Looking for a small, self contained camera

[SutureSelf 0]

Hi,

 

First time posting, and no little about security cameras, and whats on the market. Been Googling, but thought it would be better to get some insight from someone who knows something about them.

 

I am thinking about installing a very small security camera. Sounds pretty silly, but its to watch a door garland (for now) from inside an adjacent window. All I want is a small camera, self-contained (rechargable or batteries), and writes to an SD card (or something similar). Kind of like a webcam, without the need for the computer. Audio not essential. I guess a decent frame rate would be preferable. Does such a thing exist? If not, is there something similar to this. It has to be small and discreet, and movable. What about wireless IP webcams like this:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-camera-Pan-Tilt-2-ways/dp/B00432J56G/tag=cc4m-20/ref=pd_sim_computers_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1152GSEQG2HA5GPTKE7P

 

Many thanks!

[Don Stephens 0]

The camera you linked to isn't battery powered, so I don't know what that does to your plans. It's also not "discreet." That camera is actually the size of a larger dome camera.

 

As far as looking positioning it to look through a window is concerned, you're going to be shooting yourself in the foot. The Infrared LEDs on the camera are going to reflect off the glass. This is going to present you with a big bright blob all over the screen whenever it's dark enough for those LEDs to flip on. If you don't want to mount a camera outdoors, then the camera will need to be absent any IR LEDs; this will obviously require a different source of light to view the area.

 

Outside of putting together some sort of Frankenstein build, the only ready-to-use out of the box option I can think of right now is the new Arlo cameras from Netgear. They're about four times the cost of what you linked to. They are also going to give you the same IR problem though.