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TrueBlue32
27-04-2014, 06:55 PM
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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Feline
28-04-2014, 12:14 AM
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 :D 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.

TrueBlue32
06-12-2014, 08:47 AM
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.

Tony058
06-12-2014, 09:15 AM
do you mind me asking what you got the camera for I have been looking at the same one!
Tony

TrueBlue32
06-12-2014, 09:24 AM
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.

TrueBlue32
06-12-2014, 09:47 AM
With the top cash back money off I got it for a tad over £108.

ianp
06-12-2014, 09:50 AM
this is a good thread Carl, I,d like to get something sorted for inside the filter room, watching with interest.;)

apbarr
06-12-2014, 10:39 AM
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.

TrueBlue32
06-12-2014, 10:51 AM
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.

Pointy
08-12-2014, 06:33 PM
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 (http://www.ispyconnect.com/) on my server, and IP Cam Viewer Pro (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rcreations.WebCamViewerPaid&hl=en_GB) on my phone/ Andriod tablet.

Regards,

Les

sandy
08-12-2014, 07:43 PM
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

Tim_Taylor
08-12-2014, 07:44 PM
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.

sandy
08-12-2014, 07:53 PM
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.

Tim_Taylor
08-12-2014, 08:01 PM
I guess I could put a small pane of glass in the wall with a webcam behind it.

Pointy
08-12-2014, 08:50 PM
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 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-TFT-Underwater-Fish-Finder-Video-Camera-DVR-20m-Cable-GSY8000ASVR-/321445126704?pt=UK_BOI_Packing_Postal_Supplies_Lab els_LE&hash=item4ad79f6230) 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,

Les

Tim_Taylor
08-12-2014, 08:52 PM
Looks fun. :)

Pointy
21-09-2016, 08:54 AM
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.


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

balder
21-09-2016, 12:05 PM
'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

Pointy
21-09-2016, 02:06 PM
'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

balder
21-09-2016, 02:19 PM
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.

Pointy
21-09-2016, 03:31 PM
Thanks again Mark.

I was looking at the 2042 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hikvision-DS-2CD2042WD-I-Outdoor-Bullet-Network/dp/B017C53TI0/ref=sr_1_1?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1474467585&sr=1-1) as it's only £96 on Amazon at the moment, whereas the 2342 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hikvision-DS-2CD2342WD-I-Turret-Network-Camera/dp/B017C4YXZO/ref=sr_1_5?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1474467585&sr=1-5) is £122. A cheap PoE injector (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Injecor-Ethernet-Injector-Transceiver-802-3af-I100GL/dp/B00HNFF7FI/ref=sr_1_7?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1474467738&sr=1-7&keywords=poe+injector) is another £15. If the image quality is pretty much the same I will stick with the 2042.

Regards,

Les

Alpha
03-06-2022, 12:26 PM
I love Hikvision IP cameras and have been installing (https://https://alltechnology.co.za/cctv-installations)them for 15 years. https://youtu.be/65RID0POBUA

stormstorr
09-06-2022, 10:34 AM
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I agree with the previous poster - HikVision, easy to set up and a good user interface.

RS2OOO
15-06-2022, 09:42 AM
I bought a HD-SDI CCTV system back in 2016 having done a fair bit of research. All in about £1200 as it was also the most expensive format at the time, but used ones now available cheaply as little did I know it was a dying format that's now obsolete, so I don't recommend buying a new system at all, but well worth it if you can find a cheap used one that comes with a Vectus (Linux) DVR.

These systems are generally used by commercial entities like McDonalds and such like, and reliability has been superb with just 1 camera failure (it was in direct morning sunlight) in 6 years of continuous operation. Runs on a 3TB Seagate drive and that gives about 8 days of footage before re-writing.

Still some tweaking to do for the picture settings but here's a clip immediately after installation. Picture quality is MUCH better than the video implies as this is just a screen recording off my phone, which then got pixelated even more when I uploaded to YT.

Night vision is pretty good also particularly on cameras with a Sony Starvis chip (not this one) as you get full colour from around 03:30 to 23:30 through summer, and 07:00 to 19:00 in winter, longer if you have outside lighting.

https://youtu.be/dQQB0d34fmo

dQQB0d34fmo


What I particularly like about these older systems is no reliance on an internet connection that can be easily cut, hard drive can be hidden anywhere, there are free apps available to view the footage, and the DVRs automatically set up a DDNS for you, you just choose any web address to enter into the DVR then the same address on whatever app you use to view footage.

RS2OOO
15-06-2022, 09:54 AM
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davethefish1
15-06-2022, 10:37 AM
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