How well does this camera work for license plate detail, I have it mounted on a tree out by the street but the current 900tvl camera loses quality
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This does not work very well for license plate reading. There just aren't enough lines of resolution.
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I can read street signs when I tested it in a moving vehicle. Never tried license plates but imagine you could read them with good conditions - zoom, distance, lighting.
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My camera is about 50 ft from road and I can't see license plates. My guess is you would have to have the camera within 30 ft.
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The image is fairly clear, however I would not consider it with enough resolution for license plate recognition. You may be able to make out a license plate number within 20', but the name of the state will be significantly blurred.
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You will be able to see not as much as if the camera was to be outside. NOW, the distance marks will not show the distance the way that it shows on a normal position right under the rear bumper. Yo will have to guess distance, for that matter just look out the window.
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You'd want to "aim" camera...but I have great images 50 feet away. Have it on a pine tree along driveway. See everyone who comes and goes when I'm not home, ie: UPS guy, neighbors dog, etc etc.
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Melinda; my camera/plate are at the auto repair shop I use waiting for me to make an appointment have it installed in my truck. I can tell you that it's "heavy" that feeling of weight I associate with quality products. This is my second camera the first was a Christmas Gift couple years ago and I had my doubts about it from the beginning as it was flimsy and had very poor depth perception. Which is basically the reason for installing a camera! Quality is what you pay for in my experience.
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when you buy the camera make sure it says ''infrared'' for if it dose it should have a category of pic or video. If it dosebuy it.it will take video clips at night when the motion detector is triggered. If your using it for surveillance add more cammo nettingto the camera to break up image. Use rubber cement to attach extra cammo netting. Drill a hole in the back and attach it to tree with a power tool.it works! tauz
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Currently own 5 of these cameras. Daytime image quality is amazing, nightime image quality is very good. To read a license plate - I would say you could probably read one on a stopped vehicle at 50' They will not let you read one on a moving vehicle.
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As others have already stated, this is not an outdoor rated camera. Having said that, I have 2 outdoors one in Texas and the other in Colorado. They are protected by being mounted under porches. I am VERY surprised at how well they have worked ... even at temperatures below zero. My only real complaint is the colors are not very good. The greens of trees are showing as browns and reds. Blue of skies is good. If pointing thru a windows, you will need to turn off the infrared. If infrared is on, it reflects on the glass making it useless.All in all, for the price, these are great cameras! As others have already stated, this is not an outdoor rated camera. Having said that, I have 2 outdoors one in Texas and the other in Colorado. They are protected by being mounted under porches. I am VERY surprised at how well they have worked ... even at temperatures below zero. My only real complaint is the colors are not very good. The greens of trees are showing as browns and reds. Blue of skies is good. If pointing thru a windows, you will need to turn off the infrared. If infrared is on, it reflects on the glass making it useless.All in all, for the price, these are great... » Read More As others have already stated, this is not an outdoor rated camera. Having said that, I have 2 outdoors one in Texas and the other in Colorado. They are protected by being mounted under porches. I am VERY surprised at how well they have worked ... even at temperatures below zero. My only real complaint is the colors are not very good. The greens of trees are showing as browns and reds. Blue of skies is good. If pointing thru a windows, you will need to turn off the infrared. If infrared is on, it reflects on the glass making it useless.All in all, for the price, these are great cameras! « Show Less
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I have 5 of the camera placed in NE for the last 6 months. It is important to ensure the camera is placed/attached to a solid object, any movement will cause the camera to collect data. The angle of the trigger beam is also important. If you select the wrong trigger location and you have trees in the background you will take a lot of empty pictures. I feel that I set them up correctly and still get false positive pictures on windy day. The cameras have been good to me. I placed them in September with solar panels and 4 of 5 are still collecting. The 5th one was rubbed down by a bull elk
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I mounted mine above the license plate. The camera can be rotated in the mounting bracket 360 degrees for correction.
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Hello, Thank you for your support. For this issue,it depend on the if the license license plate numbers/letters palce to the ip camera and the weather condition, plate numbers/letters is in the right place to the camera and the Weather is in good condition, it can clear enough to see it.otherwise.it maybe can't Thank you very much. HUACAM
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Then the only choice you have is a board camera. License plate cameras "Back up cameras" are not good enough besides a lot of those reverse the image. The good ones come with light blocking they can be found in dome cameras great for nabbing plate numbers the control for those is in the cable. It's a lot of messing around to get them set up but when you do it's worth it. Take note of those settings on paper if the camera loses power a lot of those default back. You can find then by themselves but I have not seen them on Amazon google board cameras that will get you there.
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I installed this camera on a 01 Toy. Landcruiser. In order to avoid internal hardware of the tailgate & to gain easy access to the wiring (without cutting additional metal on door) I inadvertently limited upper view to the rear. However horizontally is very adequate as well as the lower vertical view. I've been very pleased with this low cost camera. I had originally intended to purchase a Sony camera but due to positive reviews here I purchased this one with no regrets. As for actually 170degrees I can't say for sure. I believe for most applications this camera will work well.
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it all depends on the angel of the camera building a new home in mannorville ny and i use these cams to keep night watch over the property.in order to take pics of a license plate you would have to build a 5 foot tall wooden stand,drill two holes in back of camera and mount it on with a power tool and screw the camera onto wooden 5 foot pole.get you some camo netting place around pole.dig a hole and point camera in direction of the cars parking area.[make sure you camouflage the pole and don't cover the camera lens or the motion detection port] dig a hole about a foot deep.cover hole with dirt and leaves.turn it on to multi shots and it will take pics of licence plates day or night. tauz
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It's OK. If you have an outdoor light with motion-sensing capability that would help with image quality. This is my first system, so I don't have much to compare. So far this has been the best camera. I've purchased 3 different types. Lorex, another off brand, and this one. These are the best so far. The more IR lights a camera has the better night vision. 700TVL or higher recommended for any camera. Good luck!
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It is not that great. There is not that much reflection from the plastic dome when using IR, the camera + IR focus is weak.I have my car parked in the drive way and I cannot make out the license plate at all during the night with the IR.