i went to a site close to my house today where there used to be a building. i spoke to the demolition team when it was half demolished and they gave me access to take whatever i wanted so i did.
i wanted the CCTV cameras but they were all external and it would of been a pain getting them so i didn't bother.

i went back to check it out today and the demolition crew have gone and taken the building with them. they have cleaned up ready for the builders but left a few bits and bobs behind...
i saw a cctv camera housing, examined it and saw that the front window was cracked but apart from that it was fine so i took it home.

here is a picture of it on the building before demolition (taken from street view)


the housing was MASSIVE and basic, i reckon its probably from the 80s so i didn't expect anything special inside.



i opened the housing and found a 240V to 24VAC PSU and a panasonic day/night box cam.
the camera definitely doesn't match the age of the housing so the original one probably broke and this was probably a replacement.

but anyway... now i have a nice 'new' camera in mint condition that cost me nowt

Not only camera, but a nice A/I varifocal lens to boot. Nice score

Hey, it's a lead-free lens even! This just gets better and better!

yeah, i'm pretty happy with it.

i think i'll use it in a housing to replace camera 13 because the current camera is day only.

http://www.norbain.co.uk/downloads/manu ... ctions.pdf

Nice going! that was a pretty expensive camera in its day.
cheers,

I'm sure you wish you had gone through the pain of getting them all before the demo.

Never the less, nice take.

i know right!
i could of had 9 more of these things!

oh well, we learn from our mistakes.