Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Camera

If you're in the Ring "ecosystem", these are a nice option for an indoor camera. The field of view is 115 degrees horizontal, then you can move it to cover the full 360 degrees. You can set it up so the "home" position covers the main area you want to see, than you can rotate to see other things "behind" it. Note that it's powered (a wall plug and a 3m USB-C cord.) It can mount on the wall, ceiling, or a flat surface. Couple points:

- The movement is not completely smooth, it goes in small steps.

- The wall mount is not well designed, because it tilts the camera down. I suppose the reasoning is that you usually want to point the camera down, but this is dumb because the camera tilts anyway! The *problem* is that when you rotate a wall-mounted camera, the vertical angle of view changes. I'll probably end up making some sort of "wedge" so that the camera is mounted level.

Obviously there are privacy issues to consider with indoor cameras. I don't think I'd put one in my own actual living area but for a workshop, office, vacant rental etc., brilliant for keeping an eye on things.

Like everything from Ring, they go on sale periodically, so wait for that if not in a hurry. I paid $69 at Bunnings. No point going over the subscription, some people dislike it but since you can have as many cameras as you like on the same fee I think it's quite reasonable. YMMV