PTZ Camera for front of my house.

[cirian75]

Master bedroom in my house in at the back.

And I want a pan/tilt/zoom camera for the front so I can remotely point it at my car each night that just needs power and connect via WiFi all in one solution.

DVR or cloud recording both acceptable.

Ideas and suggestions?

[catso]

I got some Dekco DC5L from Amazon, cheap but work well and you don't need to subscribe to anything as they record to micro SD, night vision with auto spotlight and 2-way comms.

Far better than the Ring doorbell camera that is essentially useless due to the time it takes to connect, meaning anyone at the door is long gone by the time it's working.

[mrpbailey]

Tapo by tp link. Less than £50, just need power and a micro sd card.

https://amzn.eu/d/eZHnlkM

[gmaz]

Why PTZ? Won't the car always be parked in generally the same place?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/eufy-Security-Wireless-Su...

If not PTZ this one is good, no subscription, solar powered, movement detection zone.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/eufy-Security-Continuous-...

Both are discounted at the moment with Amazon prime.

[The Three D Mucketeer]

REOLINK .... I've 5 ... Night Vision, LED light , Pan Tilt Zoom and s/w for Windows and Android (which I use from PCs, Tablets and Phone..ONVIF used in Tiny Cam Too) and I guess APPLE too

[dhutch]

gmaz said:

Why PTZ? Won't the car always be parked in generally the same place?

My first thought too.

[cirian75]

Unfortunately, it's a terraced Street with a constant battle to park your car.

The chances of parking the same space twice in a row is practically zero

[48k]

Another Reolink fan here, altough I don't have the NVR accessible on the internet due to security concerns I need to get a better solution for that bit I think.

[dhutch]

cirian75 said:

Unfortunately, it's a terraced Street with a constant battle to park your car.

Ensure you are not falling foul of GDPR and other legislation here.
You will for instance need clear signage displayed as I understand it.

[maccboy]

GDPR is only for businesses, not individuals.

[NiceCupOfTea]

I've had Reolink wired non-PTZ cameras recording to my NAS for at least 5 years and they were fit and forget. Having said that I have bought some Tapo internal cameras recently that have been very good so may go for Tapos when the Reolinks need replacing. I'd go for wired if possible as I think ne'er-do-wells often use Wifi jammers to beat doorbell cameras.

[RizzoTheRat]

If you're going to run power to it anyway then is it much more difficult to run an ethernet cable to it instead? Plenty of POE powered cameras out there and no worries about signal strength.

[Harpoon]

maccboy said:

GDPR is only for businesses, not individuals.

Government and ICO don't agree with you. Whole can of worms for me. If the OP has to park down the street, so pivots the camera to cover the car, are the people down the street going to be asking if the OP can see in their house and thus knocking on the OPs door?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domesti...

UK Government said:

If your CCTV system captures images of people outside the boundary of your private domestic property – for example, from neighbours’ homes or gardens, shared spaces, or from public areas – then the GDPR and the DPA will apply to you. You will need to ensure your use of CCTV complies with these laws. If you do not comply with your data protection obligations you may be subject to appropriate regulatory action by the ICO, as well as potential legal action by affected individuals.

https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/home-cctv-systems/

ICO said:

Where possible owners should position their cameras to only capture their own property. However, if this isn’t possible and the CCTV captures someone else's property, a public area or communal space, then data protection law applies. This is because CCTV can capture images and voices of other people, and this counts as their personal information.

[cirian75]

This means anyone who lives in a terraced house could be boned camera wise

[outnumbered]

I've seen loads of TV documentaries that demonstrate how much the police rely on evidence from random doorbell/home security CCTV footage capturing stuff happening in the street or other properties.

So unless you are doing something particularly egregious, I doubt any authority will be looking to enforce anything.

[The Three D Mucketeer]

Lancashire Police asked for home owners to register their CCTV cameras with them to avoid having to go door to door in the event of a crime looking for footage

https://www.lancashire.police.uk/police-forces/lan...

Edited by The Three D Mucketeer on Thursday 10th July 15:46

[GuyW]

Do it properly!

I'd suggest something like a Ubiquiti G6 PTZ. You'll need to run ethernet, POE powering the camera. If you're not already within the Ubiquiti walled garden, you'd need a cloud gateway for management & recording and some kind of POE switch or POE injector.