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Old 01-12-2018, 11:20 AM   #7
theoWjr
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Disclosure, I work in engineering for a camera manufacture - Avigilon. Not in sales and not trying to sell you them though.

As already mentioned commercial cameras have many nice features. I'd recommend stepping up to more commercial cameras too. Not sure what your budget is but you can keep cost down by considering used or refurbished. You should be able to find something nice in the 100-200 range. For my personal use I've found some good used ones online at B&H Photo and often see nice older commercial models on ebay that look like great deals. There's plenty of good commercial camera names that would work: Sony, Samsung, Hikvision (*be sure to upgrade the firmware!), Pelco, Arecont, Panasonic, Axis (some good some cheap) plus others and of course I do like Avigilon cameras best

In addition to the features you mentioned you might want to look for ONVIF compliant too. It may make life a bit easier when you go to hook up to your choice of recorder (DVR).
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