Newbie advice please RE IR camera choice

[tm1 0]

I presently have a budget cmos camera which I'm hoping to replace.

 

The camera is in use at the front of my home to help deter people from vandalising my car (poor thing!)

 

The current camera was originally advertised as being capable of 40 metre IR coverage - Boy, was I surprised when it came to recording at night - the 40 metres turned out to be around 5 metres!

 

The camera has a wide-angle lens - probably around 4mm.

 

Now, I'm on a tight budget and was going to get the best I can with my budget of around £50. . . . not much, I know, but it's all I'm going to be able to manage for some time.

 

Anyway, I was looking on the major internet auction site and have offered consideration for the following couple of units - I'd be most grateful of any comments good(preferably) or bad. The target or subject will be around 22 -28 feet away from the camera in a poorly lit street and I will be using a 6mm lens in order to provide a reasonable field of view at relatively short distance (averaging around 25 feet away from the camera). I find it difficult to believe the claims of distance that these cameras are capable of sufficiently lighting up to and I taking the quoted distances with a pinch of salt. I do need pretty reasonable lighting though in order for the recorded images to be of any real use.

 

Here's the links to the two possible units I'm considering:

 

http://tinyurl.com/yhes9nh

(I like the reported resolution and the 8mm IR LEDs on this unit - probably the stronger IR offering of the two)

 

http://tinyurl.com/yjw56gu

(dual ccd - limited strength IR LEDs and lenses behing single sheet of glass so suceptible to steam up when IRs are active when it's cold).

 

There are also some other cheap units with 'super' sized IR LEDs - any comments on the strength of these type of LEDs would be most welcome (http://tinyurl.com/ya3gvuz).

 

Thanks in advance!

[tomcctv 190]

I presently have a budget cmos camera which I'm hoping to replace.

 

The camera is in use at the front of my home to help deter people from vandalising my car (poor thing!)

 

The current camera was originally advertised as being capable of 40 metre IR coverage - Boy, was I surprised when it came to recording at night - the 40 metres turned out to be around 5 metres!

 

The camera has a wide-angle lens - probably around 4mm.

 

Now, I'm on a tight budget and was going to get the best I can with my budget of around £50. . . . not much, I know, but it's all I'm going to be able to manage for some time.

 

Anyway, I was looking on the major internet auction site and have offered consideration for the following couple of units - I'd be most grateful of any comments good(preferably) or bad. The target or subject will be around 22 -28 feet away from the camera in a poorly lit street and I will be using a 6mm lens in order to provide a reasonable field of view at relatively short distance (averaging around 25 feet away from the camera). I find it difficult to believe the claims of distance that these cameras are capable of sufficiently lighting up to and I taking the quoted distances with a pinch of salt. I do need pretty reasonable lighting though in order for the recorded images to be of any real use.

 

Here's the links to the two possible units I'm considering:

 

http://tinyurl.com/yhes9nh

(I like the reported resolution and the 8mm IR LEDs on this unit - probably the stronger IR offering of the two)

 

http://tinyurl.com/yjw56gu

(dual ccd - limited strength IR LEDs and lenses behing single sheet of glass so suceptible to steam up when IRs are active when it's cold).

 

There are also some other cheap units with 'super' sized IR LEDs - any comments on the strength of these type of LEDs would be most welcome (http://tinyurl.com/ya3gvuz).

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

if £50 is your budget then call into your maplins store. dont buy from hong kong. they will not send them or you will have duty to pay when they hit the uk