I have a couple of cameras. I use MotionEyOs software which is easy to install and maintain. github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki . The software allows you to save directly to NAS so I don't have to remember to take out the SD card every so often to back up the pics.
I've used them for motion detection based video through a front window (so the street, traffic, passers-by and front of houses opposite) but it soon becomes uninteresting. I have an infrared extra which is supposed to allow night filing but it needs to be too close to the subject to be of use as a security camera.
I put one down by the late cat's feeding bowl for a day or two and have some footage of his scoffing his food.
Last year I dangled a camera into the propagator where I had sunflower seeds growing and, taking stills I think every minute, I caught a great overnight sequence of a seed coming through the soil and growing using time lapse software to knit the photos together. i think I already linked to that here but here it is again drive.google.com/file/d/1K-m8r3Njy53FHLorI5R-Vx8Bczvi-weL/view?usp=sharing
So developing that idea, this year I have one pointed at each side border of the garden taking a still every 10 minutes (way more than I need but it's so much easier to delete some than fake missing ones!) so I can do a video of the rise and fall of the plants.
I expect they will spend next year back in the box of bits. They're not much good really, poor quality and no sound, so I have a WiFi camera which pans/tilts/zooms which is more fun.
Last edited by: smokie on Sat 20 Mar 21 at 13:02
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