WindSerf

First time here. I have an indoor, well lit, application where I need a camera to view 1 inch text on a white piece of paper from about 80ft away and display it on a PC monitor for an employee to reference. I need a network camera with enough zoom to clearly focus on the page. Recomendations?? I'm not using any NVR or software yet, but eventually we'll probably use something like ExacqVision.

I thought about that and decided I can add PTZ later if I need it. As for monitoring employee activity... The morale consequences of such activity can be very high. While it does happen at times, it's not our culture to lead by babysitting. People perform better out of a drive to do well than fear of being caught. Measuring and holding people accountable to results (upon a basis of trust) tends to be more effective as a rule. I believe the best leaders are servers and people want to follow those they know are genuinely working to help them succeed.

It will vary somewhat - less than a foot up and down, less side to side. I ordered the Computar lens and a Samsung SNB-7001. Hopefully next week I'll get to see how it works.

I think the difficulty of mounting it closer is worth it to gain the auto-iris lens. I'll go with the Computar lens you recommend. And put them in an enclosure - hadn't though of that. Thanks!

Keep a spare lens plugged into the auto-iris... As in, just hanging there? Interesting. Wouldn't it be simpler to use a camera designed for manual lens? The 300mm lens sounds like the key to the solution. Thank you! What is it you like about the Axis camera?

I can probably spend around $2k on this camera & lens in order to mount it in a stable location and reach out optically. I could also mount it in a shaky location that is much closer if the camera has an effective image stability feature.