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Hi I am a newbie and have been lurking in this forum and have decided to put together a CCTV system for monitoring the outside of my house for security. I have low lighting in most areas (outside porch lighting, some flood lights, etc.). I want to monitor the front of my house and will be putting cameras inside my garage (garage windows face the street at the front of my house). I also will put a couple of cameras in the back of my house but they will be mounted under the eves of my house outside. I am building up a PC DVR system and it will have a 4 channel capture card (SWANN card and software). So far this seems to work well with the testing I have done to date. My delimma right now is what cameras to pick for both the inside looking through windows from the garage and for the outside locations. I am thinking of going with an EXVIEW style camera. Right now I am thinking of a KT&C KPC-EX230HL1 bullet style for all locations. Any suggestions or problems with this type of camera for my situation. Thanks in advance for your advice, this forum rocks!

Thanks VST_MAN! What is the mechanical filter for on the cameras? If I mount the cameras inside it will be in my garage, show asthetics are not as much of a concern. From reading the forum, I kind of got the idea that it is better and more economical and effective to go with low light bullets (exview) rather than go with IR bullet cameras. I want to be able to view about 30 feet or less from the camera location at night and I will have some very low lighting conditions. Thanks in advance!

Are the problems created by keeping the cameras inside looking outside due to reflections off the glass window? I was thinking of keeping the cameras inside next to the window, to make wiring easy, to keep the outside house asthetics better and to avoid paying for waterproof protection. Thanks again for your expert advise!

Thanks Rory! The cameras will be mounted indoors and will be viewing outside locations (front of the house yard) through a window located in my garage. I am not sure what the dome camera offers over the box style camera, except the tamper proof aspect, which I am not concerned with. Is this correct assumptions? Any suggestions on low light box cameras which won't break the bank?

Another question, should I consider using a box style camera for the inside locations instead of a weather proof bullet. It appears to me there are more features (auto gain, auto white balance, backlit compensation, etc) in the box style cameras for about the same price? Thanks again!