The price difference of an IR verses a non-IR camera can be very small depending on the environment in which you need it. IR cameras work best in small or confined spaces because far distance viewing in the dark requires more powerful emitters and can increase the cost of the camera significantly. For close quarter scenarios, it makes no sense to not go the extra mile to protect your home or business with an Infrared Security Camera because the extra cost is almost negligible.

The image you see below was taken from an iPhone app using a “$125 indoor / outdoor IR bullet camera (WBL-IR20S in our Security Camera Product Catalog) . This camera offers 12 built-in LED’s to allow up to 45 feet of visible range. It also offers intelligent IR technology, which allows the camera to produce clearer images by adjusting infrared emitters to keep the image consistent. Additionally, this intelligent IR technology reduces the “whiteout effect”.

Full Specs:
- Ultra High Resolution 600 TVL
- Fixed Lens (3.8mm)
- Intelligent IR Technology
- Built-in IR LED (12EA)
- IR Visible Range: up to 45ft
- Digital Noise Reduction (DNR)
- 12 VDC

If you are interested in seeing more about this camera or other Security Camera Types, visit us at CameraSecurityNow.com and schedule your free online demo with one of our professional security technicians. Or give us a call at 877-422-1907.

By Randy Lewis, CCTV Expert

Camera Security Now offers a wide selection of CCTV Security Cameras. There are several benefits of each type of security camera depending on their application. Businesses all over the nation have been turning to Business CCTV Security systems to protect their inventory and investments. The most commonly used for these businesses are Dome Security Cameras or Bullet Security Cameras. Some work better in different scenarios, see Bullet vs Dome Security Cameras.

Camera Security Now also has several Box Security Cameras, PTZ Security Cameras and Infrared (IR) Security Cameras. We can get you any type of surveillance system you need. Our experienced consultants know our products and only sell the best.

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In these video tutorials, Brian Wood (Woodio) of Camera Security Now teaches the basics of how to build your own CCTV DVR so that our customers can learn the ins and outs of their security camera systems. When choosing a Security Camera vendor for your security needs remember that Camera Security Now offers an unprecedented level of pre and post sale support.

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Setting up multiple PTZ cameras with 1 i/o card requires setting them up in a chain and programming the camera IDs using the DIP switches.

PTZ cameras can pan, tilt and zoom giving a security team maximum ability to track activity within its available surveillance field. PTZ security cameras offer more versatility than any other camera option. PTZ cameras are being used in many surveillance camera installations.

In this video, Camera Security technician Woodio shows how to setup a PTZ Camera utilizing a Geovision camera server from Camera Security Now.com.

Josh Van Cleave is an Engineer for CSN1 Technologies, member of the Tech Army Organization. Connecting coax cables can be tricky. With ends costing as much as $10 each, mistakes can be costly. Done properly, a compression crimp becomes permanent under even extreme conditions of moisture, heat and cold.

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The iCamViewer also allows users to view CCTV cameras on their iPhone via video servers. You can also mix and match viewing cameras from different manufacturers. In addition to Axis, the app also has support for viewing Zavio and Vivotek IP cameras.

According to Mike Haldas, Managing Partner for CCTV Camera Pros, “CCTV Camera Pros’ research and development team continues to innovate and allow us to offer great products for video surveillance, like the free iCameraViewer iPhone app. We are extremely excited about the integration with Axis cameras being that Axis is the largest manufacturer of IP security cameras in the world. Our goal is to have the best free video surveillance iPhone app in the world. The feedback that we get from users is helping us do just that. We will continue to improve the iCameraViewer and add additional support for more manufacturers and models.”

There are a lot of different Axis cameras that are compatible with the app as well as a lot of Axis video servers including: 207MW, M1031-W, M1054, 210, P1311, P1346, 211, 211M, 221, 221 Night, Q1755, 209MFD, 216FD, 216MFD, 225FD, M3014, P3301, P3344 and Q7401. This is a limited number of cameras but any Axis camera should work.

Source: Security Camera Search

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In the past, security cameras have caught a lot of interesting things. Just watch World’s Dumbest Criminals and you will see exactly what I am talking about. Security cameras have caught a lot of people doing a lot of “interesting” things, but a recent report from a Picayune, Mississippi cemetery may just give us one of the strangest stories yet.

Last week a man was caught in a Mississippi church cemetery trying to photograph spirit orbs, as he described it. While going into a cemetery in the middle of the night is definitely creepy, nothing really seems out of place about this story, yet. When the man was arrested by police officers, they found him snapping pictures completely naked.

Robert Hurst, the bare-it-all ghost hunter, told The Picayune Item newspaper that the reason for going au naturale in the final resting place of the dead was because he believes that skin is the best canvas to show off the orbs of energy generated by spirits.

According to Hurst, he only intended to remove his shirt. However, when the moonlight hit him just right and the spirit orbs started to swoon over him, he thought it would be fine to just strip down to his birthday suit, a move he now reveals as being “stupid”.

But just how was he caught? Was a late night grounds keeper patrolling that area at the time? Was a ghost “offended” at the sight of the 47-year-old naked body? Did an innocent bystander look out his window at the wrong time? Well, the answer is a simple security camera.

Authorities had set up motion-activated security cameras in the cemetery in order to catch vandals. Hurst is not being accused of vandalism, according to Pearl River County Deputy Chief Shane Tucker. The camera simply caught an unexpected picture of the “real” Robert Hurst.

Hurst currently faces a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure and posted a $500 bond after turning himself in last Friday. Hurst reported to The Picayune Item that he has had his fill of orb pictures and cemeteries, enough to lay his hobby to rest.

According to Hurst, “No, I don’t think I’ll be going into a cemetery, even clothed.”