IPCC-7210E ? sorry, newb and having trouble keeping it all straight

[RobinC]

I'm looking at this camera at https://smile.amazon.com/IPCC-7210E-HDPro-Nightvision-Compatible-Blueiris/dp/B073R5GJKZ/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535310273&sr=1-7&keywords=ptz+poe+ip+outdoor+audio&refinements=p_36:-25000&dpID=3133EGNUF1L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch#HLCXComparisonWidget_feature_div

I don't like that it's only 4x optical but I'm having trouble choosing another one.

It's a bit overwhelming. I've already bought 2 on Amazon that I returned because they didn't turn out to be what I wanted after all. The one I just returned was only because I didn't pay enough attention and didn't realize it didn't have audio. It was this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0797NJ9WT/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm looking for Outdoor PTZ POE (optional POE) with built-in audio with good optical zoom and night vision.
This is for out back - we have an acre fenced separately behind our back yard with goats and chickens.

Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

 

[SouthernYankee]

Please read the cliff notes it the wiki. The wiki is in the blue bar at the top of the page.

PTZ are not recommended as you first camera. As it is said, are you going to monitor it 24/7 so you can use the PTZ. It is better to use multiple fixed turret.

 

[fenderman]

I'm looking at this camera at https://smile.amazon.com/IPCC-7210E-HDPro-Nightvision-Compatible-Blueiris/dp/B073R5GJKZ/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535310273&sr=1-7&keywords=ptz+poe+ip+outdoor+audio&refinements=p_36:-25000&dpID=3133EGNUF1L&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch#HLCXComparisonWidget_feature_div

I don't like that it's only 4x optical but I'm having trouble choosing another one.

It's a bit overwhelming. I've already bought 2 on Amazon that I returned because they didn't turn out to be what I wanted after all. The one I just returned was only because I didn't pay enough attention and didn't realize it didn't have audio. It was this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0797NJ9WT/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm looking for Outdoor PTZ POE (optional POE) with built-in audio with good optical zoom and night vision.
This is for out back - we have an acre fenced separately behind our back yard with goats and chickens.

Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

both are garbage.

 

[RobinC]

Are there specific features about the 2 I mentioned before that make you say they are garbage?

I currently have a DLINK 2330L and Samsung SNH-E6440BN so it's not actually my first camera. The Samsung finally stopped working after 2 years. The DLINK is ok but I'm looking for more coverage, better zoom and better night vision. It's currently recording 24/7 to NAS, which I really like. I want to move it to point to the front when I get something better for the back.

I did read the wiki cliff notes but it's quite alot. I'll try to go thru it again but I don't know that I will be able to figure how to narrow down hundreds and hundreds of cameras from it.

Thanks!

 

[SouthernYankee]

What are you trying to monitor ? There are tools available to help with camera placement.

 

[looney2ns]

You can't just glance through the cliff notes, you have to study them.
This is a good choice if you are dead set on a PTZ cam, Dahua 2MP 25x Starlight IR PTZ Network Camera (SD49225T-HN) but you are typically better off with more fixed cams to cover that area instead.

Such as one of these two cams.
Review-Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS Starlight Camera-Varifocal
Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

Purchase here: EmpireTech Andy

 

[RobinC]

I am fascinated by the cliff notes and would very much love to be able to study them and the rest of the wiki if I could fit that in somewhere but I simply can't.

It's not a matter of "if it's important enough you will find the time".

It's just life situations that take over time and make it impossible to squeeze in more.

Here is a link to a video from the DLink cam. I think it's awesome that we got this from the DLINK shortly after we put it up.
Jackson2Coyotes.mp4

Hopefully the link works.

It does make me want to add more cameras but we have an old farmhouse about 100 years old or more that we hate to drill into anywhere if we can avoid it.

I can drive a nail anywhere in any wall and hit solid wood boards.

2 stories, router is upstairs.

The PTZ is really for my hubby who worked from home when we moved here in 2010 and then had to go back into the office every day.
His heart is back here with his critters.
I work from home 40 hours and am the "tech" in the house so it's on me and I'd love for him to have more ways to look with a PTZ.

I do agree about more cameras instead of PTZ but that will have to be down the road.

I'm very happy to have the suggestions to look at so thanks for those! I will check them out.

 

[Mike]

Wiki = IPCamTalk WiKi | IP Cam Talk
Cliff notes = IP Cam Talk Cliff Notes | IP Cam Talk

 

[alastairstevenson]

Hopefully the link works.

It does. That's a brilliant video.
And such an effective guard dog!
That hen was so lucky - and what a speed it ran away at.

 

[RobinC]

Thanks alastairstevenson!

I do like the SD49225T-HN but I'm not clear on the microphone connection. I have an outdoor mic but that cam looks like raw wires and not RCA so I don't know what to do with that.