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Hello and thanks for your time and advice. We have a security issue happening 1 mile away from home. Plan is to install a camera with night vision, that will transmit the video feed on 1.3ghz to a video receiver located at the house. The camera and VTX will be powered by batteries and solar recharge. My 2 current issues are this: 1. All i need is 1 or 2 channel basic DVR. The video receivers appear to use regular RCA cables. Im on a major budget and dont need many features. Everything im seeing online seems too fancy and expensive for this basic hack design. 2. Plan is to use a tiny FPV camera. But maybe a small outdoor security camera with IR night vision would give a better image? Camera will be hidden in bushes. So small is good. Low power use. Want to catch a license plate at night when they drive by about 10-20 feet away. Thanks for any advice.

Hi everyone back again. Ended up buying 2 IR game cameras from ebay. I messed around with location but was not able to get a decent picture or video. Camouflaging was more difficult than expected. The motion detection is what gave me trouble. I would get a lot of false triggers from bushes in the wind, or the vehicle headlights would set it off premature. I mounted the cameras to a metal landscape stake, spray painted it with non reflective "camo" paint, used branches and leaves to form a fake bush, in the end one of my cameras was found and stolen. I think it was a neighbor and not a dumper that took it because it happened between 10am-noon. Now i would like to try a different approach with a continuously running video camera that is placed 50 feet away and still records in the dark. Does that go beyond the capabilities of the IR cameras? Im wondering if i can use a "home" system and power it off car batteries with a voltage regulator. Possibly use a small solar panel to keep them charged. I would dig a hole and put the equipment in a plastic container. If i can get video from 50 feet away, then i can choose a location that should not be discovered.

Thanks everyone!!! Someone came with a full blown dump truck last night and left a huge pile. Need2Shave that is the camera i looked at a year ago!! Thanks for the link i couldnt remember the name, but i recognize it. MindTwist are you saying the DX camera you linked will NOT produce a flash at night? I have bushes i can hide the camera in. Just need something to take a picture of the truck when it drives down the road at night with headlights on. I hear you guys about setting up multiple cameras. Really need to finally make a purchase. Should i get the $700 reconyx......or several cheaper cameras? edit: Does the red light come on to configure the camera every single time a new car drives by? Or just when you first power up the unit?

Its looking like the LEDs are an InfraRed flash. That wont work. Does a hunting camera or security camera exist that doesnt need a flash to see at night?

Im not sure a hunting camera is the best bet. Because theyre not worried about a deer seeing a red light and getting scared away. I need something designed with the intent to catch humans in a stealth fashion. I checked out the one you linked. I dont know anything about them. Watching the video i see the red light. Can i put a piece of tape over that? Or is that a sensor i need to leave exposed? I dont know squat about these things. Doing a google search is not going to help me much cause its a bunch of terms and specs i dont understand. Whats with those LED looking things i see on a hunting camera?

I have. Even posted on another forum a year ago but i cant remember the name. Found this one which looks pretty good. At the time there wasnt much that would take a picture at night without the person seeing a flash or red light. There was one unit, i forget the name, but i remember it was $500. That was a bit high. Hoping some newer/cheaper technology is out. Even a cheap chinese clone i would be ok with. Because if the dumpers notice the camera its a goner. I thought about multiple cheaper cameras. I dont have a clue whats available. I could spend weeks google researching. Or hopefully people who know all about this stuff can just lay me out real quick. Blast off a couple names of companies or cameras i should look into. Needs to run off DC and handle wet locations. I would even be fine using a big ole car battery and a voltage regulator if people do mods like that. Also needs to take a picture at night without being detected. Can anyone give me a jump start on possible models? Or is taking a picture at night without being detected still not an option in an under $500 camera? There are no street lights so it would need night vision. Sounds cool to me!!

Hi there everyone new member here!!! We live off dirt roads and have a problem with people coming in the middle of night and illegally dumping trash. It ranges from trimmed bushes, to household trash, to even dumping marijuana grow operations. They literally are dumping chopped down weed plants and the used indoor grow equipment. A police report did absolutely nothing. I really want to catch these freaking guys. So im looking for a battery/solar powered camera that will work decent at night time with no lighting. Im sort of picturing a hunters game camera that snaps a pic or video when the motion detector got off. There are plenty of great spots to hide the camera. My goal is to ultimately get a picture of a license plate. But even just getting a picture of the truck would be good enough. I would then print out the picture and then post it around town with an email address saying if you recognize this truck please contact. Any advice would be much appreciated.