Thread: Effectiveness of security cameras

The latest tech is going colour. Helps hugely with identification because you can tell the colour of clothing worn, or the colour of the vehicle. Only downside is that it's not 'covert' because it requires a visible light to illuminate the colour.

We had a break in at work a couple of months ago (inside job).
As a result we needed a temporary camera system to cover us until the business shut down (120 year old business, victim of Labours three waters debacle).

I purchased two Eufy security camera systems from PBTech. https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CCT...ee-Security-Ca
I have to say that I am pretty impressed. It's all wireless, solar charged, worked flawlessly in terms of wifi connectivity and alerts to my phone.
Only downside is that it is not a continuous recording system. It only records once it has a detection, and then records for a fixed duration per activation. Fast moving vehicles were also an issue in that they can drive past in the time it takes for the camera to wake up and start recording, so camera placement is critical, which is the case no matter what system you have in place.

The resolution required for a conviction on the camera image alone is very high and cameras that can achieve that are very expensive, particularly night vision. Higher camera resolution alone is not necessarily the key, because typically the higher the resolution, the slower the shutter speed, which results in more motion blur, which degrades any still image facial resolution. A higher resolution chip capable of faster shutter speeds and good environmental lighting are keys to good images of perp's.