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    Hikvision camera selection 5mp or 8mp?

    The hikvision 4mp ptz is a poor camera in comparison to the 2mp starlight cameras on low light performance. The sensor is 1/3 on the hikvision at 4mp in comparison to the 1/2.8" 2mp The dahua also has it's IR on the outside of the dome if it's the same camera I'm thinking of. It's not...
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    Review-OEM 4mp AI Cam IPC-T5442TM-AS Starlight+

    Cheers @EMPIRETECANDY Would be interesting to see the night vision shots in comparison to loonys
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    Hikvision camera selection 5mp or 8mp?

    IMHO if you want a great system at a reasonable price the only way to go ATM is dahua. Hikvision have some great stuff and used to be top dog for a long time. Dahua upped their game and hikvision upped their prices and it is now more difficult to get their good gear from reputable sources at...
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    Help finding a new security camera

    At the moment if it was me advising you. I would say aim for the 2mp starlight 5231R-ZE turret cams. They are varifocal and are tried and tested and work well. There's some new starlight+ 4mp versions just released that have just had a first review from @looney2ns who is a well respected...
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    Review-OEM 4mp AI Cam IPC-T5442TM-AS Starlight+

    That's what I was getting at in a less technical way than yourself. @looney2ns will be best placed to answer this having had both cameras to hand in a similar testing state. But I do agree that it doesn't seem as good as I was expecting or as the specs suggest. It could purely be down to the...
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    Review-OEM 4mp AI Cam IPC-T5442TM-AS Starlight+

    Great review as always @looney2ns . Really helps us out with actual real world footage rather than manufactured to suit the cameras as a selling point. Now I have a few 5232r-ze cams in use and as we all know they have been the best around for some time for night and low light. I can't help...
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z - flip and mirror

    That very strange, I only asked about the lense rotation as it gets me every time. I wish I could help further but unfortunately I can't unless it's just a dodgy firmware that needs reloading
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    IPC-HDW5231R-Z - flip and mirror

    You haven't got the lens rotated upside down have you? Maybe they are resetting that setting or something if that's the case.
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    Help to choose Dahua ip cams.

    Plus +1 to the above contact @EMPIRETECANDY hes your man great service and wont steer you wrong. Plus anything he suggests will most likely be reviewed on here by the members
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    SD59430U IVS Event Lag, other issues.

    Yes I don't have a Poe nvr either but I'm using unmanaged switches. The plan this summer is to re run all the network cables to a central data cab using just 1 switch. As you start adding more cameras to the setup in a "as you go" mentality the cabling tends to get complex and messy with...
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    SD59430U IVS Event Lag, other issues.

    I already run my cam off 240v so that's not my issue. Let me know how you get on with the cat6 cable as will be good to know if that sorts it. I like you am using 24awg cat5e solid copper. I'm due to run all my cables again as I tidy up the install this summer and put everything in a...
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    SD59430U IVS Event Lag, other issues.

    I have this issue with the SD59225U-HNI I've been trying all sorts the firmware is the same (I think) It never did it before i upgraded the firmware a few weeks ago. I was thinking it maybe a network bottleneck issue
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    Email wont pass test

    Check you haven't accidentally put a space after username or password
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    DH-SD6CE245U-HNI Help With Setup

    Yeah I agree I was initially referring to the initial answer that auto tracking was only on ivms and could only be set from present. The intelligence ptz tick box is rubbish at best even the ivms rules version can be a little flaky
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    DH-SD6CE245U-HNI Help With Setup

    This is the option I was referring to
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    DH-SD6CE245U-HNI Help With Setup

    Are you sure? I'm sure in the newer firmware for my particular ptz SD59225U-HNI That there is now an option to actually just auto track. I haven't played with it because it's about as vague as a vague thing as when you tick the box there's no customisation at all.
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    Cam Placement Advice

    Funny that as I've literally just last night upgraded the firmware to get the day night switch. May as well as not bothered because I thought I'd be able to force it into b&W at night. But it's greyed out when you run day night mode
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    Cam Placement Advice

    Ah ok that will explain it! Would have been quite a handy feature for a specific location 1 have one of my ZE's
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    Cam Placement Advice

    Just bringing up an old thread as i have a placement where this would be useful, I'm on the latest firmware but I don't have ssa available Was it removed?
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    Review IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED (Full Color, Starlight+)

    That's true but it looks great with the white light on.
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    Review IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED (Full Color, Starlight+)

    Just looking at the videos, The brightly lit scenes are great. But I'm a bit underwhelmed by the b&w video. It seems there's an awful lot of artifacts and blur. I will admit I am watching it on the mobile device, but for whatever reason maybe it's a setting tweak or 2 but I was expecting...
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    IR Reflection

    That's half the problem, I run it through an NVR. I could use schedule but in the UK we have mega daylight time swings so I'd be forever adjusting it. I'm hoping that the new firmware with the day and night profile will sort it out at least that way hopefully I can force it into B&W. I'm...
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    IR Reflection

    Coach lights are good for this sort of thing. Take a look at the thread for the new starlight cams that have leds instead of ir. This will give you an indication on how white light would work. I'm considering it myself to add more light to a couple of dimly lit areas. Your quite lucky, 1...
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    advice picking between low light cameras? (DS - 2CD2135FWD I)

    Measure the size of the hole and if you are UK based then that measurement is your Number for the gland size
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    Review IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED (Full Color, Starlight+)

    I agree with the above regarding the led lights. Although I suppose some people would have a use case for the led version. I have a specific location 1 would be handy as I have a very dimly lit dark hole down the side of my house which the local drug users decided to call home for heroin...
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    Review-Dahua IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E AI Varifocal Bullet

    Looks promising. Will be interesting to see how it fares at night with IR on
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    Review-Dahua IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E AI Varifocal Bullet

    That looks promising! Do you have to draw the specific region to where you want the face detection magic to take the shot as I see from the first image you have a green box
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    Review IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED (Full Color, Starlight+)

    Looking forward to this review I've been waiting for it haha
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    Corridor mode

    thanks that's what i thought as well. for some strange reason when i do that and rotate the image it just gives me the same image as before. unless of course it isn't and i just cant see for looking!
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    Corridor mode

    Well this one is a turret. But from digging around it seems like you have to physically rotate the lens then flip the image in the ui. Problem is when I've tried that it basically just gives me the same image I had before
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