[Cialug] Axis web cameras

[Richard Harms]

In low light, we've had much better luck with Panasonic cameras than 
the Axis ones. We're moving into a new building next month, and as part 
of that, we're moving from using an analog security camera system to 
one centered around ZoneMinder running on Linux. We purchased an Axis 
205, and a Panasonic BL-C10A. The Panasonic was cheaper, and gives you 
vertical and horizontal panning. In low light, the Axis camera had so 
much noise in the images that there was no chance you would be able to 
make out the details of who was in front of the camera. It did high a 
higher frame rate than the Panasonic, but that does little good if 
every frame is covered with noise.

I really wanted to like the Axis camera too - runs Linux, seemed to 
have a great reputation, but we ended up purchasing a large group of 
the Panasonic cameras instead (which I believe use BSD of some sort).

Both are very easy to use, Panasonic has a higher built-in feature set 
though, and supports a variety of notification methods and capture 
options. That wasn't really critical for us however, since ZoneMinder 
gives us pretty much everything we need for motion detection and 
capture We're using them indoors only. ZoneMinder also has direct 
support for the panning in the camera, which is a nice touch.

-rh

On May 17, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:

>
> Has anyone had any experience with the Axis line of network cameras?  I
> understand they have linux embedded.
>
> Was it easy to use/configure, did you set it up outdoors or indoors?  
> Did
> you use it as is, or access it through a program to grab images?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Nate
>
>
> Nathan Smith  McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C.  515.288.3667
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