Recorded Video Zoom

[saadi03 0]

Hi guys,

 

Sorry for poor English vocabulary.

 

I have installed Scout 2mp CCTV Cameras at my friend's shop. He is a jeweller and he wants such sensitive cameras that if any mishap happens at his shop, he can later check the recorded video and zoom in until he can see tiny gold particles such as a small nose ornament. But my 2m HD camera is also not of such good quality. I tried an analog zoom camera but the problem is that he wants to zoom in the recorded video while the zoom camera will zoom in on the spot or at run time.

 

Please guide me what type of cctv system will work for this sort of problem.

 

Please note that there is only one vacant port in the dvr and the camera needs to cover the full show case i.e. 7 feet long and 1.5 feet wide.

 

Thanks and Regards

Saad

[TheF 0]

Analog camera will give you less zommability in the recording than the 2MP camera.

Simply because of the amount of pixels each resolution gives you.

 

With analog, you are stuck With 960 x 576 pixels in best case scenarios.

The 2MP is probably 1920 x 1080 pixels.

 

CSI is not real world.

You can not magically divide the squared pixels into better images.

To be able to zoom in on recording, have as high resolution as possible.

While 2MegaPixels is good, it's not an all-mighty eye.

 

Increase resolution and you will have Your desired result.

But Your DVR might be limiting you. Check the specifications for it and use the highest resolution camera it can fit.

 

Alternatively, buy a DVR that supports higher resolution.