| Get a good face shot! | | | | the way lenses are removed from traditional |
| Use Higher quality cameras at entry areas Doors, | | | | cameras. There are lens options from 2.5mm up to |
| gates and other entry areas need a good quality, | | | | 500mm providing many different magnification |
| high resolution camera to record a good 'face shot.' | | | | options. |
| The video from this camera should be considered a | | | | In general, an 8mm lens is like a 4mm lens magnified |
| highly valuable since it can be used as evidence in | | | | 200%. A 16mm lens is like the 4mm lens magnified |
| identifying a person in a court of law. | | | | 400% |
| Wide Angle Cameras for large surveillance areas | | | | Outdoor Housing |
| Once you can get a good shot of a persons face, | | | | C-mount cameras can be used outside when put in |
| you should use a wider angle camera lens for the | | | | an outdoor camera housing like the photo to the right |
| interior surveillance spaces of the building. Using color | | | | needed to protect the camera. Heat and Fans are |
| cameras inside your building is a good idea because | | | | necessary in the 'extreme climate areas.' |
| you can readily identify a person by the clothes they | | | | See our outdoor housings |
| are wearing. Used in conjunction with the face shot | | | | Varifocal Lenses |
| at the entry point, you have an excellent record of all | | | | You can also use a varifocal lens on a c-mount |
| people and activities in your surveillance areas. | | | | camera body. The higher millimeter of the lens the |
| Use Bullet Security Cams and Dome Security Cams! | | | | further distance viewable. C-Mount cameras can use |
| They're Low Cost, High Performance, can be uses | | | | a varifocal lens. This is a huge advantage because |
| indoors and outdoors and available in Color or | | | | you can adjust zoom and focus. With Varifocal lenses |
| B&W. Dome cams and bullet cams come in | | | | the focus can be varied from 5mm to 20mm or |
| many low cost models. Good quality B&W cams | | | | more. |
| start at less than $80 and good color cams start at | | | | Even after installed, the varifocal camera lens can be |
| $150. When it comes to budgets, having a low cost | | | | adjusted to choose a variety of focal distances and |
| black & white camera is better than no camera | | | | angles of view. An example of where you might use |
| at all. | | | | a varifocal lens is outside (or inside) a warehouse or |
| Black and white cameras have advantages over color | | | | parking lot where you need more distance than 35 |
| security cameras | | | | feet. |
| Most B/W cameras can see in lower light and have | | | | Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) |
| higher resolution than color cameras. If most of your | | | | Pan-Tilt-Zoom Cameras also known as PTZ cameras |
| surveillance goals are at night and your budget is | | | | are excellent devices to use when you want to 'look |
| limited, a black & white camera may actually be | | | | around' your surveillance area. |
| your best solution. | | | | PTZ cameras allow you to pan an entire room, tilt up |
| Professional and Standard C-Mount Cameras | | | | and down and zoom in on anything or anybody within |
| If your budget permits, a c-mount camera offer a | | | | the sight of the lens. |
| big advantage over other cctv cameras. | | | | PTZ cameras can be set to automatic or manual |
| C-Mount or CS-Mount? | | | | mode or both. In automatic mode, hundreds of points |
| C-mount and CS-Mount lenses offer similar | | | | can be set for the camera to look at. The duration |
| performance, the only real difference is the way the | | | | that the camera looks at a given set point can be |
| lens mounts to the camera. And that's not a problem | | | | adjusted from less than a second to as long as you |
| since the adapter to convert 'C-Mount' to 'CS-Mount' | | | | would like. |
| comes with the camera. This enables the camera to | | | | There are some variances in different models. Some |
| use either C-Mount or CS-Mount lenses. | | | | have 17x zooms while others have 50x zooms or |
| Lenses can be changed! | | | | more. |
| They simply unscrew from the camera body, just like | | | | |