Capturing quality facial images is important, particularly in businesses that are monitoring places like cash registers, entrances, and teller lines. The Illustra 600 camera line has the ability to detect a face and increase the bit rate around it, without cropping out important background images. This unique handling of “regions of interest” allows the camera to save on bandwidth and storage costs. The auto-focus feature allows you to control the image and automatically focus on the area required, without having to go to the site of the camera, stand on a ladder, or open the housing of the camera. This saves time and money and is easily done with the click of a mouse. In addition, the outdoor camera has a Theia wide angle lens option that provides ultra clear views and avoids “barrel-distortion”, especially at the farther angles of an image where events can easily take place.