What are the Most Common Types of Security Cameras that People Typically Use in Australia?

When you require constant monitoring of your property, nothing can do the job better than a top-quality security camera. As mentioned earlier, it is easy for your security personnel to experience weariness. In addition, they will be prone to losing their levels of focus, alertness and concentration for a diverse range of reasons. Moreover, their ability to detect the presence of intruders from afar might not be the best. This is especially so in low or poor visibility conditions. In contrast, your security cameras can operate in all weather and visibility conditions. Some high-end cameras can function even in zero visibility conditions. Unlike human beings, the focus and performance levels do not dip with time. Hence, using these gadgets for securing your premises can be a fruitful investment.
 
Some of the most popular varieties of security cameras include:
 
Box Style Cameras: These standalone cameras have shapes that resemble a box. They are equally appropriate for use indoors and outdoors. These cameras enable you to customise the lens, the camera and the housing to meet your installation requirements. For instance, when it comes to the lens, you could opt for fixed or varifocal lenses.

Dome Security Cameras: These cameras combine the camera, the lens and the ceiling mount in a discreet shape. The dome shape is useful for keeping the lens clean in environments that get dirty such as warehouses, kitchens etc. These cameras are popular because they are compact and visually appealing. In addition, they come in vandal-resistant housings as well. Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ)

Security Cameras: These cameras contain mechanical controls that provide PTZ features. You can use the joystick or some software for controlling the movement of the camera. You can set these cameras to automatically run pre-configured patterns or to turn in the direction of certain pre-set positions. This enables you to survey a wide area of interest and to zoom in to detail as well. These cameras are popular for their auto-track movement features.

Bullet Security Cameras: Shaped like a bullet, these cameras contain the camera, the lens and the housing. People use these cameras to heighten their perimeter security. This is because these cameras can function in low visibility conditions. In addition, these cameras usually feature infrared (IR) illuminators. The sealed enclosure serves to minimise the servicing requirements as well.

Internet Protocol (IP) Security Cameras: These cameras typically transmit digital signals via IP over a network. In addition, they usually offer high resolutions ranging from Video Graphic Array (VGA) to 29 megapixels. These cameras often come with in-built video analytic software. As a result, they offer better levels of system management than many analogue cameras. The increased resolution and scalability that these cameras offer make them highly popular.

Day / Night Security Cameras: As the name implies, these cameras are ideal for use indoors and outdoors. In particular, they are ideal for environments having low visibility conditions. These cameras typically come with IR filters that lift as the levels of visibility start decreasing.

Thermal Security Cameras: These cameras typically use thermal imaging to produce surveillance footage in harsh and dark environments. They use the heat emitted by each object to differentiate it from others. These cameras can function in smoky, hazy, dusty and foggy conditions. More importantly, they can even operate in complete darkness. Nowadays, it is easy to fit these thermal cameras into Android smartphones too.

Wide Dynamic Security Cameras: In recent times, these cameras have come into vogue because of their ability to balance the different levels of light on a pixel by pixel basis. As a result, these cameras are ideal for areas that experience too much sunshine. Similarly, they are ideal for areas that experience great dependency on the use of headlights i.e. parking lots. These cameras are popular because they can capture clear face shots of people when people have a source of bright light behind them. In addition, they can capture clear face shots when people have dark shadows on their faces.

Wireless IP Security Cameras: These cameras come with Wi-Fi capability. As such, installing and setting up these cameras is a breeze. These cameras feature various tilting and swivelling options that maximise viewing. They even offer motion detection capability to provide instant alerts for any intruders on the prowl. Their ability to provide extremely clear images, even in low visibility conditions, makes them worthwhile investments.