Surveillance camera for outdoors

I would like to have 4 cameras, ... They should also have Wi-Fi, ... and a live transmission to a phone via app or otherwise. Additionally, an extra switchable alarm would be good, ... ... so that people can directly recognize the cameras on my house, .... I would be willing to spend a maximum of 500, if that is feasible.... ... and throw a LaBomba into a stone trash can, which stands in front of my house. ...

So for 500 EUR you won't get 4 good cameras. I’ll skip the differences, but it has to do with the optical lenses, aperture, technical reliability, etc.; Wi-Fi camera is not necessary for live transmission to a phone or similar. Any camera connected via LAN cable can be connected to the home network and thus to Wi-Fi via a bridge, etc. Then you can also see the images from wired cameras over Wi-Fi on your phone. Network cables have a significantly better transmission rate, and if you want high-resolution images/videos, I would stay away from Wi-Fi cameras (toys!). Alarm etc. can all be integrated if you buy decent hardware. The camera itself can trigger an alarm, but then I would only have a notification sent to a phone or similar. False alarms are always programmed here. If the camera should not be visible, it would have to be behind a one-way mirror or hidden with a tiny lens in the ceiling or similar. At the end of the day, if it's only about the stone trash can at New Year's Eve, for that one day I wouldn’t go through the effort. Especially since you would need to illuminate the scene well in the dark to get good pictures. Lock the trash can if possible with a chain and padlock or fill it with water to the top or come up with something else that spoils the fun for the teenagers.

Germany resists

Now I’ve had enough and this year I will hopefully go to the police with good video material.

With this you are only shooting yourself in the foot, because with this plan you are attacking one of the best protected rights in Germany: the general right of personality, especially the right to one’s own image. Corresponding recordings will then rather be used against you than against the vandal.

Evening,

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Thank you very much for the help.

INSTAR with POE 5907 or 9008

but you can see the IR LEDs for night vision.

but you still have half a year to come up with something better with a twitching eyelid. fill the bucket with gasoline? booby trap? A Doberman puppy hasn’t grown scary enough yet in 6 months, that’s out... you could be the first to blow up the bucket!

INSTAR with POE 5907 or 9008

the IR LEDs for night vision are visible though.

I am considering having the roofer lay cables to the roof overhangs for outdoor surveillance.

I am currently writing a term paper on a subtopic of home automation and am glad that I am only doing it now, when the planning is mostly settled. Otherwise, it would unfortunately have had to be KNX with all its nice gadgets, but I still came up with some silly ideas.

Are PoE cameras any good? 2x PoE is already being run through the house for access points, so I could have a few more cables planned and include 4 corners of the house for cameras. Or better power and LAN instead of PoE?

I am largely aware of the legal consequences. I am concerned about the (affordable) technology – I would have thrown a maximum of 500€ per camera into the ring as a budget.

Of course, there are very good POE cameras. Some require highPower POE or even 100-watt injectors. But they cost significantly more. What do you want with cameras on the roof overhang? To check where the lawnmower robot is or how much hair your guests have? It's a very bad position. But okay as a gimmick. With 500€ per camera, you can get something "decent". Just not with facial recognition, distinguishing between people, vehicles, animals... How do you want to record? ... Definitely separate the network for the camera.