Dahua 5442/T54IR vs the rest
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Thank you kindly, being lazy I know, normally I am good and research! you got me thinking about the bullets now though
- I mean technically I could replace the turrets with bullets, since they are on the front of the house and approximately 12 feet up the turrets do look slightly less obnoxious! do have one on the roofline though where the power would be useful. I will swap out a couple of the existing 2MP starlights with the 5442 S3, then try one of the 54Pro's on the roofline with the LED's on and see how that works out. The other 54Pro I plan to use on the front door which will also cover the driveway and throw some ambient which will cross over slightly with the roofline camera, this will be a trial to see how colour works. Seems to me that the 54Pro series have reasonably bright LED's. Be nice to ID cars in colour at night when required, on the one hand I don't miss street lights, on the other hand they would be useful for the cameras!The more I read on the main thread, the more I'm tempted to cancel the 5442's and switch for these Pro's if not dispatched yet! flexibility of essentially having a security light and IR camera if you want, built in one unit. On a side note, I wonder why they chose warm LED's and not 'daylight' or cool?!? seems an odd choice to me.
Currently I have 2x 54Pro ZE coming and 2x 5442 S3, maybe the wise choice would have been 2x 54Pro ZE, 1x 54Pro AS and 1x 5442 S3, the latter for comparison purposes. Mostly they will be used in 2.8mm wide anyway, there is normally a tendency for the fixed focal length to be a touch sharper. Of course having spot focus on the ZE models can be useful in some instances.
Currently I have 2x 54Pro ZE coming and 2x 5442 S3, maybe the wise choice would have been 2x 54Pro ZE, 1x 54Pro AS and 1x 5442 S3, the latter for comparison purposes. Mostly they will be used in 2.8mm wide anyway, there is normally a tendency for the fixed focal length to be a touch sharper. Of course having spot focus on the ZE models can be useful in some instances.
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