Woo-hoo! Welcome back! We had a rather long discussion about the neighbor's camera and why it didn't seem to capture all of the activity at KB's condo. We want to know exactly where that camera is mounted and perhaps if you could discern the angle of the camera. Thanks!
If the ARLO-1 camera is mounted in the position we have described, then it's base is mounted on the north-south surface of the wall of the condo to the east, which defines is the east edge of the walkway to that unit's front door. There is a swivel between the base and the camera itself, allowing the owner to aim it for the best picture of the prime target, which we can assume was their front door. The camera has 110 degrees of view in live action camera, but does not take a still photograph of anywhere near that width. A still shot is like a "view within a view".
It can be assumed that the owner would adjust it so that the entire door area of their condo was in the picture, with only a sliver of the wall that the camera is mounted on, showing at the extreme left edge of the view. The camera would also be pointed downward at sifficient angle to center the door, top to bottom, in the view. Note in the link I've posted that the ARLO-! has a very limited top-to-bottom view.
Basically, if all this was done, the front door of the neighbor's condo would appear in the same position as the toy tent in the photograph at the link. KB's front door would appear far in the background, where the hedge is, and slightly to the right of the neighbors door. A person stepping into the view would do so to the left of the blue lawn chair. A person passing the front fender of one of KB's parked vehicles would first appear on the sensor and live camera view somewhere off the right side of the picture.
So, let's say PF was waiting for KB to arrive, and pulls out to let her in to park. She gets out and heads toward the foor, tripping the sensor and activating the live camera. She is at the door inserting the key when PF enters the field, tripping the field again. The camera captures a side view of PF approaching the door, and a side view of KB at the door, with the child carrier.
Later, PF goes back to the condo and trips the camera, but is in a bigger rush and the still photo captures him walking just short of the door, with his back to the ARLO-1 camera view.
At some point, the utility guy trips from the same angle as PF, but stops momentarily to check the "269" on the condo against the address in his book or device. Because he is slower than PF was, his image is captured full side view and he is easily identified.
There is some "fade" in the sensor's ability to pick up movement, toward the edges of the view, where the exact moment of trip is "iffy", and sunlight would certainly be a factor as the afternoon progressed, so there are a lot of variables. IMO
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