"JakeD" wrote in message
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I'm installing a number of security cameras on the external walls of my
house. I am interested in also installing some sort of rain protection for
same. The first thing that sprang to mind was to use inverted quarter-
sphere uplighter housings. However, buying the housing alone without the
light-holder and other gubbins is not easy, and paying out for the full
enchilada can be pricey - when you want six! Can anyone suggest anything
else?

JakeD

As others have said, purpose-designed outdoor cameras are the easiest and
most maintenance-free solution, but they can be expensive compared with
indoor cameras.

How about bird-boxes, with the camera looking through the hole?

I've been running an Axis 205 (an indoor IP camera with a 135mm lens bodged
on the front) outdoors for about 8 years, in what's basically a large
hand-made glass-fronted bird box.
Condensation on the inside of the glass can be a problem during colder
weather.