If you are unfamiliar with OG cams, as I am, and you only had one spot to put a cam into, which cam would you buy first? OG or OG-Telephoto ? Thinking of possible cam growth. I can understand there being different use cases, but overall, what would be a good initial pick?

Got my first OGT. Not impressed. Could be because this brand new OGT camera doesn’t always see my brand new micro SD card. First it formats fine but it won’t record. I format it but it never notifies completion. When it won’t record I try to format SD card, it fails. Also, the zoom is too much for me and my quarter acre. Not worth the further effort to troubleshoot if it doesn’t fit into my organization. Definitely worth a try if you have a big piece of land. :slightly_frowning_face: Regular OG regular seems to work fine.

[image] ssummerlin: Not impressed. Could be because this brand new OGT camera doesn’t always see my brand new micro SD card. First it formats fine but it won’t record. I format it but it never notifies completion. When it won’t record I try to format SD card, it fails. Looks like you “finally” joined the unhappy camp :laughing: [image] ssummerlin: Not worth the further effort to troubleshoot if it doesn’t fit into my organization. Are you keeping or returning it?

[image] habib: Looks like you “finally” joined the unhappy camp :laughing: Yahoo! I finally experienced a dud. Only a unhappy camper till I return this cam in the next 15 minutes. I couldn’t find a good location to mount the cam, and remember my neighbors aren’t pretty. The 3x zoom was too much for me. Now if I lived in an apartment with pretty neighbors with a view to from the pool, maybe.

[image] ssummerlin: remember my neighbors aren’t pretty. :laughing: [image] ssummerlin: The 3x zoom was too much for me. I still haven’t found a permanent home for mine and have mostly used it for testing, but Halloween night I set it out on the deck rail and pointed it at the parking lot behind the wall at the back of the yard (it abuts a large movie theater parking lot which is frequented by hooligans who enjoy smoking their tires—and who knows what else‽). I set a regular Cam OG right beside the Telephoto and did the PiP thing just to help compare the views. I actually liked the view from the Cam OG Telephoto for that purpose, and even with the narrower field of view it covered a good chunk of the lot.

If it is an outdoor theater, I could see a use for it. Hopefully they would transmit audio over FM.

Heh. Good thought, but that’s not the case here. I think there’s still an operating drive-in elsewhere in town, though.

[image] ssummerlin: remember my neighbors aren’t pretty. Yeah, and I said it sucks to be you :rofl: [image] Crease: hooligans who enjoy smoking their tires—and who knows what else‽). I wonder how they manage to roll the tires into a doobie :rofl:

[image] habib: I wonder how they manage to roll the tires into a doobie :rofl: [:laughing:] A year or so ago one of these miscreants doing screeching donuts managed to blow a tire. I heard a loud “POP!” and went to a window to investigate (I’d already been hearing the crowd noise and tire screeching), because I wasn’t sure what’d happened. I keep waiting for one of these yahoos to wrap a car around the concrete base of one of the light poles, because they especially like the lot after a snowfall, though snow doesn’t appear to be a necessary ingredient. I’ve wondered if it might be worth trying to mount a Cam Floodlight back there just to capture stuff like that, and now Wyze has made it so no junction box is necessary! :thinking:

This past summer Greater Toronto Area police made all those activities illegal. Drivers who are involved in stunt driving and street racing are subject to: An immediate 30-day driver’s license suspension; An immediate 14-day vehicle impoundment at roadside (whether it is your vehicle or not); A minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum of $10,000; A jail term of up to six months; Six demerit points [image] Crease: t. I’ve wondered if it might be worth trying to mount a Cam Floodlight back there just to capture stuff like that, and now Wyze has made it so no junction box is necessary! :thinking: If you have a spear one, give it a try.

[image] habib: Looks like you “finally” joined the unhappy camp :laughing: Wow! Back to the happy camper group… [Screenshot_20241104_115339_Email] Cc: @habib

I don’t have any anywhere. I’ve thought the backyard would be a good place for one, especially when the dog goes out at night, but I figured I’d have to have a junction box installed, and then Wyze released the Plug-In Mount, so now it’s something I might have to give more consideration. It might be interesting to see what kind of data comes out of those policing changes. I often get the impression that laws or ordinances are passed to make people feel better about a situation but without any new enforcement measures or “teeth”—though it seems like these are some serious penalties, which I think is good. Hopefully it’s a meaningful contribution to solving an actual problem. [image] ssummerlin: Back to the happy camper group… :+1: I hope I didn’t lead you astray by suggesting the deal, but at least it got you acquainted with :dromedary_camel::dromedary_camel::dromedary_camel:, so that seems like a win to me.

Which OG cam would you choose first?

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Which OG cam would you choose first?

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