Yeah definitely blurry with motion in full darkness with mine too, but we have a street lamp not far from our driveway that lights up a fair bit at night, so it's not that bad. From a security perspective it doesn't actually matter too much. I'm willing to bet if you handed crystal clear footage of someone breaking in to the police, they still wouldn't be able to do very much with it, unless the person is someone already known to them.

It occurs to me that you could also reverse the logic for your bins - instead of an expensive camera to cover both long and short distance, just get a cheap one pointed where they usually sit and have the logic be "Hey, the bins should be out, but they're sitting here". Maybe not as fun though?

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 days ago

Given what I've found with the clarity on my cheap camera, I think a cheap one should cover it anyway. Like I said, I might just start with a Reolink doorbell camera (not too cheap 😅) and see what it covers. Just need to work out how to drill a hole through the wall and out the other side, getting it in the spot I want, and also having the inside look nice (some sort of face plate for the inside of the wall). The cladding is weatherboard so will also have to content with the funny angle 😆