PoE CCTV cameras

mrmmhf

We're looking to install two PoE CCTV cameras that record to a HDD.

Any suggestions on brands?

OGR

I've used the HikVision stuff. It works really well, is pretty much plug and play and the 4K cameras I got last time were not too expensive.

mrmmhf

Are the night vision sensors on them decent?

OGR

I'd say so and the Police have never complained when they have come in to get footage of the numerous incidents that go on around our high street offices. In fact they normally say that our footage is the clearest of most of the stuff they get given. And that is on the 1080 footage, they haven't seen our 4k footage yet.

Unfortunately I can't share an image with you as being an office GDPR and all of that.

that

I would suggest you just look at cameras with the imx226 sensor, even of it is only on youtube. These cameras are 12mp, 4k video and excellent in low light with good colour rendition.

You can be cheap and buy a fish eye lens, which does cover a larger angle, but introduces distortion and dilutes the sharpness and pixels. A better way is image stitching https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2016/01/25/real-time-panorama-and-image-stitching-with-opencv/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8A-BxTfTaY

pixel ratio vs clarity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0QS6xd2D0

mrmmhf

Thanks for the pointers. I will look at imx226 sensor cams now.