Amazon reviews generally good but I am always a bit wary when I see most of them were given them to review or received a 'hefty' discount for a completely unbiased review :neutral_face:

So i could use this to see who's knocking my door. ...and tell then to go away?

Loads of 720P ip cameras on Amazon for this price and lower. There is nothing special about this one.

Ebuyer had a clearance Wansview at £24.99 last week, think it's still available and would probably be a better bet?

If you're just looking for something cheap, this will do the same thing at £23.99. Available in white or black.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B017GOCGDQ

Could these (and similar) be weatherproofed I wonder to make into budget security cameras? i.e. pour potting compound over all the internals.

how will this compare to something like this?
https://www.use-ip.co.uk/hikvision-ds-2cd2432f-iw-3mp-ir-cube-network-camera.html

after spending years of trying to coerce a raspberry pi to do this job, I think i'm close to defeat and caving to buy one of these type things. The problem with the raspberry is providing an infrared light source in a neat way

Literally just got sent this yesterday to test and review, been hoping its a good little camera. For the price it looks ok to me.

The problem with that is that at night the inbuilt IR lights these use don't penetrate glass at all well. So you end up with an image that is basically a reflection. You can turn the IR lights off on some IP cams, but that basically stops you from getting a good picture unless there is an external light source, e.g. security light, that will light up the area outside of the window.

The way around this is to have a separate IR light outside that is motion triggered, that way a camera behind a window will have a good picture outside. Doing this however is quite a lot of hassle, probably more so than buying an external IP camera. The only instance where you might want to go down this route would be where you can't put a camera out of reach etc.

I'm using an IP camera as a baby monitor at present, it's awesome, they completely remove the need for over priced baby monitors that often have far poorer quality images.

any suggestion for a camera that can show a decent display through glass?

Amazon reviews generally good but I am always a bit wary when I see most of them were given them to review or received a 'hefty' discount for a completely unbiased review :neutral_face:

Is this the same one: https://digitalpromo.co.uk/sumvision-oracle-720p-ip-cctv-camera-with-wifi-and-cloud-support.html ?
Only 4 in stock, but if you live in Liverpool area you can pick it up for £34.99

True. but nothing is perfect. Just need to know how easy people can hack it.

Good site if you want to research CCTV before you buy anything. Helped me out loads

topcctvcameras.co.uk

I think I need IR, it's almost pitch black on the screen outside, even when my large Watt LED light is shining.

For multiple cameras in one interface I like "motionEyeOS" recently renamed from "MotionPie"

I need to investigate powered IR bulbs alongside my Pi but I read somewhere that if it's behind glass (in my waterproof enclosure) then the IR reflects back and makes it hard to see anything, admittedly I've not tested this though. Wow that 720 camera you linked to is ridiculously cheap, thanks!

what is IR Cut? does that let you see through windows?

That's exactly what i'm already using :smiley: my only issue is the fact it's no good for night time as there's no IR lights. Like previous posters have said a separate IR lamp may be an option

any good for toilets?

Cheap CCTV cameras try to limit reflections by fitting a closed cell foam rubber ring, or similar around the lens, it isn't a good solution though, especially when you get dust or grime on the glass, or spiders webs reflecting the light. The better ones seem to use separate glass discs over the lens and the emitters, so dust on the glass won't reflect light into the lens.

http://www.networkcameracritic.com/?p=2135 i have 3 of these on my house and hikvision DVR backed up to a network drive in the loft.

Why so much, well I live in a small village in Wales but once you walk around the back of the house nobody can see you and I have a digger, dumper, trailers, motorbikes etc so for a £300 investment I could save thousands.

I also have it set up so it records all cars coming past my house.Thinking of putting up a little dome in the kitchen pointing at the door as they won't expect that.

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Just bought a similarly-spec'd one to see if I can spot the **** who has been keying mine and the Mrs' cars over the last week. Good info re: the IR above (many thanks) as I'll be using mine indoors through a window from a 2nd-floor apartment. This one is half the price of the one I have :disappointed:

I love you mate. So using this OS, we can just add all types of cameras to the PI (ie, usb & ip cameras)?

Love you too. That's the premise of it yes, there's some great chat on it over at the Raspberry Pi forums and the developer actually responds in the thread. USB cameras are the only ones i'm sketchy on but I can personally vouch for the ability to add a non-pi based IP camera to the same interface. It also has a mobile skin so it looks good on a mobile phone, it's really very good.

Can you record video/control this type of Camera from apps available on a Synology NAS device?

Would this be okay fitted in a passage? Would condensation and soot be a problem (it's near a busy road so there's a lot of soot)

I'd of thought that they'd be quite a high risk of it getting killed by creepy crawlies getting inside, as well as moisture and general corrosion, even if you keep it out of the rain.

A fixed waterproof one would be a fair bit cheaper, eg this is £26 from a UK address http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111723328031?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT although It doesn't have wifi, or the memory card slot for local recording.

You can always use an ethernet over mains adaptor if you can't run a lan cable.

No beastie attacks so far (it's too cold for them where I live I guess) plus I like being able to pan around and see what's going on. I have a few pre-sets saved looking in various directions. I am so lazy, because it can be viewed from any browser or most generic free software, I even use it from whatever computery device I'm using if I hear a noise outside, rather than standing up to look out of the window.

hi guys I know it's a old post but did any of you but this ?
I bought this and it arrived yesterday but having problems with the "ieye" app it's useless it hardly ever connects saying Target ID is offline.
Has anyone got this working on any other app ?