and click on 'live video'

*Doesn't seem to work for me under IE, so ..er good luck *

Try it when it's dark ... it has good range.

Oi, your cat is waiting to come in

RoadkillUK - 25/7/12 at 08:08 PM

Don't worry about my cats, they are chipped and have an RFID entry system ... flash gits.

RoadkillUK - 25/7/12 at 08:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by westf27
Seem to be having regular night visits from unwanted persons.Was thinking a motion activated night vision DVR could help indentify these people for future sorting.

Found this on ebay and wondered if you thought it would work

1280 Night Vision Camcorder CAR DVR Video IR Camera Recorder CCTV TFT 2.5' LCD | eBay


I've just taken a look at that link, I own that camera too, I use in in the tintop (obviously) and it's a nice little camera. I've not tried the infrared as it just reflects off the windscreen .

[Edited on 25/7/12 by RoadkillUK]

Agriv8 - 25/7/12 at 09:39 PM

Just use free one and ignore adverts I wish I knew how to do screen prints in Android

Atb agrivi8

T66 - 25/7/12 at 10:57 PM

Not wanting to pour cold water here, but you wouldn't ID anyone from a high mounted IR camera.

May work better in daylight so the clothing can be recognised, it will be champion if your sitting watching Tje monitor.


Good lighting is more deterrent than a camera, if they are grafting their hoods will be up, hat on etc and the camera gives them no worries. A buzzer to wake you up when the light comes on will work even better.