

When ordering from either I usually pay with Paypal and DHL shipping and have had no hassles.ĭont get caught up in the megapixel race. The most popular camera going currently from Andy $170 Otherwise contact him through the forum and tell him what you need and he ll quote you a price. He warranties his stuff and has treated many members right for a long time. he's got two AliExpress stores (Chinese Amazon) and caters to members of that forum. Use DHL for shipping and a credit card and no worries.Įven more trustworthy is a guy that goes by the name Andy on the ipcamtalk forum. Two places to buy direct that I have used and trust so far over 3-4 years:ĬCTV-Mall - remember "in stock" doesnt mean what it says in Chinese Plan on a 3 week lead time. So you can buy from a US distributor like B&H with warranty and support, or buy direct from China for 1/2 to 1/3 the price with effectively no warranty as shipping eats you up. The few US distributors tend to limit stock and which models they carry to sell to Joe Q Public. You can find some low end models on Amazon but not the good stuff usually, and most of that is from Chinese sellers. So the problem is they have US distributors who mark things up 2x or 3x as they really only want to sell to contractors. Most all cameras you see or find in stores or Amazon/Ebay (Amcrest, Qsee, Lorex and many others) are made by one of two companies - HIK Vision and Dahua - both in China. The smaller that number the better the low light image. 005LUX which is extremely good low light capability. With the Starlights, you're getting F1.4 at about. There are also Turret and eyeball versions and other variable focus with longer range lens's like 5x and 12x Here is the Bullet HDCVI cams I have out front They have come a very long way and can be had in up to 4K now. CVI cams allow you to use Cat5 just like IP POE cams, and are about 1/2 the price for the same image sensor technology. I have an HDCVI system because I'm no IT expert and already had an analog system run using Cat5 cable. ***MAKE SURE and SWITCH to 1080P Quality on Youtube video*** Here's the sister cam on the other side of the garage in IR with no coachlights. Whether white light or infrared, image quality is all about light. The coachlights on either side of the garage have 1200 watt lumen LED bulbs. The cameras are mounted on the garage pillars at 7ft high (most folks mount them too high which is great if you want to capture bald spots but not so much for faces)

So its only 12 ft to the drivers door, 37 ft to end of driveway.
