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It is not adequate to keep an eye on what is happening inside your home or office. Remember most threats to the security of you loved ones, colleagues and property come from outside. This means you need to be doubly alert for intruders and vandals as you are about doings within the building or on the staircase. First of all you need to install at least one outdoor floodlight in the garden and/or car park. This will ensure that anyone going into either place or both will not have to play tic tac toe in the dark or semi-dark. Also, it will ensure that a potential attacker will not be able to take advantage of the darkness.

Don’t Let Anyone Catch You Unawares

Additionally, you can install an outdoor floodlight hidden camera to record suspicious movements and activities. An outdoor floodlight is actually a smart choice for installing a hidden camera as few enough people would imagine that a camera hides behind it and it is difficult to look into a floodlight. The most appropriate for such surveillance are the cameras that can move around and are called pan tilt zoom cameras (PTZ). Such cameras can be used up, down, left, right, and can also zoom in on a subject or area. If the hidden camera you have chosen is a PTZ camera, look for the kind that has what is referred to as auto-tracking, meaning it can follow cars, people, or objects.

You should always look for advanced surveillance solutions which incorporate features like spotlighting the critical areas in the camera’s field of view; true day/night for superior images in the dark; audio detection, i.e. alerting the system to events beyond the camera’s field of view; advanced wide dynamic range (WDR) to provide superior images in high contrast scenes etc.

Catch ’em Red-handed

Since PTZ dome cameras offer a discreet appearance that blends into any architectural environment, you can also weigh options of choosing a rock outdoor hidden camera. This is especially valid in case you need to conduct surveillance of a wide playing field or a large garden. It would be perfectly natural for rocks to be found there and hiding an outdoor camera on one would not arouse any suspicion in the mind of someone who checks out the probability of surveillance cameras being installed there. Just make sure that it has a high resolution, is weather proof and has a rugged casing which is vandal resistant.

Overlook Security Needs at Your Own Peril

It may not be easily realized, but it is true that the chemical, oil and gas industries are more susceptible to various kinds of threats than other industries. This is because apart from the standard industrial threats, there are areas in which critical processes are carried out which are at risk of explosion. Installations in hazardous areas, where flammable gases and powders may be present require rigorous video surveillance for reasons of both safeties of personnel as well as for claiming insurance in case of any adverse event.

Such surveillance requires explosion proof cameras like the Videotec explosion proof products, which are certified and designed to meet rigorous standards. They boast of solid anti-corodal aluminum construction painted with Epoxy polyester powder. Further their horizontal range is 360° with speed 6°/s, vertical range -90° / +90° with speed 2.4°/s. The maximums series provides an exceptional performance for the monitoring of such areas making them the best choice for these industries. Their extreme ruggedness and low maintenance make them suitable for use in dangerous environments.

The Dexcam series offer an explosion proof CCTV camera which is a quality product that exceeds all expectations. However, their utility is not restricted to only industrial units. Even places that are under high alert for possible terror attacks can benefit from having at least one explosion proof surveillance camera in place. Just check to see whether the camera itself is explosion proof or whether it simply has an explosion proof housing.

On the other hand, you might want to install an outdoor wireless security camera system for surveillance of you property or even the car park of your business. For such a scenario the solar security cameras are the most environment friendly. Since the outdoor wireless cameras replace the standard hardwired camera, they will need some sort of electrical power. If you opt for ones that are battery powered, you’ll find fast enough that but the battery drains quickly when it remains on all day. You can find solar powered cameras but they could lose power in the event of consecutive rainy days or overcast weather. However, they do save you the trouble of hardwiring your cameras.

Spypoint cameras offer the best quality pictures in the marketplace. Their IR-6 and IR-8 can be powered by a series of AA batteries on board, or from an auxiliary lithium battery pack or 12V source. You can always add a solar panel to power them. In these color cameras, zoom lens, pan and tilt mechanisms are all combined in a single compact unit.

Choose the Best Security Camera System for Your Needs

Both your home and business have special security needs which you can overlook only at your own peril. For the home, the ideal surveillance cameras are intelligently mounted on the ceiling such that the ceiling design camouflages the camera. You can fit them with a hidden DVR-self-contained PIR sensor which ensures that the motion sensing systems trigger recording every time there is some motion within the coverage area. Ensure that you have chosen a model which is able to record clear footages even in dark rooms.

Take Advantage of Technological Advances

The advantage of hard wired hidden spy cameras is that since the actual cameras cannot be seen, there is no way of any intruder knowing where they are pointing or even if they are working. Keep in mind having additional security is no longer a luxury. Over the past few years hidden camera technology has evolved significantly. As long as the correct warning signs are displayed, you can lawfully gather video evidence of employees in the workplace.

Hidden cameras had to be connected to an external recording system such as a video recorder, DVD recorder, CCTV hard drive recorder or MP4 recorder earlier. Developments in the last few years have seen both camera and recording system incorporated into the same object. Now you have the option of connecting your hard wired spy camera to an external recording system or installing a sophisticated spy camera system with an in-built recorder.

Capture Evidence

Even more sophisticated spy cameras have come on the market which enable you to record for future reference material which is on own, neutral or alien territory. The spy pen camera with audio is vital in situations when you suspect wrong doing and need to capture evidence. There is nothing more likely to be on somebody’s desk than a pen. So, if you suspect someone in your office is snooping, especially for sensitive financial or technical information, then you definitely need it. Industrial espionage is not something that is shown in films or TV serials. It is a real threat in the real world and needs to be dealt with accordingly.

Other scenarios where such a device would be worth its weight in gold would be where you need to have an irrefutable record of what was said by whom during a meeting in a setting not your own. Someone being subjected to sexual harassment can also use it to record evidence before lodging an official complaint. In either case, having a pen in your pocket or in your hand should not be queried.