EOM (End of Marketing and Sales) for 5442-S3 announced

The Shitification of Dahua - Damn, never knew it would end up this way
Dahua went W0KE
Giving hipster vibes with hairy armp!ts
K@ren will happily buy all of the current Color4M-T and 4M-TZ and T54PRO models
 
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Arjun said:
The Shitification of Dahua - Damn, never knew it would end up this way
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I'll be updating upwards my spare camera count below soon.

Meanwhile, I'll continue to enjoy reading the posters who enjoy getting shitted on as they test the new cameras. Just love the posts pointing out how one of the new crap cameras works great under the right circumstances, such as 03:16:26 A.M. to 03:16:45 A.M. with a light wind from the west, a full moon overhead, and sprinkles from a cloud with two birds off to the east, and no movement of cars or humans within half a mile of the camera.

My Dahua rating of their new lineup is five poops on a scale of one poop to five poops, with five poops being the worst possible. :poop::poop::poop::poop::poop:
 
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It's all great now while there's still 5442 camera inventory available, but what happens when there's none left to buy? At some point, even the 5442 cameras everyone owns now will need to be replaced due to lifespan limits.
 
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JPmedia said:
It's all great now while there's still 5442 camera inventory available, but what happens when there's none left to buy? At some point, even the 5442 cameras everyone owns now will need to be replaced due to lifespan limits.
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Some here seem to think ubiquity will have their act together by then.
 
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Been gone a little while

I will need some cameras for my shed soon, should I be buying the IPC-T54IR-ZE's now while I still can?
 
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The T54PRO-ZE is $10 cheaper, are they good to go? I will not be using IR
 
I'll stock up on the T54IR-ZE's then, thanks!
 
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IReallyLikePizza2 said:
Been gone a little while

I will need some cameras for my shed soon, should I be buying the IPC-T54IR-ZE's now while I still can?
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Yes, buy more. I just ordered four more spares today, April 6, 2026, so my spare count is up to eight black ones. I am good-to-go for beyond my lifetime.
 
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I had someone on another forum where I posted a video recorded early this morning (April 6, 2026) ask me what camera I was using. I can no longer advise anyone to purchase a IPC-T54IR-ZEB-S3 camera since it won't be available for long and there is nothing new from Dahua that interests me that isn't doorstop worthy. :rolleyes:
 
I have been needing to replace three old 5231 turrets for a while now. So I just ordered three 5442 S3 models. Should arrive Wednesday.
 
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Fortunately I have enough light that I can use 4K/x and T models. I like those better for low light color.
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I have a mix of both.

Unfortunately there are scenes where its just not practical to put enough external white light on to make the 4K-T/X work.
IR is still a nice backup

All comes down to what level of shitty image quality you can live with
 
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If you are upset with the "crazy" price hike, you can still get a very similar camera with the Omnivision sensor 1/1.8" 4mp FIXED Lens Turret for $175 from Luminys and is NDAA compliant
Thus, if you need a few overview cameras 2.8mm focal length, this is a very relevant model and comes with a 7 year warranty, more than what anybody really needs

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