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Looking For Camera To Put At Entrance To Cul-Desac To Get License Plates In Low Light.

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David Matyas
•Oct 18, 2015

There has been a few break-ins in my neighborhood. I live on a cul-de-sac so only one entrance. What would be a good camera I can moun aimed at the entrance that would get clear images especially of the license plates in low light.

The block is pretty dim, so low light is very imprtnant. The only other issue, is that I would be mounting it on the light pole, so there will be light right above the camera.

I used the camera finder, but I want to know which one is good enough to pick up license plates clearly.

Thanks

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Ethan Ace
•Oct 18, 2015

What's the distance from the camera to the plate read?

I think you could get away with a fairly low cost camera, but in order to reliably get plates, you're likely only going to get plates. You're probably going to need to set shutter speed to 1/1000s or faster, which is going to darken the scene, even during the day, but you should be able to read it at night.

See our Low Cost License Plate Capture Shootout for examples. The Hikvision 2032 did fairly well here because its IR pattern is more even than some of the others. But based on our 4MP tests recently, both Hikvison and Dahua are pretty even now (plus there's an increase in PPF with the new 4MP sensors).

Also, since a lot of the lower cost cameras are fixed lens you'll need to look for longer focal length models or be very close to the area you want to capture the plate in. Longer lenses are often an option in Hikvision/Dahua bullets (and others), with 2.8 or 4mm as default. If you can get an 8 or 12mm you can get more distance.

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David Matyas
•Oct 18, 2015
In reply to Ethan Ace

I would be putting the camera about 75 feet from the corner, so less then 75 feet.

If the shudder speed will be so fast, then how would I be able to see it when it is dark at night? Especially if the headlights will be shining from next to them.

Ill look into those cameras.

Thanks

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David Matyas
•Oct 18, 2015
In reply to David Matyas

So I guess this would be a good VF one DS-2CD2642FWD-I?

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