Posted 23 hours ago

Wildlife camera recommendations.

Can anyone recommend any decent 4k wildlife cameras with nightvision?
I'm determined to catch the local lazy dog walker who likes nothing better than decorating neighbours trees with bags full of dog's .
They used to appear quite regularly on here a couple of years ago but I haven't seen any recently.
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  1. PS5's avatar
    Find a great one and buy used. Sell on for same price after you achieve your objective.
    Can't you use cctv with an IR light to help?
    1616french's avatar
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    It's over the back fence on a track behind our home.
  2. AndyRoyd's avatar
    ICO would expect you to mask / block any capture of public place when using a domestic fixed camera,
    or simply point the camera away from public place,
    so you would capture absolutely nothing of any use.

    But ICO also states it is difficult to enforce this sort of privacy legislation,
    so obviously it's probably OK to flout privacy legislation to catch somebody flouting ant- throwing legislation. Right?
    Oh wait...

    ico.org.uk/for…ms/
  3. Willy_Wonka's avatar
    You can film whatever you want in public. If you couldn't no dashcams would exist, no speed cameras nothing. The laws only relate to how the data is used.

    Anyway.

    Cheaper option if you know roughly what time they do it because it has a maximum 6 hrs unless you attach a power bank.
    amazon.co.uk/BOB…h=1


    Or a proper camera.
    amazon.co.uk/Gar…h=1 (edited)
    AndyRoyd's avatar
    Dashcams & traffic cams are unrelated to fixed domestic cameras.

    ICO chooses to use the term "rules" related to its presentation of DP legislation expectations for users specifically operating fixed domestic cameras,
    where ICO expects the operator to take active steps to avoid public footage capture,
    which is kinda counter to OPs core intent.

    OP can simply bypass all this nonsense by colourful interpretation of "fixed".
  4. Sandy1012's avatar
    Not a wildlife camera but the Tapo ColorPro might suit you, it turns night into colour £79.99 on Amazon.
    There are plenty of youtube reviews, check it out.
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