Help to find a IP cam

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Coolissimo

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Hi all,
I would appreciate all the help , and expertise of this great community. I am looking for an IP camera, as my goal is to be able to watch peoples face clearly night and day at 15m away. Something affordable , There are so many in the market have tried some but can't see the face clearly, is a bit blurry. Also it must be connected to a NVR would love your feed back on it .
So can you advice me on the camera I need , brand and model as well as the NVR. Also I would like to be able to see it in my PC and phone. Thank you in advanced .
Kind Regards
Coolissimo
 
Coolissimo said:
Hi all,
I would appreciate all the help , and expertise of this great community. I am looking for an IP camera, as my goal is to be able to watch peoples face clearly night and day at 15m away. Something affordable , There are so many in the market have tried some but can't see the face clearly, is a bit blurry. Also it must be connected to a NVR would love your feed back on it .
So can you advice me on the camera I need , brand and model as well as the NVR. Also I would like to be able to see it in my PC and phone. Thank you in advanced .
Kind Regards
Coolissimo
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Do you already have the NVR?
If so, what make and model number?
 
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Agree with the 54IR-Z4E

And NVR
empiretech01.com

EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI 8 Channels 1U 8PoE 2HDD Network Video Recorde

Max. decoding capability: 32 × 1080p@30 fps or 8 × 8MP@30 fps. Max. 384/384/384 Mbps incoming/recording/outgoing bandwidth Supports IP cameras with a resolution up to 32 MP Supports AcuPick with up to 8 channels Supports N+M cluster, iSCSI AI by Recorder AI by Camera Supports EPTZ, and one-click...
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The 16channel is only like $30 more.
 
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Yes. It is all about optical zoom, not digital zoom, along with the proper settings like shutter speed.

I'd post pictures but the forum is having trouble right now, but do a search for that camera and you will see plenty examples here from folks with that camera.
 
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You’ll want a varifocal camera (around 6–12 mm) to get clear faces at 15 m — most wide-angle ones will look blurry at that distance. Go for at least 5–8 MP resolution, make sure IR/night performance is solid, and pair it with a decent NVR that won’t over-compress the image. Placement and lighting matter a lot too.
 
+1 on the camera recommended by @wittaj and the NVR recommended by @bigredfish . The biggest point to observe regarding choosing the camera is to insure you don't get overly fixated with pixel count and therefore not pay attention to the sensor size.

For example, an 8MP/4K camera requires at least a 1/1.2" sensor so that under reduced lighting conditions it can produce an image without blur if there's movement. A smaller (and quite cheaper) sensor for that same resolution of 8MP/4K would require more light which would likely be obtainable only by slowing down the shutter.......and that's when the motion blur occurs. The chart below shows the minimum sensor size required for a given camera resolution to help prevent motion blur.

Ideal-sensor-size-to-megapixel.png
 
Richard Chen said:
You’ll want a varifocal camera (around 6–12 mm) to get clear faces at 15 m — most wide-angle ones will look blurry at that distance. Go for at least 5–8 MP resolution, make sure IR/night performance is solid, and pair it with a decent NVR that won’t over-compress the image. Placement and lighting matter a lot too.
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Most here are not going to recommend a 5-8MP resolution for that distance because as pointed out by Tony above, there isn't a varifocal with that resolution on the ideal MP/sensor ratio.
 
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