Recommend a PTZ

DawsonDownunder · 2026-01-16T22:33:40-0500

Hi team,

I'm in the market for a new PTZ camera to help with improving my visibility of the area in blue in the attached image.

Reason for believing that a PTZ is warranted is the distance from where I'd like to put the camera and the wish for clearer footage in then event that I need to produce some for police (it happens more often than I would like).

I'm running Blue Iris and have 4 cameras (3 dahua and a reolink doorbell camera all POE) around the property already so any advice on what I should be looking for to get better coverage would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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bigredfish · 2026-01-17T09:26:53-0500

What is the distance to the target area? 60ft or so?

With such a limited horizontal area I think a PTZ would be a waste of time and expense.
It would have to be parked zoomed to that area to begin with anyway
I would use a 5442 Z4 8-32mm fixed bullet

Here's a View of target area from camera location partially zoomed (different camera).
There are two cameras mounted in this location. One watches over the driveway where we park a vehicle the other focused on ID at the street (the Z4)

Driveway camera