what type of CCTV camera should I look at?
 

the CCTV camera I have over looking my rear garden has gone on the blink.
it was from maplins 2.5 years ago,
so looking to replace it.

it had a 1/4" colour CCD Image sensor with 6mm lens and 12 inferred LEDs.

Now, to replace similar at Maplins they are £50!!!!! (I'm sure I only paid £29.99 when i bought an extra one)

Looking on ebay! you can get very similar cameras about half the price.


BUT
they have some with 1/3" 3.2mm lens'


what makes a better camera?
more IR LEDs and a smaller lens?



what should I look for to get the better pictures?



tnx

cheers, will have a look, does the 3.6mm lens give better picture over a shorter area than a 6mm lens?
whats it like if sun is shinning towards it?
where have you mounted it?

was think of this....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Colour-Day-Nig...89538327712022

or this...
as it rotates..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Not to up on lens sizes tbh. I have it mounted under the eavs of a bay window which is north facing, so no issues with the sun really. Only 0.2lux but have a street light right next to it.

Don't like this one, to big and only 0.2lux as is mine. Could be an issue on really dark nights in a back garden, especially if you have no other lighting to illuminate the area.:wonder:

I would have a look at that one, nice and small with plenty of ir at 2lux.:thumb:

what does 0.2lux mean then?

The lower the lux, the better the camera sees in the dark, 0.2lux should be:thumb:

http://www.videomaker.com/article/9466/

Opposite to what i previously understood.

cheers

i'll have a look at the dome camera that also PANS round, as that seems a good feature

Thread hijack :eek:

I'm after a CCTV set-up. Can those Sony cams be set to record on movement detection, or can anyone recommend a decent system that does ? I'll be needing just one cam with a 90º viewing angle that can see up to about 10m min. Recording to an SD card device would be ideal, unless there's a better, cheaper alternative.

I think the motion detection comes via the Recorder DVR and i think you need a motion sensor tp activate.

I bought my 3 camera setup and DVR with hard drive recording (records about ONE month continually) cost about £300.


If you want ONE camera, have a look on ebay, plenty of UK compaies selling on there that can help.
also check youtube out search for CCTV42 they give some good tips on how/to with CCTV.