Wireless Color InfraRed camera

[JohnWPB]

Just found this at geeks.com. Its a color camera by day, and IR camera by night, and wireless to boot! For $44.50 it seems like a pretty good deal.

You can check it out at this link

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

Good find!

 

[jlehnert]

It looks interesting, but I'm troubled by one omission. Nowhere does it mention the lux reading.

 

[JohnBullard]

I like that it uses 1.2 Ghz. I've got too much 900 Mhz and 2.4 Ghz stuff around already. Great catch, I might get one to replace my current front door cam.

 

[JohnWPB]

The LUX shouldnt be an issue with the camera, as when it's dark, the IR lights will illuminate the area. Thus you could say the camera will work with absolute 0 lux.

 

[WayneW]

If they want to claim 0 LUX, then they need to state the coverage area. Just a couple IR LEDS may give you a couple feet of coverage (good enough for a crib monitor), but with enough LEDs you can cover quite a distance. I have seen some that claim 60-100 feet of coverage, but haven't verified them.

 

[Rupp]

Wayne is correct. I just bought and installed a 0 LUX BW camera with 8 LEDs and the total dark viewing range is about 6 feet. It takes a ton of LED's toget 30 feet let alone 60 to 100 feet. This camera is pretty good for a $29 dollar camera. I picked it up at Harbor Freight last week and mounted it today. You can have a look at http://12.219.147.188:8081/camera.asp

 

[jlehnert]

My comment about Lux ratings basically meant that if they don't mention the rating, then it is very likely that the unit has very poor light sensitivity. I wouldn't want to buy a camera that was in infrared mode 90% of the time, becuase the Lux rating was so low the camera only worked in color in broad daylight.

Hopefully someone with more money (or less of a skinflint) than me, will buy one and give us a report. It looks like a nice unit.