topic Re: Flip-over Optical Zoom lens for Arlo cameras in Arlo

Flip-over Optical Zoom lens for Arlo cameras

trickytcamgeek — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:44:42 GMT

I need to monitor a road which is several hundred meters away from the closest place I can put my Arlo camera. The wide angle Arlo lenses just don't give me enough detail. What I need is some kind of glass optical lens that I can put over the front of the camera lens to give me 5x or 10x or more zoom. I realise that the infra red would no longer work, but presumably the camera would still pick up movements.

Has anyone got any suggestions as to what could work?

Re: Flip-over Optical Zoom lens for Arlo cameras

jguerdat — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:29:02 GMT

Arlo is the wrong camera for that usage. I've long wanted a camera with a longer focal length but that simply doesn't seem to be in the cards.

Re: Flip-over Optical Zoom lens for Arlo cameras

StephenB — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:56:32 GMT

@trickytcamgeek wrote:

presumably the camera would still pick up movements.

Not from the road. The camera uses a passive infrared (PIR) sensor that has a range of about 20-25 feet. Vehicles often are picked up farther away (j think the spec is assuming people). But the motion detection range won't be extended if you were to add an additional lens.

I agree with @jguerdat that Arlo doesn't have a good solution for what you are trying to do.