theedudenator

I am looking at messing with a camera as a hobby. Maybe catch some wildlife by the barn or home security. An older model is fine Wired is fine. I guess if I could use Cat5 type wiring? I have an extra PC so I can wire it direct to that. Or I can run wiring from a hub. I would like to be able to move the camera. Work in low light. Can use IR? if needed.

I would just store direct to a harddrive. This shouldn't be an issue. I have decent harddrive space. I also have a HD video camera I shoot a lot of footage with.

I did some reading and looks like an IP type camera would be better. I want to view the video over the network. And would like a notification when it senses motion. Not sure about storage, maybe just when it kicks in? I can deal with a wired version also. With or without PoE

So I should be looking at an Analog camera then? I would prefer better low light capability. And since this is a hobby thing, I would prefer to keep the cost down until I figure out what I really want/need.