How to Pick Your New Security Cameras
Cameras and technology are parts of the front line of most security operations, from the smallest home security setups to the largest installations in existance. There’s a reason for that – security cameras don’t need smoke breaks, they don’t eat anything apart from a little electricity, and they don’t need sleep or vacation time. Still, a whole lot of security setups suffer from the fact that the cameras they chose for the job were the wrong ones. So how do you pick the right security cameras for you?
Where?
Where are you planning to use your security cameras? This is possibly the most important question of them all. If you’re planning on using them outside, you need security cameras that can handle the climate and the weather in your location. Moisture proof, cold and heat resistance needs to be at the top of your priority, while perhaps you should sacrifice some resolution or image quality? Making some trade-offs like that will make sure that you can still keep within your budget.
Inside security cameras have greater use for PTZ functions, HD resolution and advanced alarm functions, while security cameras designated to the outside perimeter would merely be required to alert anyone approaching. The needs, of course, differs from installation to installation and security setup, and that is why a careful examination of where you need your security cameras is vital to their success.
Outside cameras need to be weather and temperature proof, while inside cameras can be geared to more high end tech and lower resistances to the elements, as it were.
When?
Not all security cameras need to work around the clock, and in all lighting conditions. Many setups come as all round systems, which will work medium well in all conditions. That might work for some, but installations that requre the best surveillance in the least amount of light – night time, for example – won’t find these useful at all. That’s why specialized security cameras, tailored to your needs are vital. Low light security cameras which either draw on IR lighting, extreme aperture or a combination of the two will serve dark places very well, while HD daylight and daytime cameras will be far superior in well lit conditions, or when you only need surveillance during daylight hours.
How?
How your surveillance is configured, or has to be configured, dictates what security cameras you should choose as well. Size matters, and the larger cameras will often be higher quality in regards to what you pay for them, while smaller cameras will be more expensive for the same quality image.
If you’re able to use large security cameras, you should probably go for it – they’re easier to maintain and cheaper to buy, with extreme quality. Smaller security cameras are easier to hide, and in cramped spaces can be a real life saver. Configuring a system with a combination of the two is the ideal solution, where you have larger HD cameras in open spaces where tampering isn’t an issue, and smaller, perhaps even hidden ones where you need coverage but you don’t have the space for it.
Combination Issues
When selecting security cameras, you should always go for a location specific security camera over a generic pile of them. The right security cameras in the right locations can be vital to getting the images you need and want, and the right amount of planning will save you money and trouble later on down the line. Picking the right combo of cameras will save on maintenance costs, replacement costs, space issues and quality problems.
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