Chanman 0 Posted November 26, 2012 Hey everyone, I've been looking around for a surveillance system for a project I'm working on and I thought that I might ask the pros what would work best for me. First of all, I don't actually need any surveillance, I'm building a poker table which is going to have built in cameras to see people's cards. I need 10 cameras to see players cards, 2 cameras to record the players (probably mounted in the middle of the table) and probably a DVR to record all of the video for editting afterwards. I've found a lot of 8 circuit cameras systems including the DVR and software for around $699, but since I actually need 12 cameras, 2 of which are not the same as the other 10, I need to go with a 16 circuit system which costs roughly double. Do I have any options to build my own system to accommodate the 10+2 cameras? Or am I stuck with buying a 16 camera system for the sake of simplicity? The 10 cameras used to see players' cards also need to be able to focus on close objects, as well as probably low light situations. Would standard cameras in the prebuilt systems work alright for my application? Thanks for any help in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yakky 0 Posted November 28, 2012 16 is going to be the best way to go, plus you'll always think of more camera angles you want. Let us know what you end up doing for cameras. I have some of the smallish CNB MN1750s, but they aren't that small and low light performance just isn't there. They can be adjusted for focus though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawboy12R 0 Posted November 28, 2012 You might want to play with samples first before popping for a whole system. Visual quality might not be good enough for what you want, though. A bunch of these will blow your budget but depending on where you want to place the cams they might be a better bet, so to speak... also available in pinhole version. http://www.axis.com/products/cam_p1214e/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
