Yes, that is a bit concerning, I have gambled a bit on these, wonder if this is due to them trying too much with the Pro models. IR only or Colour only may be much easier to nail down quality wise?
Appreciate clarification, you gave the 54Pro the best chance
- lets hope firmware comes to the rescue then. My use case tends to push these cameras to the limit and beyond in some locations at least, never enough IR power, nothing a few thousand lumens doesn't put right but this is not always suitable when you have neighbours or roads nearby.Appreciate clarification, you gave the 54Pro the best chance
Yes, I think that will turn out to be true for me. Ah well, I picked up a couple of the Pro models which of course will be an upgrade from the 2MP existing units. My theory was they would have more IR power than equivalent 5442 and the potential to use the LED also. With that being said, if final image quality suffers then I will move them to less critical (I know, I know!) location.
I have been nothing but impressed with the original 5442 cameras so can imagine the S3 variant is quite something if it improves on these!
That is true, have used them in the past for older cameras, nice to get all in one solution with the camera itself. One reason I like the bullet models with the 4 IR lamps, had hopes the Pro would bridge the gap but that seems mixed at this point.
Don't say that too loud, I just ordered 4 bullets and now wishing I'd got two of each! banking on the Pro IR being a bit beefier but in my heart I know the 4x will probably win. Does anyone know how many IR's are on the Pro's looks like 4x with LED and IR in each? ie multi?!?Bullet guy here too! We have to stick together, those turret guys geesh
Hopefully that is a good sign, the latest video from Andy looks promising to me at least. If the sensor hardware etc is same or close to the 5442 S3 then surely this can be polished with firmware. I guess at some point I will try a Pro bullet when they come in stock, hold on...I just realised the bullet Pro says 120m IR
but the wattage is the same as turret!!! how is this working out exactly, 120m has to be pie in the sky surely! Hmm, maybe should have waited on the bullet stock then.
It does. My original 5442's are now in storage. I also use four S3's for license plate coverage.
Now that is just showing off
but also makes me wonder exactly how bad my current 5442's will look in comparison!! Seems like I am a bit behind, still got half of mine running 2MP starlight from the dark ages. Getting there slowly, once the incoming batch get swapped in then most will be running 5442 variants 
