Designing a letterbox

I don't, but for some reason I'm reminded of the radio-controlled bins with the cameras inside in the film Malcolm...

Don't be silly, of course I am not stting here watching the CCTV!

I think it should look more like this:

And where were the Penguins hiding?

And where was the PCO hiding?

I've been thinking about this for my own place. How about some hanging baskets/flowerpots/bird boxes, etc? Nothing to interest scrotes, but easily capable of concealing a camera, especially if there's some foliage on top, spilling over the sides (astroturf :))

That crossed my mind after posting yesterday, too - something creative could be done with a bird-box which resulted in it still looking like a bird box, but with good visibility for the cameras. I'm wondering it if isn't harder to conceal the lens the higher up off the ground it is, though (i.e. more prone to light reflecting off it and making it visible)

Easily taken care of with a diy lens hood and the camera recessed enough.

I used to have a camera in a camelia tree. To hide the glare of the red LEDs I put some fake red camelia flowers on the tree. People still saw the camera sometimes, and the tree moved around in the wind and leaves grew over the lens. I have now discovered how useless the IR LEDs are, so I will disconnect them and just have a 10mm hole for the lens.

The lens is best at head height or slightly lower, looking upwards, to see under their hats.

Definitely go lower than head height, looking up. In fact I've wondered if a conspicuous camera up high to _make_ them look away in the direction of the hidden camera would work?

Where I used to live we all used to suffer from vandalism from kids who would also throw their crips packets and beer cans - and works and condoms - into front gardens as they passed down the road. So one day, when I was fighting the losing battle of keeping the garden tidy, whilst I was weeding I carved out a small trench from an airbrick in the house towards an old weatherworn beer can under the hedge which I somehow must have overlooked when cleaning up. You'd be amazed at what good pictures you can get from a beercan under a hedge.

Nick