What is better for my application? Analog or Megapixel?

[Beofres]

Hey all,

I'm just recently completing a 12 camera rollout at a store I work at. I've been called upon to now do a friend's warehouse. A large one at that. My experience with ZM at the store was great. I used analog cameras running at 320x240 resolution at 5 fps. Given the budget the picture from the cameras was largely acceptable and clear, mostly because the primary subjects being recorded were roughly 10' away but some of the cameras were being used to cover aisles (20'-40' distances). Resolution was still so-so, and I would prefer to have had full NTSC resolution. However, this warehouse I would likely be covering in some areas 50'-100' or even more. I'd like to get feedback from others who have deployed ZM systems in a similar environment. I'm wondering if using megapixel cameras would be worthwhile given the amount of area that needs to be covered.

The primary objective is surveillance of night shift employees in the warehouse staging area, so I'm not looking to capture license plates 50' away, but I need to be able to see individuals with enough clarity to figure out who they are.

Your responses would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

-Beofres

[coke]

I'd recommend hiring warehouse employees with distinctive mohawks, should make it easier.

[jameswilson]

DO you have a megapixel cameraphone?

That will gove you some idea of level of detail, but obviously megapixel can be great but if you have 3 times the pixels you can go 3 times as far/wide as pal/ntsc

[Beofres]

Thanks for the responses. I was hoping for a response more along the line of "I used an NTSC cam to cover an area x feet by y feet and did/didn't suit my needs. I suppose I'll have to go over there and try the cameraphone suggestion. My phone has an 'NTSC' option, which is kinda weird . Other than that then, can anyone recommend me a good, cheap megapixel camera that happens to be compatable with ZM, or is that a new topic?

Thanks again guys,

-Beofres