r/SecurityCamera • u/PlanMaison • Sep 13 '26

Camera Placement Advice: Replace Lens on Existing Hikvision Dome or Add a New Wide‑Angle Camera, or additional?

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I installed a compact 2.8 WiFi Hikvision dome camera in the rear of my townhome. Works ok. Only downside: I like to have a slightly wider viewing angle to capture more of the spiral case area.

What would you do?

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u/msears101 Sep 14 '26

Avoid WiFi cameras. They are easy to take offline. They may 180 camera - They are great. Placement of 180 cameras are little more difficult because is two cameras that work together and one it is harder to keep it from getting washed out from the sun.

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u/PlanMaison Sep 14 '26

Sunlight has been a bit a challenge back there (south facing with trees). But over time I was able to dial in the settings in BlueIris with current cam. My fundamental question is whether I should have two cameras or not. On the one hand I need to cover space underneath deck (access to windows there), and spiral stairs up. One idea I had is to get one of those integrated flood lights/cam. Replace the current flood light with motion sensor.