I've been seeing a lot of cheap pan/tilt IP cameras on eBay lately so I bought a few to check them out. They have a ring of infra-red LEDs around the lens, and while they're not powerful for shooting more than a few meters away, they're perfectly adequate for lighting up part of a tank. I also have some lights on in the room, but they're not providing much light. I thought it could be cool to see what my clowns get up to when I'm not looking. Here are a few still frames:
The biggest two are very shy, so it's really nice to see them come out and eat. I also had no idea how much they liked zucchini.
The camera cost me AUS$50, which I think is quite reasonable. It's completely self-contained so it just needs power and a network connection and it's good to go. If you forward the right port through your router, you can watch it from anywhere in the world. I was using a 12mm lens for the last two images, but the same thing could be achieved by just moving the camera closer to the tank.
The biggest two are very shy, so it's really nice to see them come out and eat. I also had no idea how much they liked zucchini.
The camera cost me AUS$50, which I think is quite reasonable. It's completely self-contained so it just needs power and a network connection and it's good to go. If you forward the right port through your router, you can watch it from anywhere in the world. I was using a 12mm lens for the last two images, but the same thing could be achieved by just moving the camera closer to the tank.
