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Exterior Webcam (low $) (by GA [GA]) Aug 19, 2017 12:32 PM
       Exterior Webcam (low $) (by Deanna [TX]) Aug 20, 2017 12:36 PM


Exterior Webcam (low $) (by GA [GA]) Posted on: Aug 19, 2017 12:32 PM
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Building new at a site with great across the street neighbor who has offered to let me put up a webcam to record construction. He said I can connect to his power and/or wifi (but no wired ethernet possible).

What is the best product for this? Hopefully it can be done with a single camera. In order to get a proper view, without being blocked by the trees in his yard, I need to put it up OUTSIDE, probably on his fence. Thus there is some chance of theft, so don't want something too expensive. Ideally it would be something that takes a pic every 10 minutes or so during the day. I am not interested in something that takes a pic every time there is motion (constant traffic or cars or people). I can't put it up at my own site because it will be awhile before there is power (lots of grading & sitework first).

Is there a single camera product that plugs into the power that connects to a website via his internet? Is there something that does not charge a monthly subscription? --74.190.xxx.xxx




Exterior Webcam (low $) (by Deanna [TX]) Posted on: Aug 20, 2017 12:36 PM
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Have you tried looking into trail cameras?

#1, they're battery-operated, so no power onsite shouldn't be an issue. They're usually intended for use out in a field somewhere.

#2, you can get the kind with night-vision, so that there's no flash for night shots that would betray the camera's location.

#3, out in the field, you have a lot of leaves and things that are in constant motion. Some of the trail cameras are triggered by body temperature combined with motion. I don't know if the temperature of a vehicle would trigger it, but if you could put it on your property and angle it to minimize the street coverage, you might look into that.

#4, some trail cameras will feed into an app via wireless, and other trail cameras allow you to retrieve the memory card so that you can plug it into your computer. If you manually check the memory card, it needs to be low enough to be accessible without problems, but if you hook it up to wireless, you have much more flexibility in its positioning. --96.46.xxx.xx





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