I've just bought one of these to use at my front door. It's a replacement for an ancient Dahua turret - of the generation having a very poor focus when in B&W.
So far I think I'll be please with it:
So far I think I'll be please with it:
- 4MP, 1/1.8" giving a claimed unbelievably good low light performance of 0.0005 lux in colour. Can switch to B&W, presumably even lower lux.
- f1.0 but no problem with near focus
- colorvu with white LEDs for 0 lux
- I think it looks small and neat.
- has a microphone and speaker (not tried)
- has audio line in and out to use instead
- using poe but has a 60mA 12v o/p
- has an alarm line in and out interface
- smart features/events
- 512GB slot
- £167 inc VAT
- the list goes on...
- No optical zoom but not needed at my front door - I only need to tilt down to check for a parcel left on my doorstep.
- Pan is slow but I don't need any form of tracking.
- At 120dB, the dynamic range is not brilliant - hopefully, it will be OK late afternoon when the sun is low in the sky (no sun today) - will move up a bit and so point down a bit to miss the sky.
- Only problem so far with this camera is that it makes me look far older than I actually am...
- And I'm a bit busy but can scrub up