I'm looking to capture humans up to mischief during the day, would they be alerted to the cameras' presence in some way, noise or flash...etc?
759346
No daylight flash, only IR, so you see nothing. The shutter is extremely quiet. I've walked around in front of the activated camera many times and can't hear anything. The biggest issue is hiding it, so humans don't spot it.
759347
If camera is concealed then no as has infrared and no sound when it takes a picture at least is way ours works
759348
Use ours for the same reason. Have never seen the flash go off and ours is near our front door! Doesn't miss a thing. The camera needs very little light to focus..excellent.
759349
No,not as long as the camera isn't in plain view or easily seen.We have several of these and have taken many photos of animals,people riding buy on 4-wheelers,etc,both day and night time without knowing the camera was there or they had their photos taken.Day photos are in color and night photos are black and white.One of my friends purchased this same camera to put in a tree behind his business for security.Also will take video if that's what your more interested in but this mode will use up battery life at a faster rate.
384419
That depends on the weight of the camera and attached devices. Light cameras, will show little or no noise. You should be able to add a little lubricant to further dampen any concerns of noise.
2044466
If you can see it, the Hunten will shoot it. There is an LED that shows from the front. In this case I would be concerned about the neighbor seeing the camera and stealing it. Maybe a piece of tape over the LED. Good luck.
1690487
I only have mine taking snap shot alarms. I'd call FOSCAM to see how you record the output. It would probably take a dedicated computer with LOTS of memory.
1682000
My camera was set to send an email when it detected motion. It was aimed through a front window towards the street and would send emails day or night when a car or person went by. It was useful for monitoring when a delivery was made to my front door. It would sometimes even send an email during lightning storms, probably due to the sudden change in brightness outside. I do not know how it detects motion, however.
1508503
Yes the camera has a built in flash that pops up if the picture will be to dark
1925474
Yes they do. You can set the cameras to take a pic or run video for a few seconds when motion is detected. They are dormant until motion is detected.
293891
Yes they are color cameras, actually quite good in daylight conditions. At night infrared sensors take over and black and white images are captured. If there is a near enough light source some colors can be detected at night.
981954
Put the camera on motion detection and will email you of any motion. Don't keep the camera on all the time leave it on motion.
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It does record sound, but usually doesn't pick up anything more than fifteen feet away. The batteries are backup power in case power fails. They don't operate the lights, just the camera and keep the date/time correct. It has to be wired in for the lights to operate. I suggest not putting it on switched power because the batteries drain pretty fast (a few days to a week). For the money, honestly I reccommend a stealth game camera (like hunters use). There is no visible flash, and the nighttime pictures are a lot better quality. I switched after a year (because my video of some kids breaking into cars was not good enough quality to identify)
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No. The camera will capture images when the sensor is tripped. You can adjust the sensitivity of the settings, but you cannot program it to only capture images at certain times or on certain days.
410412
No, I have not seen where there is a setting for this feature. The screen will light up and show all cameras if motion is detected. That is beneficial if you have the monitor near you.
1687851
Yes and no. You can set the SmartGuard to not light up during the day when the sensor detects movement but the camera will still record. I'm not sure if you can set the SmartGuard to only record at night without the light, which doesn't seem practical since there might not be enough light for the camera to capture a picture without the light at night.
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Yes! I have mine set up at an entry door to my house. I get an alert within seconds of motion. Then I can use the app to view the video. At any time you can use the app and see what the camera sees. It's a great investment for peace of mind.
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No. This camera requires a low level of externally provided illumination. One remedy is to provide a motion detection activated light source or an external IR lamp that will illuminate the area of interest. This is appropiate for this type of camera because the intent is not to reveal the camera's location by having an internal light source that would point to it's location.
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I would think so as when testing this device around my home it detected my cameras in various places of my home and detected a camera that was just on the other side of a wall in another room. The closer you get to something the stronger the alert is that comes from the device. It has worked well for me so far.
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I would not recommend turning the cams off and on but turn the motion activation off and on during height traffic times. This is done on you app or compute