[Baz]

Which messes up the whole "covert" operation!

Strange how all the more modern laws, always seem to side with criminal

[Fred Quimby]

Install a sign without the camera and see what happens.

[TheEnglishman]

Install a sign without the camera and see what happens.

Indeed!


There's quite a few websites that describe how to make your own camera from an old (free) webcam.  It'll work at night too, where that £249 beastie won't.  (Night time operation is another £100   )

See if you can get the local (to the allotment) community support policeperson(s) involved - we had some anti social behaviour around us and it was all solved calmly without recourse to expensive gadgets.  Call the local cop shop - I bet they'd be interested, especially if you can get a number of people to a 'meeting'

[Steve.B]

Hi Englishman, if allowed by the MOD's could you pm me the sites to which you refer to make your own system as I have the same sticky fingered problem.

[Aunt Sally]

It's quite alright to post links to the sites here.  We only ban links to the posters own site9S0 or ones they have an interest in like an employer's.

[TheEnglishman]

Hi Englishman, if allowed by the MOD's could you pm me the sites to which you refer to make your own system as I have the same sticky fingered problem.

Steve

I'd love to have the time to make and investigate the possibilities with motion detection with an Infra Red enabled webcam.  It'd require a good weekend of 'playing', which is something I just don't have at present.  One day....

Anyroads, here's some links...

http://www.hoagieshouse.com/IR/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Infrared-IR-Webcam/

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Maplin seem to sell one readymade - http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=228786&C=SO&U=strat15


The downside to all of these is that you'll need a PC or a laptop and a power source to actually record the video/pictures.

While browsing the CPC catalogue earlier, as you do while sitting on the best seat, I saw they do something that'd be the business - http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/module.jsp?moduleId=cpc/537694.xml - but at £150 it'd be cheaper and easier to just plant a few extra rows and leave a 'Help yourself' sign above them...  

[Steve.B]

Amazing!!!! must give it a try.