kaylee Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 A lovely American robin has made her nest by my front door, so i have declared a moratorium on using that door and the stairs that lead up to it haha What if i wanted to put a lil camera there to follow her progress? I know you guys have these things – from Ring to more security type cameras. i know nothing abt them i dont care abt the image i just want to see what shes up to w/o disturbing her lol thoughts? mercer and kye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzynormal Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 I remember doing this too. A robin nested outside my grandmother’s living room window back in the 80’s. I hooked up a VHS camcorder and we watched/recorded. Cute! Also discovered how mama birds make sure the nest doesn’t get covered in poop. As for your modern birds, nowadays I think I’d use a ‘cheep’ nanny cam. kaylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 You should be able to use any camera that has a video out and a power in connection. The front door camera that Casey Neistat used in his studio was just a GoPro that was powered via USB and connected to a TV. Surely you'd have an old camera around that has these two connections? kaylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 uhh yeah kye but i need some chinese 2023 cam that works w my phone over wifi so i can sit inside and watch the birb on my phone. dont tons of u guys have stuff like this???? i dont even need color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Lots of cameras have a wifi function that will display a live preview of the image. I've used the GoPro one, the Panasonic one, Sony X3000 one, Canon one, etc. Do you have an older spare camera? It might have one. Things like Ring are all-in-one solutions that work via the cloud, but the Ring one requires a paid plan, and the quality is pretty low because it's going via the internet and the motion events are being stored on their servers etc Here's the legacy Panasonic app - it works with a million of their older camera models, some of which are probably going for almost nothing on eBay: https://av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/soft/image_app/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt3rs Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 As several people have mentioned here any gopro with wifi enabled, usb powered and using your phone ... you can even record if you see something interesting. Or any cheap wifi surveillance camera that does not require a plan/cloud.... 20-30$ but the quality is quite bad... kaylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 i mean stuff like this? idek this is more than i wanted to spend but are they any good...?? this type of stuff https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Outdoor-Wireless-Security-Camera/dp/B086DKSYTS/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0?pd_rd_w=nfumE&content-id=amzn1.sym.0250fb24-4363-44d0-b635-ac15f859c3b5&pf_rd_p=0250fb24-4363-44d0-b635-ac15f859c3b5&pf_rd_r=ZM19JRFB0RHK9HF19RND&pd_rd_wg=frbYV&pd_rd_r=8d949b3b-caae-4447-94e8-20b97613ca4c&pd_rd_i=B086DKSYTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 2 hours ago, kaylee said: i mean stuff like this? idek this is more than i wanted to spend but are they any good...?? this type of stuff https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Outdoor-Wireless-Security-Camera/dp/B086DKSYTS/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0?pd_rd_w=nfumE&content-id=amzn1.sym.0250fb24-4363-44d0-b635-ac15f859c3b5&pf_rd_p=0250fb24-4363-44d0-b635-ac15f859c3b5&pf_rd_r=ZM19JRFB0RHK9HF19RND&pd_rd_wg=frbYV&pd_rd_r=8d949b3b-caae-4447-94e8-20b97613ca4c&pd_rd_i=B086DKSYTS No idea about that one. I have a Ring doorbell, and you'd be better off setting up the telescope system in the bunker from Lost rather than using one of those. kaylee and gt3rs 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 @kye omg are they that bad??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 11 minutes ago, kaylee said: @kye omg are they that bad??? Quality is crap, you pay to buy it, you pay ongoing fees to use it. Its a reasonable solution for security / security theatre, but if you just want a camera that you can watch via wifi then there are cheaper / better ways. Sample footage: and in case you think that's YT compression, here's one uploaded at 4K60: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted June 26, 2023 Author Share Posted June 26, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 9:35 PM, kye said: and in case you think that's YT compression, here's one uploaded at 4K60: omg 🤣 that is NOT their 4k 😹 wow i had no idea how awful these could be 😮 kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 18 hours ago, kaylee said: omg 🤣 that is NOT their 4k 😹 wow i had no idea how awful these could be 😮 Their only job is to record and legally identify criminals. That doesn't require 15 stops of 10-bit 444 in 800Mbps!! kaylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 they made it!!! only 40% of their nests produce young LFG!!!!!!!! kye, newfoundmass and Snowfun 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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