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First of all thank you very much for your answer! The triangle I draw don't respect the real field of view of the camera but only the direction / path were I am planning to dirige it My best expectation would be , like you said, be able to ID their face well enough to prosecute them in a court-of-law but for budget reasons ,ill be happy even if I'll obtain only a deterrent effect and a generic surveillance of my house from a remote location ( holiday works ecc ) especially in case of ( rare) an alarm trigger. My plan would be to put LAN cables in the right place and use fa cheap chinese camera for now I could always change it with a better one in the future. I had to change regarding the anolog camera idea cos' I don't have enough space in the existin corrugate to put lan cable while I have LAN cable almost there. And I can't use analog camera using lan cables 'cos I am using the lan as my personal computers network. Meanwhile I am making an experiment , I bought a cheap 720p chinese camera for 140$ and I ll make some experiments with it:-) I'll keep you posted I understand that my approach is totally insane and unprofessional and to be hones I a little embarrassed to post in a such pro forum , but unfortunatly I spent almost all my money in building the house P.S just to meak you laugh this is the camera I boughthttp://www.wi8.com/productn.asp?ArticleID=1634

Thank you very much for you answer .. very exaustive .

After lurking this forum for a while I have changed my mind about hte project oa a total ip camera system china made Following a suggestion gave me on this forum I switched over an analog solution. Can you rate my plan? I leave in the front part of a 2 family house. We have the back wall in common and 3 wall free with a garden all around I am was planning to install 5 camera outside as I show you in the photos below. The camera on the terrace on the first floor is for someone who try to enter through the roof of my neighboard ( no camera in that property) I would like to have face recognition capability is a vga camera enough in this setting? Thank you Andrea

I am totally noob in this field , and I am trying to make a very basic surveillance system in my house. I already wrote here http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=30492 something about it, but I would like to ask: what resolution is needed for face recognition in the 3-4 meters range? ( 13 feet away) Thank you Andrea

Thank you very very much for your reply. Your is a good point But I am afraid it is not convenient in my situation , My house is already wired with a rj45 cable which I use as home pc network , So I can't use this wires for analog video signalI think that the costs of new wires installation will be easily more than how much I can save with analog vs Ip camera. Andrea

Hi all! I am trying to diy a cheap surveillance system for my home. I leave in the front of a 2 family house. We have the back wall in common and 3 wall free with a garden all around I am planning to install 5 IP camera outside and one inside as I show you in the photos below. The camera on the terrace on the first floor is for someone who try to enter through the roof of my neigh-board ( not surveilled ) Can you tell me: 1) do you thing a video surveillance system would be a good deterrent for bad guys? 2) do you think my project is doable 3) Do you think I can make it with vga resolution or I'll need HD camera if I'would like to have face recognition? The cameras I was thinking about are these. I know little china - toy camera but i am short on budget for now http://www.securitycamera2000.com/products/-Megapixels-720P-Outdoor-Waterproof-H.264-IP-Camera-with-IR-40M-View.html http://www.securitycamera2000.com/products/HD-720P-WDR-IR-20m-Night-Vision-Indoor-IP-Metal-Dome-Camera.html 4) what do you think of this cameras? Please excuse me for my very bad english hope you'll understand Thank you Andrea