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Chokolinho said:
I'm not going to buy the ZE model from the new series. It'll be just as bad. Does the new 7 Series have good sensors?
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In short, No
No Sony
No Omnivision

Thus, skip.

The consensus thus far is to skip the YingYang sensors from Dahua, its too gimmicky, thank goodness we can force color to IR mode and disable smart illumination. The only positive aspect of the non-Sony and non-Omnivision sensor is a tad bit better color saturation, but we don't want to be awed by pretty color. We want real function for both daytime and nighttime 24/7, therefore 5442 is still King.

edit, it is Xinghan sensor, AI did not correct sensor name in my last post, AI is useless; cannot replace human beings.
 
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Arjun said:
In short, No
No Sony
No Omnivision

Thus, skip.

The consensus thus far is to skip the YingYang sensors from Dahua, its too gimmicky, thank goodness we can force color to IR mode and disable smart illumination. The only positive aspect of the non-Sony and non-Omnivision sensor is a tad bit better color saturation, but we don't want to be awed by pretty color. We want real function for both daytime and nighttime 24/7, therefore 5442 is still King.

edit, it is Xinghan sensor, AI did not correct sensor name in my last post, AI is useless; cannot replace human beings.
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Then I'll get a few more 5442 cameras. :)
 
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Arjun said:
In short, No
No Sony
No Omnivision

Thus, skip.

The consensus thus far is to skip the YingYang sensors from Dahua, its too gimmicky, thank goodness we can force color to IR mode and disable smart illumination. The only positive aspect of the non-Sony and non-Omnivision sensor is a tad bit better color saturation, but we don't want to be awed by pretty color. We want real function for both daytime and nighttime 24/7, therefore 5442 is still King.

edit, it is Xinghan sensor, AI did not correct sensor name in my last post, AI is useless; cannot replace human beings.
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I want to give these a chance. Specs seem to line up with brand new line of smartsens sensors but that’s just a guess. I like the hardware-first approach. Big optics, little computer. Maybe they change some minds.
 
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OD1 said:
I want to give these a chance. Specs seem to line up with brand new line of smartsens sensors but that’s just a guess. I like the hardware-first approach. Big optics, little computer. Maybe they change some minds.
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Go look at the PRO series thread that on paper the specs look great, but low light performance with motion is poor.
 
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OD1 said:
I want to give these a chance. Specs seem to line up with brand new line of smartsens sensors but that’s just a guess. I like the hardware-first approach. Big optics, little computer. Maybe they change some minds.
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I'd be tempted to try one of these big lens guys, but alas, no animal detection claimed, which is a no-go for me. That is, unless the human and vehicle filters could be really turned off, but that was lied about for so many cameras that I wouldn't trust any claim about it. I shelled out the bucks to try the -IL, somebody else has to for these new ones.
 
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tigerwillow1 said:
I'd be tempted to try one of these big lens guys, but alas, no animal detection claimed, which is a no-go for me. That is, unless the human and vehicle filters could be really turned off, but that was lied about for so many cameras that I wouldn't trust any claim about it. I shelled out the bucks to try the -IL, somebody else has to for these new ones.
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I would but have zero need for another camera that requires full time white LEDs on all night in a residential setting. Let alone 2.8mm only. With no IR capability

Especially when a $12 solar motion flood fixes the problem


See before and after at this thread below

bigredfish

Thread 'Add Light'

Almost every camera image can be improved with more light.

Not bad but starved for light
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Thank you for the ideas. I already have automations for my aging N45EJ62s to only fire illuminators when sun is down and people are in my zones (about 3’ onto property). I only need d1 and full res streams. I use yolo26m for detection so no worries there. I’m just a little on edge about only 8192kbps for 4k because I generally keep tight 1s GoPs.

I definitely need more options than 2.8mm 4MP.
 
I run 4K cameras at 16,384 kbps
 
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