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    Which IP Camera?

    Im about two to three weeks away from finishing the decking in my garden around the pond so my mind has now turned to security.

    I have a NAS which has surveillance software, so all I need is an IP Camera.
    The camera will be mounted on my pergola and will overlook the pond and part of the back garden.

    Can anyone recommend a decent camera with night vision please?

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    I've got the outdoor Foscam looking over my pond area (it was pretty cheap from Amazon). It gives reasonable image quality (not HD) and the movement activation works well. It's a bit jerky for watching the fish on other than to check they are all in the pond and the water level is ok It does IR night vision. It gets set off by giant spiders walking over it, and sometimes by the BD air coming on too, but I would rather get a bunch more emails from it than not enough.

    I can log into mine from anywhere on the net, I set up port forwarding.

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    Thanks for the feedback feline. I've just purchased a Trendnet IP310PI IP Camera, after going to feed my Koi yesterday morning I found about a dozen spots of blood on top of my polycarbonate. I have not idea where they have come unless the cat has killed something and then ate it on top of the covers.
    At least in future I'll be able to see things like this.

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    do you mind me asking what you got the camera for I have been looking at the same one!
    Tony

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    I presume you mean price wise Tony. £114.65 from ebuyer. They were the cheapest I could find. Top cash back also doing some money off deals as well if you go through their website.

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    With the top cash back money off I got it for a tad over £108.

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    this is a good thread Carl, I,d like to get something sorted for inside the filter room, watching with interest.

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    With my covers on I've been thinking about putting up a camera inside them to allow me to monitor my pond from my macbook. Amazon seem to have loads of them but it's difficult to choose.

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    If you look at the reviews for the camera I have chosen they are very good. It's also supported by my NAS so that's an added bonus.

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    I have a Compro IP70 camera in my garage which is very good, although it's not designed for outside use it would be ok in a filter house I think. The quality is pretty good.

    Software wise I use iSpy on my server, and IP Cam Viewer Pro on my phone/ Andriod tablet.

    Regards,

    Les

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    These are the cameras we have all do a good job The IP cameras are wireless and Ethernet connectable the wanscam and tenvis run on 12v the coinquality AKA DBpower (The website spelling not mine) runs on 5v the magictek is cable and we have it connected to a trendnet video to Ethernet adptor this camera is not waterproof but is small and fits under the pond cover mounted in a piece of pipe to keep it dry. software wise we use ispy pc and laptops and IPcam viewer tablet and phone We like the fact most of these run on 12v as we have 12v in the garden and if the power fails the cams still work. For the filter house or a covered fish house the dbpower is a good cheap camera giving pan tilt and IR going to get another for the filter shed. hope this helps


    wanscam wireless ip camera 3*optical zoom PTZ webcam CCTV night vision outdoor
    Coinqulaity IP webcam Internet CCTV camera infared Nightview WiFi Wireless Pan Tilt IR black

    Tenvis IP602W

    MAGICTEK® 1/3" Sony Effio CCD 700TVL Color Mini IR Day/Night Vision Bullet Camera CCTV Security Camera

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    Are there in-pond cameras you can use in the same way? It would be fun to sit indoors or on holiday and watch the fish.

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    There is a couple of companies that supply underwater cams but at a price. I am currently build my own housing to do just this also doing virtual window as my pond is already built.

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    I guess I could put a small pane of glass in the wall with a webcam behind it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim_Taylor View Post
    Are there in-pond cameras you can use in the same way? It would be fun to sit indoors or on holiday and watch the fish.

    I have a fish cam I bought from fleebay for something else, but It is composite cable only. I may try and hook it up to the new pond though.

    Regards,

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    Sorry to necro an old thread but I am looking for an IP cam that I can grab images from for my remote control web page.

    Does anyone have a HIKVision camera? They are supposed to be the same as the TrendNet ones, but are £20 cheaper. Maybe this works on both, but can someone perhaps try the following URLs for me and see if anygives a snapshot image...

    Obviously replace, the USER_ID, PASSWORD & CAMERA_IP with your own.

    Code:
    http://USER_ID:PASSWORD@CAMERA_IP/Streaming/channels/101/picture
    http://USER_ID:PASSWORD@CAMERA_IP/streaming/channels/1/httppreview
    http:/CAMERA_IP/Streaming/channels/1/picture?admin=USER_ID&password=PASSWORD
    Regards,

    Les

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    'http://USER_ID:PASSWORD@CAMERA_IP/Streaming/channels/1/picture' works for my hikvision, but if checkout this site, you can find the live stream and snapshot url for just about every camera on the planet.
    https://www.ispyconnect.com/sources.aspx

    Mark
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    Quote Originally Posted by balder View Post
    'http://USER_ID:PASSWORD@CAMERA_IP/Streaming/channels/1/picture' works for my hikvision, but if checkout this site, you can find the live stream and snapshot url for just about every camera on the planet.
    https://www.ispyconnect.com/sources.aspx

    Mark
    Thanks Mark.

    I used to use ISpy so was familiar with it. I just had read confilcting reports about the URL, I thiink something was changed in a firmware update.

    Which model do you have and how do you rate it?

    Regards,

    Les

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    I have three different models in my cctv system, 2042, 2342, and 2542, but all models have pretty much the same innards. The domes are better away from sunlight, and the bullets suffer more from spider webs, so I recommend the 2342 turret cameras.
    19,000 litres
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