Security cameras utilize infrared lighting to see in poorly lit areas or in the dark. Infrared lighting is invisible to the human eye, but illuminates the area for the security camera. The resulting captured image / footage is typically black and white.

Intelligent Infrared technology is a feature that adjusts the intensity of the camera's infrared LEDs to compensate for the distance of an object so that the infrared doesn't overexpose the object.
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Pan, Tilt, Zoom, commonly referred to as PTZ, is a camera feature involving your camera's ability to move its lens and refocus. Most PTZ cameras can rotate their lens along three axis for an ineradicable range of movement and camera coverage. There are of course always a few blind spots imposed by the mounting hardware and the cameras own housing, but these are very minimal. The primary advantage of a PTZ camera is of course the ability, through the software on the actual Network Video Recorder, or the software on the remote viewing app, to rotate your camera side-to-side or up and down while also zooming in and out in live time, giving you unprecedented level of control of your cameras field of view and viewing angle. With such a technology one camera can be used to watch a large area and bring distant objects easily into range with a crystal clear image.
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A camera's ability to withstand exposure to the elements is measured by its Ingress Protection Rating (IP Rating). The IP rating (a two digit number with 69 being the maximum possible protection) of an outdoor camera will tell how secure your camera is from different weather situations. Weatherproofing protects your security cameras from things like harsh winds, rain, dust, dirt, ice, snow, and other factors. When using cameras outdoors, or even in harsh indoor environments, be sure your cameras are protected with the necessary housings, heaters, and blowers to keep them safe and running for years to come.
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Cameras with a megapixel resolution allow you to capture much more detailed images. Having a security camera system doesn't do you much good if the footage your cameras record are not detailed enough to assist your needs. Megapixel resolutions are good for things like facial and license plate recognition, not to mention how much more information a detailed video/image can provide. That's why megapixel resolutions are a highly-valued feature.
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Access control is any mechanism by which a systems allows, or denies, access to a physical plant or logical resource in a network environment. Security camera systems that are capable of access control integration will improve that system by adding video information to the mix.

Our GeoVision security camera systems offer a comprehensive software package allowing seamless access control integration offering live video and event associated playback to be controlled from single platform.

A few main access control benefits and features include:
- Managing access and alarm events with associated video under one platform makes historical data/ video evidence search easy.
- Suitable for small installation sites where few doors need live video monitoring to raise security level.
- With GV-Megapixel camera, each event's associated high resolution snapshot makes exam image details possible while searching back.
- When a card is swiped at the reader, or when an alarm detector is triggered, the PTZ camera can be configured to turn to the monitoring region of reader or alarm detector.
- Real-time door status monitoring, support 16-screen multi live view.

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Centralized management allows more efficient control of large and distributed surveillance systems. Using our security camera systems central management tools allows multiple video recording devices or cameras, at multiple locations, to be controlled and monitored from a single interface. This enhances your management and viewing experience, including drag-and-drop system and camera selection, device grouping, alarms, and notifications.

Our GeoVision Central Monitoring Station program provides an overall central monitoring solution for critical surveillance areas in commercial, industrial and large business installation. Imagine how a central security facility can utilize GeoVision Central Monitoring Station solution to manage its heavy task of video monitoring and surveillance in a casino for example. Numerous GV Surveillance Systems may be connected with hundreds of thousands of cameras and integrated with IR sensors, motion sensors, fire detectors, alarms, and point of sale systems.

GV-VMS is a comprehensive video management system that records up to 64 channels of GeoVision and/or third-party IP devices. The live view and playback layout can be easily adjusted with the intuitive drag-and-drop function. GV-VMS comes with a variety of intelligent video analytics to offer precise monitoring and to reduce the need for manual supervision. The built-in Webcam Server allows users to remotely access live view and recordings from anywhere using Web browsers, mobile app and Remote ViewLog.
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Having your security camera protected in a commercial, or detention grade, vandal proof housing can be invaluable for your goal of recording critical video. In addition to protecting your security cameras from harm by human hands, a vandal proof housing can protect against environmental or industrial dangers as well. When safety is important, then the safety of your security cameras is important as well. So be sure to chat with your security camera consultant, explain your environment, and your concerns, to make sure your next security camera system has the level of vandal protection you need.
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A license plate recognition system is an effective and easy to maintain solution to improve parking lot security for employees and the public. When used in connection with an access management system your facility can grant, or deny, access based upon the license plate number the cameras record, Additionally license plate information can be stored in an Excel or Access database to track, stay times, maximum number of vehicles allowed, etc. For more information about how to use a license plate recognition system to increase your parking lot management control contact Camera Security Now today!
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Our GeoVisiion Network-attached storage (GV-NAS) solutions are stand alone Linux-based storage designed to store GeoVision IP camera video . The GV-NAS system features a built in LED screen and RAID to ensure data security across two hot-swappable drives. User accessibility is customizable and available across mobile as well as desktop devices. In addition to NAS solutions our security camera systems support any available Direct Attached Storage platform allowing for maximum versatility and video storage capacity.
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In the case of cameras, dynamic range is the ratio of the lightest and darkest elements that are capable of being displayed on an image. In photography, photographers use different exposure ranges and luminosity ranges in order to create a more realistic photograph. Photographers will take several pictures of the same image at different exposure ranges and combine them together in order to create fantastic and visually appealing photos. This same concept is applied to security cameras and has created the technology known as Wide Dynamic Range.

Wide Dynamic Range is a technology utilized by security cameras in order to balance out images that have a large dynamic range. An example of this situation would be if an indoor security camera were pointing towards a window or building entrance. During daytime, the image produced by the camera would be extremely washed out due to the high brightness of the incoming light. This effect is commonly seen in restaurants, stores, offices, and other buildings that have large windows or entrances. WDR cameras are fitted with two Charge-Coupled Devices (CCD), one high speed, and the other low speed which are designed to take multiple scans of the same image in order to provide a clear and balanced image.
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Having a modern IP based camera system that supports Power Over Ethernet (POE) has many advantages. Providing low voltage to power your camera across the same Ethernet cable used to transmit video data can cut down on installation costs and the overall costs of system ownership, To ensure that your next camera system takes advantage of the latest features such as POE call CameraSecurityNow.com today!
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While non functional cameras are never as desirable as those that are actually working and recording live video on your security camera system, dummy cameras are great options to give the impression of more cameras or more coverage than you actually have. Even the appearance of an overwhelming number of cameras can itself be a valuable deterrence when deployed in the right environment.

Having a fake security camera system in place would be much more beneficial than having nothing. In fact you could even set up a combination of real security cameras and dummy cameras. This could save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Putting the real cameras in key locations and the dummy ones in obvious places where it is not as important to have actual footage. Place the dummy ones in plain sight and use signage to let intruders know that there are security cameras on the premise (even if they are fake!).
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The fisheye feature, when implemented in our megapixel IP cameras, allows you to monitor all angles of a location using just one camera. The distorted hemispherical image of the fisheye camera will be converted into the conventional rectilinear projection four standard camera images.

Without installing any software, you can watch live view from our fisheye cameras and utilize functions such as motion detection, privacy mask, and alert notification through the Web interface using an IE browser.

Additionally, our GeoVision fisheye cameras, mounted on the ceiling, wall or ground, seamlessly integrates with our GeoVisipn Network Video Recorders, providing advanced monitoring and video management features.
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While the vast majority of security cameras used in business and residential settings are overt (in plain sight), there are situations that can benefit from covert (hidden) cameras. The most common covert camera types include cameras hidden in, motion detectors, smoke detectors, and exit signs. Should you find yourself in a situation that could benefit from a hidden IP security camera, a chat with your Camera Security Now security consultant would be the best place to start. After listening to your needs, and expectations, our consultants can advise on the best hidden IP security camera options available and work with you to have them installed.
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Remote access to your live and recorded security camera video is a must have feature in today's mobile and connected world. That's why all the security camera systems sold by Camera Security Now feature the latest in remote connectivity features. Once your security camera system is connected to your local area network, with internet access, our technicians will ensure you get the latest desktop and mobile apps installed to keep an eye on your cameras no matter where you might travel.
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Though it seems like something right out of the movies, the ability for your Pan Tilt Zoom, and Fisheye cameras to autonomously track moving objects in real time that enter their field of surveillance is here, and it's affordable! In addition to object tracking our systems support missing object detection, unattended object detection, object counting and more! Give our helpful security consultants at Camera Security Now a call today and make sure you have the latest in advanced surveillance technology to protect your facility from any threat.
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The ability for your camera system to only record video when it detects motion is a valuable feature. This feature allows your cameras to always be watching, yet only save the video to the systems hard drives should motion be detected within the cameras field of view, or within a user selected area. A security camera system set to only record on motion activation will allow for a much greater retention periods of recorded video. Perhaps what would be only weeks worth of video if recorded and saved 24x7 to become months worth of video when recorded and saved only on motion.
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When you need to customize your security camera system to include or exclude certain areas of your camera's surveillance filed you want to make sure your systems supports Motion Masking and Privacy Masking.

With Motion Masking you can select individual areas within the camera's field of surveillance that will count as a trigger for motion activated recording. An example of this would be setting a Motion Mask around a door to automatically save the video when anyone walks through. Conversely a Motion Mask could be applied to an area of moving trees of that tells the system to not count their movement as a trigger to record.

A Privacy Mask operates in a very similar fashion. However, once selected the surveillance system simply blurs, or does not record, any video from the selected area. This may be useful when there is sensitive information in a cameras surveillance field that should simply not be recorded.

To learn more about these options, and to make sure you get the right system to support your Motion Masking or Privacy Masking needs, contact Camera Security Now.com today!
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