About year and half ago I installed cameras in the front of the house. After spending many days reading on this forum I end up picking two EmpireTech PC-T54IR-AS-S3, and I'm very happy with these cameras. I'm running these cameras with Frigate.
I'm now planning to extend the camera coverage to the backyard and the pathway on the side of the house and I would like to seek some advice on the position and type of cameras to add. Below is schematics of what is already installed and what I was thinking of installing.
Cameras currently installed:
What do you think of the positions of cameras D, E and F? Would you position the cameras differently?
Any advice on the type of cameras to install? Especially for camera F?
I'm now planning to extend the camera coverage to the backyard and the pathway on the side of the house and I would like to seek some advice on the position and type of cameras to add. Below is schematics of what is already installed and what I was thinking of installing.
Cameras currently installed:
- Camera A - PC-T54IR-AS-S3 2.8mm
- Camera B - PC-T54IR-AS-S3 3.6mm
- Camera C - Reolink PoE doorbell (white)
- Camera D - This camera would cover the gate in the back and overall all the back yard. I was thinking of using a PC-T54IR-AS-S3 3.6mm as I have this in the front (B) and I'm happy with it.
- Camera E - This camera would cover the gate on the side of the house. I was thinking of using a PC-T54IR-ZE-S3 set with the focal length at 12mm, my understanding is that this camera is similar to the PC-T54IR-AS-S3 I already have and as the pathway is quite narrow I could zoom in all the way.
- Camera F - The idea would be to cover the rest of the pathway with this camera and potentially provide some additional coverage of the backyard. To cover both the pathway and the backyard I was thinking a PTZ camera could potentially an option here. Maybe a PTZ2M-4X or a PTZ4M-4X? Or would this be a good application of a dual-directional camera like a PC-E541F-E2-AS?
What do you think of the positions of cameras D, E and F? Would you position the cameras differently?
Any advice on the type of cameras to install? Especially for camera F?
