Outdoor IP camera recommendation

Post here to ask any questions about hardware suitability, configuration in ZoneMinder, or experiences. If you just want to know if something works with ZoneMinder or not, please check the Hardware Compatibility sections in the forum, and the Wiki first. Also search this topic as well.
Post Reply
kevin_robson
Posts: 247
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:26 am

Outdoor IP camera recommendation

Post by kevin_robson »

I'm looking to replace my old analog camera with a hard wired IP camera.
There seem to be quite a few on amazon/ebay, but what do I need to be looking at for compatibility with ZM.

Also, my setup will be about 5m to the edge of the drive, where it will need to cover a width of about 7m minimum.
Any idea what angle/lense I need for this - the sample images on a couple of cameras I've looked at look far too narrow. I don't really want to spend any more than £100, and the nearer £60 the better? Given I only want to go 5m I'm assuming the IR illumination on a cheaper camera should be good enough, I think the main this is probably the lens/viewing angle? Has anyone got experience of anything like this, or the ones below?

Some possibles:
6mm - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-wire ... 4601af8584

This one seems to say that 6mm = 39 degrees. Does that sound right?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tenvis-Wirele ... 35bafb7516

Or this one says 78 degrees, even though it is still a 6mm lens? But the sample pics look narrower than that?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Outdoor-water ... 1e6b10a11b

Thanks
Post Reply