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Thanks Coolie11 and Kenplace. A high res camera would be my best option then? I'm open to suggestions. WV-CP484 Like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200228793730&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010

Traffic thru a front gate. Distance is about 75'. Due to the building location and trees, this is the best vantage point i could find. What you need is a decent camera... Try the WV-CP484... You will end up spending some bux, but you will get a lot better image. PM Me, if you want one, I have an extra that is NIB.

Yes I still have it. Google is your friend. IT is a BOX Camera, it would need a housing to be waterproof. And please don't send PM's asking all kinds of questions when you don't have any money. So no I will not take $50 for it. I will use it first. You can't get a decent Bullet camera for this price...

Slingbox is simple stupid to use, so it depends on what the audience is. For the non techie wife, it works great.

He does post here... That's my point...

Well for us folks that are trying to set up a home setup, we are on budgets. We have learned a lot here, and we have found brand name stuff on Ebay from reputable sellers. (I have 3 Panasonic CP484's that I got for the retail price of 1, and 2 of them were brand new. 1 was from a company that gets lost shipments, and the others were from a wholesale lot buyer) So, yes it can be how things are, but this guy is deliberately trying to mislead folks, and has no qualms about doing it. Very Shady...

Well he also lurks around here, and thats why I thought it would be ok. But after looking at his feedback, you can see that he has done it a few times...

A couple of folks have asked who it was that was trying to sell the fake Pelco enclosures. I was going to write it off as his mistake, until he told me the reason that he listed knockoff enclosures as Pelco was for "Searching" and he continues to trade of the Pelco name to sell his knockoff stuff. Here is the original listing: Note it doesn't say its not Pelco, new or used etc. link Does Pelco even make a bullet cam like this? Pelco bullet link? And this controller sure doesn't look like Pelco either Fake pelco controller link He does troll around here too, so be careful if you risk dealing with him.

Deal fell thru, make me an offer?

You are close, the first 6 is a G. Now in the video, its very easy to read, that single frame was one of the worse ones. I guess I will have to try an illuminator, as the only thing visible at night is a little bit of the plate light, and the tail lights. Everything else is black. (I still haven't mounted the camera yet as I just had a Heart Cath done, so all playing around has been on a tripod about 3-4ft lower than the actual mount point. [ quote=Scruit] When testing I like to show pictures of the license plates to someone who doesn't know the number. It's easy to read a fuzzy plate if you know the number - try it with a number you don't know! FYI, the plate you provided appears to be (blank)A6 Y60 The illuminator I use is is a 100' rated ebay cheapie. Of course it's actually only good for about 40-50 of visible illimunation, but it lights up a license plate perfectly well up to 100'. My 'killzone' is about 100' from the camera. Also, when I first got the illuminator the built-in light sensor (to turn off the illimator during the day) was WAY too sensitive and resulted in a 30 min period during twilight where ambient light was not too dim to light up the plate, but the illuminator was still off. I opened it up and blcoked the light sensor with electrical tape - and it's fine now. I have a couple of spare plates that I use for focus adjustment, but learned very quickly that reading a stationary plate is MUCH easier than a moving one. Don't call you config 'good' until you can read the plates of moving cars...

Well the daytime image is good, the problem is night time. I think I am going to have to put up an IR light of some sort, problem is that its about 100' or so to the intersection... Ideas? The image below is about the worse case scenario, the car drove about down the middle thats why its so far over to the left.

Depending on the lens it will work with little light. It is B/W Here are the specs: # 1/ 3" CCD image sensor with approx. 270,000 picture elements # More than 400 TV lines of horizontal resolution # Minimum required illumination of 0.07 Lux with F1.2 lens # Center-zone light measuring backlight compensation # Electronic iris (indoor use) # Line lock # 24 V AC operation (electrically isolated)

Simon is quick on the alternate screen displays. See the pic below. I opted against the HDOP and precision info as I was looking more towards accident info if needed. So the display is : >Line 1 Time & Date (in MM/DD/YY format) Prefer Date on Left Time on Right >Line 2 Lat & Lon (as shown in manual) >Line 3 Speed (in MPH) & Heading (in degrees) There was no extra charge for these modifications.

Why go through the trouble? you can get a battery powered portable DVD that will take video in. Yes its smaller than 12" but it fits on one hand easily.

Of course, and that point is well taken. Absolutely. As this is being funded by ME that is not an option... I will give it a shot as it is a WDR camera, and might be up to the task... Thanks for the tips!