I need cameras...

FR9Ford

n3wb
May 17, 2018
5
5
Ohio
I posted the other day about getting a GPU to use BI6 AI, and got a lot of help. Thank you to those that responded. I picked up a Reolink 811A and I'm very impressed with it over my current 9+ year old Dahuas, however for this new installation I'm not sure its going to do what I need to do. Long story short, my Dad unexpectedly passed away in January and he owned a small commercial building in town that he was slowly completely remodeling before he could offer it up for rent. Well now I have this building, and every tool he ever owned is inside this building. In the 10 years he had it, the only issues he had were people painting grafitti on the side of the building. It has giant industrial steel doors and frames that the average burglar isn't going to kick in. On the other hand, I helped him run some CAT6 several years ago around the building for cameras and we never got around to installing it. Now I am and I'm trying to decide what to go with. The Reolink I picked up has an awful lot of ghosting at night with the IR and the spot light, and as I've read its just so-so in the dark. There is no shutter or exposure setting in their desktop software to tweak this to my liking. I tried finding some HikVisions, but I guess the government put an end to that. So I come to you geniuses for help on a set of 4 cameras that can do some excellent work at night. The mounting location is around 12 feet off the ground, and 2 of the sides of the building are the parking lot. Those are the two important parts I'd like to capture. I plan on using BI at this location with continuous recording, and I may dabble with the AI. Right now, my budget for each camera is going to be probably a max of $300 per camera(If I need to go higher I will). I would appreciate any input or guidance you can give on what your experience is. I'm not expert in this category.