HikMicro M15 4G Trail Camera
- CCTV Lens Guide
- Hard Drive Size Guide
Unless selecting a vari-focal camera (with an adjustable lens) It is important to select the correct camera lens option for where the camera is to be positioned. A smaller lens will give you a wider angle but will be "zoomed out more", while a bigger lens will narrow the angle down and "zoom in more". See below to give you some idea on angles of Megapixel HD Cameras:
| Lens in mm | Approx Viewing Angle (degrees) | Ideal Distance (metres) | Typical usage/notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 106 | <6 | For seeing as much of the immediate area as possible such as above a doorway/low down/garage soffits (edges can appear slightly warped/distorted) - clearly "zoomed out" |
| 3.6/4 | 83-90 | <12 | A great general purpose option giving great coverage still in the corner of a room or higher up on second floor soffits with less distortion - more of a natural "zoom" |
| 6 | 56 | 6-20 | Narrows down the angle and zooms in to look past the immediate area a little to gain more detail - down a driveway for example from higher up |
| 12 | 24 | 20+ | Zooms in significantly more to look at a gate, entrance or adjascent building |
| 16 | 19 | 24+ | As above but more so |
The amount of hard drive space you require is dictated by how many cameras, as well as their resolution, frame rate settings, and whether you have H.265 encoding enabled or not to save space (We advise turning it on to double the capacity shown below with ease).
Finally, you can often make your storage space last a lot longer by enabling motion-detected recording rather than continuous, especially if there are long periods of no activity (to perhaps double or more these figures again).
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Resolution (Megapixels) |
Days of storage provided by 1TB per camera (continuous - full 25 frames per second) |
Days of storage provided by 1TB per 4 cameras (continuous - full 25 frames per second) |
Days of storage provided by 1TB per 4 cameras (50% motion- 15 frames per second) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | 22 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | 17 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 (4K) | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 0.5 | 3 |
As a rule of thumb, we recommend 2 Terabytes for a 4 x 4/5MP HD camera setup, as this should give you approx 2 weeks using H.265 @ 20fps and that is on continuous, not motion-detected recording.
(You may only require the full 25 frames per second on certain cameras if things are fast-moving - ie above a till)
You can also use the Hikvision online calculator to work out what works best for you specifically: https://tools.hikvision.com/ca...
(All of our hard drives come fitted and are CCTV-specific from one of the major brands)
HikMicro M15 Trail Camera
HIKMICRO have developed the M15 trail camera to offer a high-specification, 4G connected trail camera with image and video capture at an exceptional price. HIKMICRO are renowned for high-performance night vision and low-light technology and the M15 is no exception, offering high-performance image and video capture in daylight and darkness.
The built-in 4G connection automatically broadcasts the captured images and video to the HIKMICRO SIGHT App on your smartphone. Boasting 10 megapixel image capture with 1080p video the M15 is capable of capturing high quality images and video in daylight and under complete darkness using the covert 940nm infrared LED array built into the camera.
The fast 0.5s trigger time ensures that you don't miss any of the action while the comprehensive settings controlled from the HIKMICRO SIGHT App allow you to optimise the camera's settings and minimise false activations.
Software features;
The M15 trail camera uses the same HIKMICRO SIGHT App to connect, recieve images, and adjust the settings of the camera as all the other thermal and night vision products in the HIKMICRO range: Connect, control and organise all of your digital images and video from all your HIKMICRO devices with a single app.
Within the HIKMICRO SIGHT App you can get alerts when the camera is activated, recieve the images and videos captured by the trail camera and adjust the settings to match your requirements.
The M15 can capture images, videos, or images and videos at the same time. Choose between 10 and 3 megapixel images and 1080p, 720p HD and WVGA video quality, with audio as recorded.
You can also adjust the PIR sesnor detection range and the IR intensity as well as accessing advanced options such as restricting the camera to only activate at certain times of the day, or schedule the camera to trigger and capture at a specific time.
Please Note: An SD card less than 32 gb (not supplied) will be required for use within the M15 trail camera.
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