This could be the start of a whole new photo category. :-) I installed a Nest Hello doorbell button a few weeks ago, but the shots from it are just of our boring front walk. It's pretty cool though; I haven't tried this feature yet but it's supposed to be able to recognize familiar faces and distinguish between friends/family and strangers. I mainly wanted to know when packages are delivered and to be sure that they aren't stolen.
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 9:36 AM Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My son gave us a video surveillance system called Ring. It includes a > doorbell for both the front and back doors, plus a motion detector > floodlight for the back yard. It sends a message to our iPhones and Apple > watches whenever there is motion in the protected zones. One can view a > live image of the activity from anyplace where there is wifi or cell > service. > > We were at a meeting in Princeton, about 16 miles south of our home, when > we received messages that someone was at our front door. I left the > meeting, went into the hallway, where I saw that the yard maintenance crew > was ringing our front doorbell. Later I saw that one of our next-door > neighbors was also ringing the bell. I called her on my cell phone, and > learned that the lawn maintenance crew had broken one of our irrigation > lines, and water was pouring out all over the yard. I was able to describe > to her husband where and how to turn off the water supply to the irrigation > system, solving the problem. This is a very useful device, which I highly > recommend. > > In any event, the wind the other day caused the from door system to > activate, giving a nice image of our front yard with fall foliage. I took > a screen shot to get the image onto my iPhone, so I could download it to my > computer and upload it to Squarespace: > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/dans-pesos/2018/11/10/doorbell-view > > Obviously, there was no skill or art on my part, but comments are still > invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
