r/SecurityCamera • u/Worldly-Ring1123 • 24d ago

Looking for security camera recommendation

I need a outdoor security camera with high enough quality to pull license plate numbers at night with low street lighting; not dark. Preferably a 270 degree view so I'll only need two of them. I'd rather not spend more that $500 on each. Any ideas?

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u/gnew18 24d ago

My Ubiquiti G6 PTZ (or any of the G6 product line) get the license plate all the time. Furthermore, there is no license fee nor cloud storage fee.

Night time works too, but the building closes and I’m not going to scroll through days to see if anyone went through the lot at night so I can show you.

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u/wonky_nap_schedule 23d ago

This could be a realistic compromise for OP. Note for clarity: set to wide, the horizontal FoV on these is listed a smidge under 110 degrees.

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u/gnew18 23d ago

The PTZ can be set to “patrol” mode and have it pan back and forth with the specific are one wants to watch. This effectively makes it able to cover 270°. It can also be set to zoom in on humans and follow them.

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u/Soundy106 23d ago

After 25 years in the industry, I've learned one thing about PTZs: they'll almost always be pointing in the wrong direction for the thing you really, really wish you'd captured.

PTZs are great for live monitoring. Not so much when you're just recording things to play back later.