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Thank you for all the info Buellwinkle. Much appreciated!

Thank you! That sounds like a good approach to me. Would the Mobotix D14 night lens (N32) offer better perfomance at that distance and lighting? .... I'd consider paying the extra money if it would be a better solution for this situation. Thanks again.

I'm planning the first step in a home surveillance system. Here is some information for what I would like to initially accomplish with the first outdoor camera: Record suspicous activity at the edge of our property and in the street (130 ft to far end of street, the area has low lighting from floodlight on house and street light nearby, field of view approximately 130 FT) and record activity on our property within the 130 ft depth Need to be able to recognize person and car (day and night) at 130 ft. Most of the time this is at night. Would like to be able to recognize the license plates of cars if possible at this distance at a reasonable price (~$500 to 1000) Would be a "nice to have" if I could zoom to an area when I do see something strange (I can live with doing this off line via iMovie as long as the resolution in the source recording would enable this ) Camera would be mounted on the side of our house facing our driveway nearby to where the floodlights are located I've been looking at the Acti KCM 5611, TCM-7811 or Mobotix D14 after reviewing posts on this forum. I would appreciate feedback on the optical ability of these cameras to recognize auto, person, read license plates at 130 FT, 120 FOV and low light conditions I understand the tradeoffs with recording the video centrally vs de-central on the Motobix. I appreciate your advice. Thank you!