Received the camera linked above. Pleasantly surprised with the performance.
@looney2ns , you are right. There is a set screw which allows for the lens to be moved even closer to the sensor reducing the min-focal distance.
Set the camera up to read the water meter dial and the front of the lens...
I got this POE RevoTech camera: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096VJWZ5N
Changed username, password and RTSP port to 554 (was 8554).
I can navigate in Chrome browser to rtsp:/USER_NAME:PASSWORD@192.168.1.xxx:554/profile0 and a stream viewer opens showing me live stream.
Then I try to setup BI with...
Just found this guy on Amazon. Will report back it if works well for short-focus.
*I know this tread is ~8mo old. More of a note to self and other who may come across the same google search.
https://www.amazon.com/REVOTECH-Camera-Indoor-Security-2-8-12mm/dp/B096VJWZ5N