Choosing Your Home Surveillance Cameras
If you want to put up a surveillance camera system you need to first ask yourself what your purpose for that is. You can use camera surveillance system so that you can see what is happening in your home while you are away or you can also use it to prevent criminal activity.
More advanced equipment should be used if your purpose is to catch criminal activity for prosecution. High resolution cameras and records are the best for this purpose. Hidden or covert cameras are also good to use for this purpose.
If the purpose of your camera is for outdoor use then it should be weatherproof. Weatherproofing is not so important if you camera will be used indoors.
You may purchase infrared cameras for night viewing but these usually have limited range of vision. The vision range of an infrared camera is only a few feet. If you want something that can go up to 200 feet, you will have to shell out more dollars for this. Purchasing a color camera or black and white will have the same price range. Any camera that you will get will be black and while at night.
Four, eight, or sixteen cameras are the capability of most digital video recorders (DVR) from this website. You can start with a few cameras with a view to expand the number later. With a good supply of power, wireless cameras are also good to use. These wireless cameras are not really completely wireless. The range of wireless cameras is also limited.
Before you go out to purchase your surveillance cameras, make sure that you know how many you will need and what type of camera and what features you would like to see in it. You should allow for expansion in the future.
Here are a few types of cameras and their features.
If you purchase bullet cameras you can load them with many features. The infrared and the low light are the types of bullet cameras. Lenses can be fixed or variable.
If you want crime to be hindered, choose a dome camera with dark lenses. Criminals who see this will not be able to know if they are seen or not.
A covert camera can be hidden in anything. You can either purchase them installed in anything or you can purchase the camera alone and put it wherever you want.
PTZ cameras or Pan, Tilt and Zoom do just as their names indicate; pan 360 degree circle, tilt up and down and zoom in and out. Software can control this and so can a keyboard type controller.
More people are now going for the IP or network Home surveillance cameras. Internet protocol transmits the video captured on camera and it has built-in video servers.
