vkguy

The vivotek is £279. The budget was £200 but the 8332 is quite a jump in quality over the £199 VGA cameras.

Both of those cameras cost significantly more than the IP8332.

Hello, I was hoping that I might be able to pick the brains of the members here. We have a photography website and we are in England, I was hoping to install a webcam as a stills camera to show the view around our premises (it's a very rural area!). My requirement is that it is of high quality, weatherproof, true colour and can automatically upload to an FTP using a built in schedule without the requirement of a PC. The best camera I have found so far is the VIVOTEK IP8332 but it is quite expensive. My question about this camera is that the cables from it are only very small tails, the camera would be installed high up on the side of a chimney breast, would the tails needs to go into a weatherproofed connection box where the ethernet and power would be plugged in? Has anyone got any alternative recommendations for cameras? The appeal of the IP8332 is the retracting IR-Cut filter so it doesn't pick up any IR during daylight hours. Also, does anyone know if you need to adhere to any local planning laws for erecting a camera, even if it's pointing at the landscape?