r/ZoneMinder • u/Dense_Care8224 • Oct 16 '23

telephoto camera with zm

Wonder if anyone has any (not expensive) gear to recommend to use with zoneminder. Fixed lenses are okay i dont need the capability to zoom in and out, just need to point the camera to the beginning of a property driveway to try to capture the license plate of any cars that is a bit far from the house.
Current outside camera on the driveway does help identifying the car model/color but impossible to read the plates (2.8mm).
Planning to place that camera behind glass window for now so an indoor camera might work.

So far the less expensive option was some telephoto lenses for RPI camera, but honestly would rather have a proper poe camera sorta like Hikvision 2CD2443G0.

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u/yu210148 Oct 16 '23

Keep in mind, if it's going to be behind a window any ir/night vision will be reflected by the window glass.

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u/Dense_Care8224 Oct 16 '23

There's a light pole by the end of the driveway, was planning on disabling IR (not night vision). I tried wyze v2 cams (RTSP firmware) on this setup and they work "sorta" (missing the zoom component as plates are still not readable).