Without knowing what your goals of the camera is, this thread is used as the go to for the new person here outlining the
commonly recommended cameras (along with Amazon links) based on
distance to
IDENTIFY that represent the overall best value/best bang for the buck in terms of price and performance day and night. It might be a 2MP camera in some instances. Many here feel 4MP is the current sweet spot for these cameras.
The Importance of Focal Length over MP in camera selection
And coupled with that thread is this great thread which will show why all of the same 2.8 or 3.6mm cameras is the wrong choice (these are the common focal lengths consumer brands sell):
i-want-2-8mm-cameras-everywhere-to-see-everything-this-is-why-you-need-specific-fovs-with-purposeful-focal-lengths.70053/
We would encourage you to look at those threads in detail.
It will probably raise more questions than answers LOL.
Most here are not going to recommend a box system, and we also commonly recommend purchasing one good varifocal camera and testing and playing with it at multiple spots to learn about these types of cameras and then purchase the types of cameras you need for your goals. Usually one model ixed focal lengths available in a Ring or other box systems are not going to meet all your needs.
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PTZs with motion tracking are a compliment to an existing fixed camera system and not replacements for fixed cameras.
So with only PTZs and no additional fixed cameras - what happens when 2 or more people come up to your house - the PTZ is only catching and tracking one of them, not all of them.
PTZs are not perfect and can lose tracking. Then you miss the person.
What happens when the PTZ is looking left and a perp comes from the right?
That is why PTZs are not a replacement for fixed cameras - they are a compliment to an existing system.
If you rely on a PTZ only it will miss many instances, especially when it is off tracking something else.
You are much better off using fixed cams as spotter cams to point the PTZ to where the action is and then let the autotracking take over from there.
See this
thread on how a PTZ compliments a fixed camera system.
