A customer recently contacted us with the following question:

Can I use regular outdoor camera housing for a night vision ( infrared ) camera, or will I get a reflection in the front glass of it?

CCTV Camera Pros response:

Thank You for contacting CCTV Camera Pros. Most outdoor infrared cameras are already inside of weatherproof housings so adding one is not necessary. If you need to put a box style camera, which can not go outdoor without a housing, you can use an infrared outdoor camera housing like this one:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Arecont-Infrared-Housing-p/hsg1-o-w-ir.htm

Please note that for a camera to work correctly with an infrared housing, the camera must support and night mode where the camera turns to black and white. This is a day night camera that would work with an outdoor IR housing:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/High-Resolution-Security-Camera-p/pro-630dn28.htm

Please let us know if you need anything else.

A customer recently contacted CCTV Camera Pros and asked the following:

I have a surveillance installation that requires a zoom camera, however I noticed there are no zoom cameras on the market that also have built in infrared illumination. Can this zoom camera:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/18x-Zoom-Security-Camera-p/ptz-9210z41.htm

be used with an outdoor camera housing with IR illuminators like this one?

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Arecont-Infrared-Housing-p/hsg1-o-w-ir.htm

CCTV Camera Pros response:

Yes, as long as a camera has an IR filter built into it when it turns to night mode, the camera will pick up infrared light. The PTZ-9210Z41 18x zoom security camera that you were looking at does have a built in mechanical IR filter.