The Importance of Focal Length over MP in camera selection

[wittaj]

@wittaj sounds like you have more than 1 camera mounted on each corner of the premises, one dedicated to "identify" and other for "observe"

That is correct. I slowly learned the "one camera on each corner of a square house and I can see everything" concept means you can only tell the police what time something happened and not much else.

The 180 cameras did allow me to remove some cameras...ok let's be real I repurposed them to another part of the house LOL...but the 180s in default mode make great overview cameras to be able to see what is going on, but you need other cameras set up to do the IDENTIFY.

 

[Arjun]

That is correct. I slowly learned the "one camera on each corner of a square house and I can see everything" concept means you can only tell the police what time something happened and not much else.

The 180 cameras did allow me to remove some cameras...ok let's be real I repurposed them to another part of the house LOL...but the 180s in default mode make great overview cameras to be able to see what is going on, but you need other cameras set up to do the IDENTIFY.

Good, at least I'm not the only crazy one putting more than one camera on each corner One camera even doubles as an LPR camera; I also have one varifocal turret that is tightly optimized to work 24/7 doing both Observe and Identification when the LPR is exclusively focused on LPR at night
I had to go through many hoops with myself when it came to camera locations

 

[David L]

I was looking at the 180, but for a little more I got two 5442 S3s which will over lap each other in view...one on each end...
I know there is more to this with one being IR and the other not but for me the two CAMs will work good.

 

[Arjun]

I was looking at the 180, but for a little more I got two 5442 S3s which will over lap each other in view...one on each end...
I know there is more to this with one being IR and the other not but for me the two CAMs will work good.
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Two is always better than one, especially if one of the two goes bad. The T180 is notorious for not being waterproofed adequately; past complaints of water getting inside the lens - not good, needs more testing