How high should you mount your security cameras?
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- In this episode of In the Trenches Roundtable, we'll focus on how high you should mount your security cameras.
There's pros and cons to each option and a lot to consider, such as how people approach, the lens of the camera, and what amount of physical vandalism danger your cameras have.
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Sometime you're just restricted by the building and the area you want to have under surveillance, e.g. at the front door where the roof comes down low and takes all the wall space away so you're left with only about door height plus a little bit.
Thanks for the comment!
In situations where the camera has to be installed lower, we recommend dome cameras like www.getscw.com/the-sheriff-8.0-v2 or www.getscw.com/the-informant-4-v2 as they are vandal resistant and prevent someone from moving the camera's position without removing the dome. A turret or bullet can generally be moved even when locked down with though pressure.
Good video !
Richard Serrato
Low Country Electronics
Thank you for providing this information.
Looking for a good low lite camera Poe wired I have a Reolink system. What would be good and can work on Nvr
In order for any IP equipment to work with each other it needs to be ONVIF compliant. With ONVIF you can lose features like analytics and plug and play capability so some things need to be done manually. www.getscw.com/knowledge-base/onvif-compliance to learn more.
I get the whole angle argument but what about a higher powered camera with a 16x zoom? Im looking to mount this 35' high on a pole on my land.
There's a lot of considerations for something like that. It depends on what you're looking to see, and what angle. Zoom will of course bring the image "closer" to you, but it can't fix angle (IE seeing tops of heads vs faces) a PTZ might be a good consideration since you'll have freedom of movement up there.
One other major consideration is lightning mitigation as well, check out surge video for more info, I'd also recommend getting some expertise there if you're in a lightning prone area. czcams.com/video/3OhNQLlEMfU/video.html
While reviewing a multitude of recommendations of ideal position height of security cameras, all that I have read suggested that the perfect height is between 8' to 10'. Can you please elaborate on this? Thanks.
It's a bit of a balancing act. The higher up the camera, the less likely it is to be vandalized and the larger area you'll see on your camera. The downside is the higher the camera the less serviceable it becomes and angles, especially close up to the camera may be "top of the head" rather than good face shots.
Balancing this is going to depend on how much you see vandalism as a threat, what the camera is aimed at , etc. Feel free to reach out to us for more specific expert analysis!
nice video
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Why mount high? 2nd, 3rd, etc. floors.
Soffits.