I need to get another camera to monitor the other side of the front of the house. The camera probably has to be on the first floor, and looking out of a window (it's hard to attach one in the right place, and it's vulnerable at ground level). Currently I have a Panasonic BL-C1 covering one side. It's OK, although not marvellous at night. But when I went to get another one, it's been superseded by one that *requires* IE - which I don't use since my main desktop isn't Windows. I tried a cheap Foscam camera, and it works fine in daylight but not at night - it has IR but (a) that just reflects off the inside of the window and (b) probably doesn't do a lot anyway. Any ideas/recommendations that won't totally break the bank? Wired is fine - there is plenty of network access. Thanks.

I have a pan and tilt Tenvis indoor one in the lambing shed with IR lighting that works very well. Although its wifi capable I've hard wired it. I also have three other Tenvis outdoor cameras 391W I think. They have ir illumination but the area is lit anyway. One currently is lying on the garage windowsill waiting permanent fitting, and as you mentioned the glass reflects the ir. The only issue I've had has been one of them badly fogging up after very heavy rain (It's in an exposed position at the top of a lamp post) Tenvis refused to exchange it as over a year old, so I took it apart, dried it thoroughly (having actually poured water out first!), greased the O ring seals with Vaseline, and put a small bag of silica gel desiccant in. No trouble since and the others didn't fail in the same exposed position, also we've had worse rain and wind since it failed. Andrew

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Jim K 12 years ago

s'used to take snaps of trolls innit

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Mathew Newton 12 years ago

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