orbo

Hello All - I'm in the process of putting together a residential solution for my house. I have 3 primary areas to monitor - Front Driveway, back door and office area. Some specifics on the coverage areas; Front Driveway - camera will be surface mounted outside to house (upside down on soffit) ~16' high and needs to monitor a max distance of ~60' day and night. Back door - camera will be surface mounted outside to house (upside down on soffit) ~8' high and needs to monitor a max distance of ~20' day and night. Office area - camera will be surface mounted to ceiling ~8' high and needs to monitor a max distance of ~10 daytime only. The solution I have assembled is as follows; Dahua 8ch Tribrid 1.5U DVR HCVR7408L Dahua 2Megapixel Vandal proof dome camera 1080p mini IP dome camera IPC-HDB3200C for office area (vandal proof is not required but comes with this camera) And this is where I'm struggling. My understanding is that the range on most IR cameras is dismal at best and its often recommended that one should augment the IR lighting with an external IR illuminator to improve overall coverage. Additionally, my understanding is that the dome cameras tend to get reflection issues over time due to a (dust...etc) buildup inside the dome. I am looking for recommendations for the Front driveway and back door cameras. Assuming my understanding is close to accurate, I'd like to take these items mentioned in previous paragraph into consideration. One last item I will mention, the back door area really needs to be a dome camera, the front driveway can be just about any solution...except that old British Security Knight from the Xfinity commercials.

thanks for your response ssnapier!!! This next question is definately going to illustrate my newbie-ism but here goes anyway; When selecting cameras, can I get just any camera and pair it with an IR illuminator to get night vision? or do I need to get an IR capable camera (nearly ALL of which come with IR LEDs) and figure out how to either remove or disable the IR LED's? I'm guessing its the latter of the two but I wanted to be sure. There is just something about buying and brand new item and "breaking" it to somehow make it better. I'm leaning towards these two cameras, the bullet for the Front Driveway and the Dome for the back yard. I've attached a pseudo schematic if it helps to visualize. Dahua 3.0 Megapixel Full HD 1080p Network IR-Bullet Camera - IPC-HFW3300CP Dahua 2.0 Megapixel Full HD 1080p 12x PTZ high-speed Dome Camera Vandalproof Waterproof IP66 - SD40212S-HN The IR illuminator ssnapier recommended would be perfect as I can mount them next to my existing flood light so its not very obvious

You've tried power cycling the camera by unplugging everything from the camera? That would be the first thing I would try. Seems like the white balance correction is having issues maybe. Or maybe you could take it to one of your other camera locations and try plugging it in there to rule out cabling?

Hello All !! I'm new here and pretty new to digital video surveillance scene. I have recently encountered a need to stealthily monitor an area and have made an investment in the SleuthGear line of products. I'm starting to realize that this gear is someone crap as-is...especially the software...and I am interested in maybe making some mods and/or augmenting it with some higher end products. So, as I get to know folks here you’ll find my line of questions and interests will be along these lines. Or, if anyone has any experience with this stuff please reach-out to me..…I’d love to hear what you have to say and share my knowledge with you. Anyway, just wanted to say hello to the crew here. Thanks Orbo