I really like this, thank you. Would you have had an opportunity to do situations like large workfloors like parts assembly areas. High ceilings open plan type arrangements.
Camera Selection Guide 2013
Published Nov 14, 2013 05:00 AM
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Comments (15)
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Vasiles Kiosses
Nov 14, 2013Ethan Ace
Nov 14, 2013Hi Vasiles, thanks, we are planning to do more of these. These areas were the most common and the simplest to take care of first. We're looking at maybe doing warehouses, loading docks, etc., because they're also readily available to us in our building. Other specific areas like you mention are definitely possible, but we'll need to find somewhere to shoot, so it'll take a bit longer.
AM
Ali Mahmoud
Nov 14, 2013Wow that's an excellent review John & team. Think you hit a lot of pertinent points and very graphical for us people with short attention spans.
Max Shumeyko
Nov 14, 2013Great reference gude!
"Corridor mode" is a great thing for indoor video surveillance. And not only for corridors.
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peter dempsey
Nov 14, 2013Excellent guide .
Brandon Knutson
Nov 14, 2013Excellent guide! If possible, please list the camera make & models used in the testing.
SP
Steven Porcaro
Nov 15, 2013Great content thanks
DA
Dawid Adamczyk
Nov 17, 2013Nice tests. Comparision of images at 1/2/5/10MP resolution, at day and night conditions tell much.
TM
Timothy Mc Pheron
Nov 21, 2013Very useful! Re: Brandon's comment- I am interested in how you selected which cameras to use. Not as much in the make and model (although that is certainly important), but in whether you tried to pick the best of class for each type of camera, the average or just whatever camera came first to hand.
JH
John Honovich
Nov 21, 2013We tried to pick an average of professional models we have tested over the last 10 months. As for the specific models, the only one that's notable because it's rare is the 10MP and that's an Arecont - see our new 10MP vs 5MP vs HD Shootout
UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Nov 24, 2013i appreciated seeing the differences on the side by side comparisons. Gives me a great perspective!
Christopher Freeman
Dec 03, 2013Great Job
Looking forward to more of these type's of comparisons
Thanks
WA
Wassim Abu-Zent
Mar 06, 2014Why is the 5MP camera for the hallway displays the eyechart significantly yellower than the other cameras?
Ethan Ace
Mar 06, 2014That's a function of the sensor and/or white balance in that specific camera. Even trying to compensate for it by adjusting color gains, it was still yellow.
UE
Undisclosed End User #2
Aug 20, 2017Four years later would you come to the same results? Panoramic fisheye imagers have developed with more features. Panoramic multi-imager cameras have continued to develop, low light cameras detect better at lower light levels and thermal has continued to price drop making them a real choice to the market.