“I’m curious whether I can install the camera next, near or in the same area as my flood light, such as my drive way, would impact the quality of the video and the ability to detect a person at night?”
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I’d tryout a test run in the area you trying to install. Before doing a finalized drilling and hardwire set up of my cameras, I did test runs with and extension cord and simply temporarily tapping them or positioning them in a few areas I thought of positioning them. I opened up the app in accordance with my test runs at night with my existing lights and found what looked best with image quality and live feed. Placement too close to the actual light may cause some extra unneeded over glow from the light so just play around with it till you find an area that you’re comfortable with. This for me is now my fourth camera company I’ve tried and Nest products are far superior than the others on the market so you’re certainly not wasting your time or money.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I don't suggest mounting the camera near a flood light. I tested this with a temp flood light (see images). The camera switches from night vision to day time vision depending on the available light. The flood light puts the camera into day time (or color) mode. In addition, bugs are attracted to the light and fly accross the lens (although not enough to trigger the motion alert). I believe the night vision has a clearer image. When choosing a location for the camera, I first connected the camera to my Nest account, then mounted the camera to a 2 x 4 and tried different heights and locations. Then I used the app to see the live image and selected the best spot.
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