I want to start out with 5 wireless night vision cameras (4 outdoor 1 indoor).

I have a budget of around $1500, not sure where to start. I have wireless internet within the house, and I believe it will reach outside without issues too.

I've setup a few DIY Q-See systems that have wired cameras, never got into the wireless though.

It sounds like wireless cameras are called IP/Network Cameras, is that right?

I want to be able to record video from all of the cameras, whenever there is motion. If that is not possible, I would at least like to be able to get a bunch of still images taken.

I would also like to be able to watch the cameras over the internet.

Is this something that can be done for $1500? If not, what kind of numbers are we talking about here?

Is there some kind of base unit I should start with? I've seen a couple Axis cameras, are there other Network/IP cameras I should look at?

This is not going to be possible at your budget.

Why do you want wireless cameras?

Keep in mind that you will need to power the camera so you will most likely have to run wires so you might as well run cat5 or rg-59 for video.


AXIS makes 3 wireless cameras nether have a IR cutoff filter which means they will not work at night.

I was building this system and was using AXIS cameras I would use the following products:

AXIS 221 $999.99

outdoor housing $299.99

outdoor wireless access point $299- $499

Total per camera $1597 - $1797 without labor and wire.

IP wireless or wired setup will cost about $7500 - $10000 with NVR and install.

Sorry I forgot to add IR illumators for the night vision they are around $500.

So add another $2000 plus labor to the total.


Hope I didn't scare you :shock:

Keepin mind AXIS is a professional grade product and there are going to be other solutions for less money but you will never find a quality product to do what you want at your budget.

ATCi makes some outdoor IR Bullet cameras you might want to look at but they are not wireless so you will need outdoor access points.

http://www.acti.com/Catalogv5/Product_Information.asp?PART_NO=ACM-1431/ACM-1432