Brad-Pea 0 Posted July 25, 2012 Hi All, May be a bit of a dumb question here! But I want to mount an outside camera on the wall above the main door. Does anyone what the best/easiest way is to go about this? I have attached a picture of the wall in question, and the cables what will need to be fed through the wall. I feel that mounting it above the door will give a better field of view and make sure everything movement gets captured? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/444/phototv.jpg/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/99/photo1qt.jpg/ Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jxk716 0 Posted July 25, 2012 What is the camera name, type etc? If its and analog camera you risk losing a facial recognition shot as they approach the door because you may only be limited to tops of heads when they're at the door. If they look up, while at the door, you're in luck. Then again, someone with a hood or one who keeps their face down will not matter much. Mine is off to the side because it was easier to install and I was more interestd in a side view of my porch like this: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad-Pea 0 Posted July 25, 2012 Its a IP wired / wireless. Think its just a generic make, but does give off a pretty good picture. Only problem is where its located at the moment is just a bit further down than the door, and to get to the door you need to walk up some steps, so if somewhere walks to the door, you generally capture them. But when they are right at the door, the camera cannot see them. Therefore I thought that if it was above the door, you would get them walking up the steps, and when at the door. See attached pic for info. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jxk716 0 Posted July 25, 2012 Any chance to leave yourself extra wire or test the shot from abvove the door onto a computer to see if you like? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vector18 1 Posted July 25, 2012 Can you take a pic of the entire door area and the door and a pic of the camera itself would be nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad-Pea 0 Posted July 26, 2012 No Probs. Here is the picture of the door area. And here is the camera, it is actually a DB Power branded camera. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vector18 1 Posted July 26, 2012 How are you powering the camera? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad-Pea 0 Posted July 26, 2012 On a 5V power adaptor. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vector18 1 Posted July 26, 2012 I mean how are you running the wire and plugging it in? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
