rorrie_m

Hi, Looking to up security at home, was just looking for some help. I have 2 unused telegraph poles at home (just with security lightening on now), and i want to place dome cameras on top that will be able to cover 360 degrees. Not looking to spend huge amounts, just need a camera that will be able to do day and night well (and switch between the 2 fast, so they can deal with the security lights come on) Don't know much about these cameras....but do any mave motion sensors and move to areas where movement is occuring? Any other advice will be great! thanks! Rorrie

3 wide angle cameras could do it...and that would mean that we could stay on the old dvr. any sugestions of makes? also what is the widest angle i could get while keeping quality and remaining in budget. thanks for all the help guys!

yep already have a monitored alarm system, all areas that will be covered by cctv, are all ready covered by securtity lighting...so my concern that if its at night when movement turns the lights on will the cameras be able to switch from night to day quickly? so really the use of the cctv, is as a deterant (as there will be signs ect..) and also so my mum can check who is at the gate, or if the security lighting come on she can check what caused them to turn on...for instance a deer. but as i said, if a person trips it, it would be a pain if it was useless footage!! thanks for your help so far guys.! Rorrie

well, its for my family home, we live in between 2 farms, at the moment we have 1 bullet camera looking over our gate parlour phone (so we have a dvr with 4 inputs). my mother will be living in the house alone now, and we want a camera that can cover the front and side of the house as well as the garage (there is a unused telegraph pole that if a ptz would be able to capture the lot) and there is another pole that a ptz would capture the back and other side of the house and the cottage on our land. I don't want to spend a great deal...mainly because it will make it feel like there is a serious problem (which there is not, its mainly for peace of mind) but at the same time i don't want something that will be useless if it is ever needed.

do i have any other decent alternatives? i need to cover an area shaped like a bow tie (if the camera was in the centre knot!) for one area, and a large angle for the other i suppose 2 normal cameras and a very wide angled camera could suffice...

wow as much as that! not looking to spend that much money... i've seen some ptz cameras for a couple hundered pounds...are they generally rubbish? also, can, they be mounted on top of pole? to be honest, looking at spending around $500 tops for each camera, the main task is to cover a specific area...but would prefer a camera that can capture more... do i have any options? thanks