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    Hi Wittaj No issues. It all comes down to perception, isn't it? No offense taken. I am a mechanical engineer by primary qualification, so I hopefully do understand the theory behind both light and lenses. Its just that I passed out a few decades ago and my primary professional activity for the...
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    I don't know what makes you this aggressive with this agitated state of mind. The message that you have been trying to send is obviously not getting through. I though that you were trying to say that sensor size is perhaps one of the more significant parameter in determining picture quality in...
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    Hi Guys Thanks for the information. That is true - I didn't consider the F stops (that information is generally not available on the data sheet provided by most manufacturers anyway). I am sure it would have an impact on the low light capability of the camera - not sure to what extent, so I...
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    Hi Guys Back again. Sorry for the long absence but I had been trying to do some reading to better know what I am talking about. After hearing all the technical talk from you guys, I have been reading a fair bit in my attempts to understand the parameters that drive the image quality under...
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    Hi Guys Appreciate you all providing so much of valuable information to enable me to buy the right cameras. Point taken - 1/1.8 inch sensor at a minimum for a 4 MP camera. I am not looking for anything with any higher resolution as I think that this will for me. Here are a couple of items...
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    Hi Wittaag Thanks again for your response. Greatly appreciated. Fully understand where you coming from. That the sensor size is more governing parameter for determining the clarity of image in a low light setting, for example at night with little or no external lighting. No issues there...
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    Hi Wittaj Thanks for the response. I am not even trying to get an 8 MP camera. 5MP (2k) would be about as high as I would go. I do like the second image - pretty good, eh! But's from a 8MP camera on a 1/1.8" sensor, right? Not that I am advocating Uniview - just from what I have read, looks...
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    Hi Sorry for the delayed response as I got caught up at work. I have been doing some research on the cameras that I am considering based on the suggestions provided by some of you. Looked at Dahua, Bosch and Uniview cameras. Most of the cameras from Bosch between 2 and 5 MP that I looked...
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    Guys Thank you so much for all your help and guidance so far. I am obviously a long way off given that I haven't even got my VLAN's set up yet, no Cloud key as yet either and the rest of it as well. However, I will give it a go to try and set up this VPN stuff. Out of interest, when trying to...
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    The laptop is definitely a temporary solution for the purposes of testing only. I did have a look at the general specs for Hikvision/Dahua camera (random between 2 and 5 MP normal fixed lens dome and turret cameras) and for the most part have lens of f1/2.7 and f1/2.8 as the standard. Motorized...
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    Hi Saltwater and others What do you all think about Uniview cameras. From what I have read online, they look pretty good and appear to be similarly priced too, aren't they? Do let me know. I am getting more and more inclined to go down your pathway (Unifi for networking including Cloud Key...
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    Thanks for the quick response. Greatly appreciated. To be honest, I did have a cursory look at the TP Link Omada but not in sufficient detail. I am not a networking guy per se and hence I don't want to stuff up too many things. The reason I selected Cloud Key Gen2 Plus is because it costs...
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    Hey Saltwater So if I want to go down your path with Ubiquiti gear for networking with a controller (can be Cloud key Gen 2 Plus) and 8 port POE managed switch with the dedicated BI computer with appropriately sized HDD (6 TB or thereabouts) for surveillance as a separate device attached to the...
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    Hi Saltwater Its understandable that Blue Iris is installed and run off a separate device and connected to the network on its dedicated VLAN - that is what I was intending to do anyway. The UDM that you are referring to looks like the UDM router rather than the UDM Pro NVR, right. The one (the...
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    Hi Saltwater/Jim Thanks for your suggestions. That's exactly the kind of setup I am looking for. One question though - if you all are using UDM Pro/SE (which has the facility for a HDD), why do you need a separate computer with Blue Iris on it as a separate device on the Ubiquiti network...
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    I am liking your solution to use Ubiquiti for networking and Blue Iris for security cameras. Can...

    I am liking your solution to use Ubiquiti for networking and Blue Iris for security cameras. Can I send you a PM for further suggestions/advice? Deeapk
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    Hi Saltwater and others Thanks for all the responses for this security system that I am looking at having at my places. I have noted that Unifi cameras do not compare as well to others (Hikvision/Dahua for around the same money) - that's a given. From what I have seen the footage from those...
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    Hi All Sorry for the delayed response. Got caught up with work issues. I found this post on IPCam talk itself Fully Integrated Ubiquiti or Ubiquiti + Hikvision One of the options being considered there is like so :- Quote Option 1 (fully integrated Ubiquiti set up) • UDM-Pro with 5 TB...
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    Oh, ok. Didn't know that. Thanks
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    Hi All I seem to be totally confused now. Looks like this might be a reasonably good setup (please feel free to correct me) :- 1. Buy a used machine as suggested above by some of you 2. Buy and install full license Blue Iris software on it 3. Buy Hikvision/Dahua cameras (or Unifi cameras &...
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    Hey Wittaj That is very true. So, if it is not connected to the internet, how would you then access the footage from anywhere. I can certainly have it setup on a dedicated VLAN but even with that, it can still be hacked right? The only advantage in that secnario would be that the other...
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    Hi Everyone Thank you all for providing your leads in to my needs and extremely sorry for the delayed response. Got awfully busy at work. So once, again sorry! djernie -> I did look at some of the Dell Optiplex and HP Elite options and they look OK for around AUD 200 and 300. So that's OK...
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    Hi This is my first post here, so please bear with me if I get anything wrong here. I will try to be careful but as they say, you can never be too careful. I am looking to get a home security system done now and have some cursory research, mainly based on the information available online. I...
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