Author: jonathanm1978
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:13 am
| ashixx wrote: |
| I’m planning to put security camera outside at the main door in my house, where can I get a good quality camera and affordable too.thanks! |
I installed a DVR security system for a gas station, the best bet for outside cams is a LED camera with a locking outer shell to house the camera…and if you really want to be "secure", use metal conduit that starts inside the metal shell, and has no breaks or joints outside the house…meaning one solid piece of metal conduit from the camera to a safe place inside that isn’t accessible with a ladder/bed of a pickup/etc.
I use a Rosewill IP camera inside my home, with DDNS service that I pay for yearly through dyndns.com.
Model number of my particular camera is RSCM-12002.
You can also get cameras that pan and tilt, which are a little more expensive. The only time I use mine is on vacation, and I use motion detection with it pointed high enough that animals won’t trigger it, but low enough to avoid ceiling fans (and also the shadows from ceiling fan rotation during different times of day).
Keep in mind when using motion detection, you need to know where sunlight comes in, what it casts shadows on, and make sure you don’t point it too far into your yard so that random animals won’t trigger recording. Directly at a door/window, or in an area you must walk in, like a hallway, foyer, etc…would be best.