Hi Weather Watchers,
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I am looking for a high-resolution, high-quality webcam to make snapshots every 5 minutes and upload to my webserver via Wifi.
I use currently a cheap HD webcam from China (Wansview K1). The images are ok, but not stunning. Also it seems the focus is not set to infinity, so distant structures are not sharp. A long exposure time for images during the night would be a dream.[/size]
I have just set up a website to display the webcam / weather cam including an image archive:
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http://www.wellness-heaven.com/webcam/beispiel/#/2017/08/22/2000
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Could you please recommend a good camera for my use case?
- Minimum resolution: Full HD, 4k prefered.
- Wifi support
- Integrated http service / port 80 for image retrieval
- Ideal would be a lens with a larger aperture for high quality images
- Water proof would be great, even if power is connected
The webcam does not need to support FTP upload or timing of snapshots. The images are ideally captured via a http snapshot command, my script to retrieve the image is triggered via cronjob from my webserver.
Does a GoPro work somehow as a weather cam?
Thank you for any hints,
Tassilo