Network Cameras
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D-Link DCS-932L mydlink-Enabled Wireless-N Day/Night Network Camera Sale Price: $69.76  |
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Stay connected to everything that you love 24/7 with the D-Link DCS-932L Wireless N Day/Night home network camera, with built-in IR LEDs that enable you to see what is going on even when there is little or no light up to 5 meters (16... |
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Foscam FI8918W Wireless/Wired Pan & Tilt IP/Network Camera with 8 Meter Night Vision and 3.6mm Lens (67° Viewing Angle) Sale Price: $83.00 |
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Replacing the Foscam FI8908W, the FI8918W is this latest camera from Foscam. The FI8918W is a wireless or wired, pan/tilt IP camera solution for indoor use. It combines a high quality digital video camera, remote pan/tilt ability with network connectivity and a powerful web server to bring clear video to your desktop or smartphone from anywhere on your local network or over the Internet... |
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Foscam FI8910W Wireless/Wired Pan & Tilt IP/Network Camera with IR-Cut Filter for True Color Images - 8 Meter Night Vision and 3.6mm Lens (67° Viewing Angle) - Black NEWEST MODEL Sale Price: $94.70 |
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From the Manufacturer: The Foscam FI8910W features high quality video & audio, pan/tilt, remote internet viewing, motion detection, night-vision, embedded IR-Cut filter and built in network video recording system... |
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D-Link DCS-942L mydlink-Enabled Enhanced Wireless-N Day/Night Network Camera Sale Price: $132.39 |
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Record up to 5x more footage, see in the dark with night vision, the DCS-942L provides true around the clock surveillance so you can check in on your home at anytime with a browser, iPhone, iPad or Android device... |
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D-Link DCS-930L mydlink-Enabled Wireless-N Network Camera Sale Price: Too low to display |
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Stay connected to everything that you love 24/7 with the D-Link DCS-930L Wireless-N network camera, which is compatible with the mydlink portal (mydlink.com)--allowing you to easily and securely view and manage the camera from virtually anywhere over the Internet... |
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Wireless IP Pan/Tilt/ Night Vision Internet Surveillance Camera Built-in Microphone with Phone remote monitoring support - Black Sale Price: $51.79 |
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Specs: Image Compression Format: M-JPEG standard Image Resolution: VGA(640x480) / QVGA(320x240) Sensor: 1/4 inch CMOS, 300,000 Pixels Light frequency: 50Hz, 60Hz or Outdoor Audio compression: ADPCM Data rate: 802... |
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Panasonic BL-C121A Wireless Network Camera Sale Price: $132.98 |
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Panasonic BL-C121A wireless Network Camera |
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Astak Pan/Tilt Night Vision IP Network Camera (Black) Sale Price: $196.99 |
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The mole is the all in one network camera for security and all your social network communities. A simple 3 step setup gets this H.264 Wi-Fi camera up and running, so that you can automatically send video clips to youtube or facebook, even if you’re not there... |
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Panasonic BL-C101A Fixed MPEG-4 Network Camera (White) Sale Price: $100.99 |
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Panasonic Fixed MPEG-4 Network Camera |
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Genuine Foscam Fi8908w Wireless Ip Camera Network with Pan & Tilt,night Vision,2 Way Audio,black Sale Price: $75.99 |
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product name: MODEL: FI8908W >Support IE browser or any other standard browsers >Wi-Fi compliant with wireless standards IEEE 802.11b/g >Support both WEP & WPA Encryption >Motion detection alert via email or upload image to FTP >Multi-level users management with password protection |
When laying out a camera system for your business or company, it is important to look at five factors that will give you a good quality system. Many camera systems are designed based on false assumptions or what people see on their favorite TV show. Knowing the facts about cameras and camera systems will give you a CCTV system that will provide you the most benefit for your money.
1. What problems are you looking to solve or prevent with the cameras? - You have to sit down and decide first why you want a CCTV system in the first place. Is this going to save you money, prevent a theft or burglary, catch a thief that has already stolen from you, etc...? You want to be able to clearly define what you want from the camera system. This will allow you to choose the right cameras and location of cameras to solve or prevent your problem.
2. Are you having problems at day or at night? - Most of the time problems occur at night, but when people are looking at cameras and their quality, the demonstration of the cameras take place during the day. Seeing how a camera performs in similar lighting conditions is crucial to deciding if a camera is right for you. Many cameras can provide great images during the day or under optimal lighting conditions; but what happens at night or even low light with the image? Does the camera still produce good quality video, and are the images still sharp? Most importantly, are you able to accomplish the goal you established in item #1?
3. Will the cameras be used for live, playback or both? - Most camera systems are used for playback to see what happened after an incident took place. In this case, make sure that you know what the quality of the video will look like in playback. Many systems may look good when you are watching the live video feed but what happens in playback mode? Many Digital Video Recorders have the ability to record in different quality modes. Look at all of the different modes and pick the quality that is right for you.
4. Are you looking for general surveillance or forensic detail? - Most people have seen the TV show where a person is able to view video from a convenience store and zoom in and enhance the video to see amazing facial recognition or a license plate. This is only TV fiction and is not CCTV fact. Zooming in on video and clicking an imaginary "enhance button" does not exist. Since this doesn't exist, you have to decide where you need general surveillance or where you need forensic detail. General surveillance will allow you to see a parking lot with one or two cameras. You may be able to see the color and type of car but that's about it. With forensic detail, you are looking for license plates or very close up facial details of a person. The same camera may be able to provide you both of these but the field of view and the lens used, will determine which one you get.
5. How will you, your security staff, or others responsible for security access the system? - There are many ways with today's technology to access your camera system. Are you going to use a PC, a MAC, wireless laptop, or a Blackberry or iPhone? Simply identify who will access the cameras and decide which of the above is going to be used. Then make certain that you select a camera system that will work for you.
After thoroughly considering all of these issues, you are ready to look at different CCTV camera systems. You can now base your decision on facts and on how the system is going to perform for you. Remember that each situation is unique and that the security products must meet your needs. Not all camera systems are designed equally, so ensure that not only the products you select are the right ones, but the company that you choose to install the system is right for your company as well.
Daniel Cogan is the president of Access Security Corp. which is a member of the PSA security network. He has over 15 years experience is the design, installation and servicing of integrated security systems and specializes in IP cameras systems.
What do I need to connect a wired network camera into my wireless network?
I have a Panasonic BL-C1A-S Network Camera and want to connect it into my wireless network. The camera is upstairs, the wireless router is downstairs. Do I need to purchase an access point? A bridge? Thanks for the help.
The product most directly targeted to your application is a wireless ethernet bridge, such as a WET54G. The WET54G requires little more than configuring the wireless settings to get it to do what you need, though because it's specialized, can cost more than other, higher volume products.
For example, you can also tie routers, such as the WRT54GL together using a feature called WDS. The WRT54GL is easy to configure when using the Thibor15c or tomato firmware (which can be downloaded from third parties), on the "Basic Wireless Settings" page under the "Wireless" tab, into wireless modes of "Access Point + WDS" or "WDS" - or even into "Wireless Ethernet Bridge" mode, which makes the router work like a wireless ethernet bridge above, except that several ethernet devices can be plugged into the local network.
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