| Nowadays, the best substitute to the conventional | | | | sign of intrusion. For instance, areas that need to be |
| surveillance camera is the motion security camera. | | | | monitored at night like warehouses, your home or |
| This type of camera does not save the video 24 | | | | office buildings can be more secure with motion |
| hours a day in secondary devices, unlike normal | | | | security cameras. |
| surveillance cameras. This is probably the biggest | | | | Furthermore, some brands of motion security cams |
| advantage of motion security cams as they will allow | | | | feature motion tracking. These types of cameras |
| you to save disk space for up to 90 percent as | | | | have built in mechanisms that allow tilting and panning |
| compared to normal security cameras. | | | | capabilities to make the camera follow its target's |
| The most common storage devices used to store | | | | movement. |
| surveillance videos captured are hard disks. Depending | | | | How are the cameras triggered? |
| on the quality of video, disk space usage will greatly | | | | There are two ways in which cameras for motion |
| vary. If you set your camera to capture high | | | | security cameras are triggered. First is the optical |
| resolution videos, you can expect your hard disk to | | | | sensor used to activate the camera and start |
| be full in only a couple of days. Imagine how much | | | | recording the image frames. These sensors are very |
| disk space you might need to store video data that | | | | much like the ones used by regular security systems. |
| is recorded every minute for twenty four hours. | | | | Then, the IP camera software will compare the |
| Motion security camera, on the other hand, captures | | | | recorded frame based on the input provided. This |
| video only when motion is detected. This feature | | | | video is then saved if the captured frames are |
| saves a huge amount of disk space thereby allowing | | | | different. Now, the only time the captured frame will |
| you to capture high resolution videos without fear or | | | | be different is if there is movement. No recordings |
| worry about your hard disk being full and needing | | | | will be made if consecutive frames are the same |
| replacement every week. Using motion security cams | | | | which implies that there is no movement at all. |
| effectively increases the amount of data stored and | | | | Motion surveillance cameras are very useful in |
| you can archive more videos for a longer time. | | | | deterring crimes and securing your homes, office, |
| Motion surveillance cameras are technology's blessings | | | | store or business. |
| especially when motion usually implies danger or is a | | | | |