Where i work we have about 60 some odd security cameras displayed on 4 LCDs.
Because of the amount of other things i have to do while on duty i'm not watching them all the time, and its really boring watching them all the time. However they all are (or should be) being recorded on DVRs. The dorm entrance cameras have proven to be very effective to seeing who has come into the building. However because the parking lot cameras are PTZ (pan tilt zoom) their footage is much less effective at times.
I've taken on the responsibility of setting all the camera patterns on the system to make them as effective as possible but its still difficult to decide what should be covered. I can either have it zoomed in and moving along the rows of cars, or backed out watching the whole lot. I generally set up a mix of the two but because there is a lot of ground to cover and at night the camera takes longer to focus things get missed easily.
Anyone else had similar experiances with camera systems?
also as a side note, don't ever do business with HCI camera systems, it seems to be one of the biggest mistakes we've made in a long time.

Because of the amount of other things i have to do while on duty i'm not watching them all the time, and its really boring watching them all the time. However they all are (or should be) being recorded on DVRs. The dorm entrance cameras have proven to be very effective to seeing who has come into the building. However because the parking lot cameras are PTZ (pan tilt zoom) their footage is much less effective at times.
I've taken on the responsibility of setting all the camera patterns on the system to make them as effective as possible but its still difficult to decide what should be covered. I can either have it zoomed in and moving along the rows of cars, or backed out watching the whole lot. I generally set up a mix of the two but because there is a lot of ground to cover and at night the camera takes longer to focus things get missed easily.
Anyone else had similar experiances with camera systems?
also as a side note, don't ever do business with HCI camera systems, it seems to be one of the biggest mistakes we've made in a long time.
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