banny_1982

what is your budget? I left a reply in your previous post suggesting a pretty cost effective setup, maybe if I had your exact budget I could be of more help.

You could get Everfocus EZ180 - $200 retail, EZ300 - $300 or EZ550 - around 450$, depending on what your budget is. Their image quality is great. They are one of the more affordable quality brands, you can google them. Anything below this is a gamble IMO, and even if you manage to get something cheaper I doubt the images will be satisfactory.

You could use appro LC-7222(E) box cameras for the inside around 200-300 euros each plus the lens and appro LC-7233H IP dome-type outdoor IR cameras for the outside roughly 300 euros apiece (these don't need lenses). you just need a router or switch and you don't need the recorder on-site, you can install the recording software on any computer in the world and you're rolling. Also you You don't even need a top of the line computer a quality P4 will do, just have plenty of storage. IP is very flexible, easy to set up and you can easily do it yourself if you have basic computer skills. All these support PoE so you can get a network switch with PoE. This will lead to a "clean" install, and they will do a great job for the price. I am in no way affiliated with appro but the price/quality is just unbeatable. You can also consider Ganz for very slightly higher quality @ slightly higher price. Just make sure you get COMPUTAR lenses. PS the recording/monitoring software comes free with each camera.

VST_man I'm accessing the camera directly through LAN, with quality set to maximum, I know it's not a network isuue, the bandwidth meter shows plenty of free bandwith, I've tried diffrent lighting levels but the image still shows alot of noise... How do you manage to get rid of that?

I think megapixel technology is just not cost effective yet, so they are taking alot of shortcuts to have these cameras available at somewhat competitive price. Their footage might be done with a lens that's twice the price of the camera, but I don't see any way you could pitch this camera to any customer. This camera should have a huge WOW-effect for the price! Lens included it's as much as a sony speeddome with 15x zoom. I'll take that or 3 decent non-megapixel IP cameras over this anyday.

hi, I'm relatively new to this, I have been using mostly appro lc-7222 box cameras wich seem to be a great deal for around 200-250$ the quality being more than ok. However for the sake of keeping up with technology I decided to test an arecon vision av3100m 3 megapixel camera. I am using a computar 5mm 1/2" lens, but the images I get (indoors) are nowhere near the quality of the downloads they have available on their website. Those look like real HDTV footage, mine are alot less sharp, plus there's clearly visible noise. I tried all available settings, can't seem to find any shutter speed settings so I could lower the shutter speed for less noise. At current settings the image quality just doesn't justify the price of this camera. I am located in Romania an I get theese wholesale for $800 and the appros for $250... Please if anyone has some tips, maybe this camera works best with a diffrent lens setup or diffrent lighting conditions. Oh and another thing, it always seems dark, whether I use auto exposure on or off, with the lens iris opened all the way...