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    Worst PTZ you own but dont want to remove

    Btw, what would make this PTZ great is scene modes applied to specific presets, so when the camera goes to LP zoom preset it shifts to my LP shutter mode 1/1500 or so. This way one can use the camera both for general wide motion detection and LP reading... all at night. This is of course if the...
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    Worst PTZ you own but dont want to remove

    @Revo2Maxx thanks. @wittaj you may not remember but we talked about this in another thread. I tried some good settings and managed to almost get visible license plates at night. See here: https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/convince-me-reolink-is-bad-to-buy.80215/post-905006 In fact, I have a...
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    Worst PTZ you own but dont want to remove

    Well folks. Three months after putting the PTZ425DB-AT, it captured a burglary event at my front neighbor. A car came around two times, one time to check his mailbox and another to drop two masked guys which went on the back of his house and broke the door. Police came and saw the recording, but...
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Thanks for the advice @wittaj . Helpful as usual.
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Is this supposed to be some sarcastic joke? It's easy to fill the need to gang up with cheap jokes. What's difficult these days is for people to talk normally with thoughts that span beyond the 3 second attention span learned from tic toc. Btw, I tested the camera in white light, and still has...
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Flickers are random, so would need to keep the camera out for a while. It is also crazy cold now outside, it would cost more to reheat the house with a window open than this camera costed :)
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Alright, trying it without IR light, just white light, still in basement. Will have to decide next steps after that. Yes, I can try outside, but it means taking off another existing camera because I don't have free Ethernet cables. Trying it indoors behind a window will be problematic for IR...
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    The only settings I really changed was the frame rate and i-frame both at 15fps. The other stuff I may changed but put back to default later, the main try being the WDR. Video below shows the settings. I am not keen to test this camera outside because it needs non-trivial work to mount...
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Sorry to contradict you @wittaj but I flipped the camera upside down and that left camera still keeps flickering even though it is now pointing in the other direction. And the right camera has no flicker. Here is the video.
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Which one you suggest? The good 1/1.8 sensor has a distorted aspect ratio that I don't like, and costs 3-4 times this one from ANNKE. On top of that, the Empiretech has no IR or light, just external lighting. So, this cheaper ANNKE was not that bad on paper.
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    @wittaj there is nothing moving or changing, not even bugs. Why would the camera try to adjust when nothing changes? I can flip the camera upside down to see if that side still continues to flicker when on the other side.
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Ok, I bought the FCD600 from ANNKE, and turned out to be faulty. I set it up for testing purposes for a couple of days in a basement. The left camera has some sort of random flicker that triggers the basic motion detection. I have not tried putting the camera out to detect humans and cars...
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Hoe about this Hikvision one? Anyone owns it?
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Is the HIKVISION DS-2CD2387G2P-LSU/S a good 180 option? Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BTM4WMF9/?coliid=I2DTF9IFIH6MMA&colid=1E7S5PPT4AM5U&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it Is this the same as ANKEE NCD800?
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    So the more expensive Z12E has an older chipset (S2) than the less expensive Z4E (S3), right?
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    What does S2 and S3 mean in the model name?
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    Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions

    Hi all, I have my eyes on 180 degree cameras to replace some old stuff. I wanted to get some thoughts or maybe new ideas. I have read several threads here and used @wittaj list in the thread here, but still need input. 1. The primary candidate is Emprietech Color4K-T180 1/1.8 sensors. I can...
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    Mounting to Soffit with no backing?

    This was a how it looks after mounting. I didn't know about the flush mount, had to fight to fit it flush where it is now, with snow under my feet :)
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    Mounting to Soffit with no backing?

    I also mounted mine. Coincidentally the old camera was close to a joist. I managed to find the exact line where the joist was above the soffit and put some long screws. It is holding with 3 screws on the joist, in line, and another 2 on the soffit with no support. Here is a pic of the place...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Anyway, I am trying a new IVS based on intrusion detection of humans instead of tripwire. Will see how this goes.
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    The videos uploaded here are downsampled to 720p. The orignal is 1440p (4MP PTZ425DB-AT, Empiretech) with encoding as follows: What do you mean by making lines go across the street instead of vertical? I tried to put more frequent zig zags at the entrance points of the street in the frame.
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Another issue with this camera: I label the presets and half a day later the names are back to Preset1, Preset2, etc. Not sure why it does not hold the preset names.
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    IVS setup, 5 rules from 2 presets total. Just showing the tripwire lines that normally trigger events. Example of person not being detected or tracked. This person walked the dog back few minutes later, the camera still did not pick it up. Another neighbor came out half an hour later and the...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Here is the FOV. The problem is more at dusk and night. My SMD and MD are still on because I thought you need SMD to find humans and cars. I can switch them off. I think I saw rectangles for cars before, but I have not sat in front of the web gui to test it. Certainly the stream arriving...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Yes, I have checked those. I have different IVS rules for human and cars. What about SMD and regular MD, what are your settings there?
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    @wittaj can you help me whith what settings I should put on the PTZ425DB-AT to properly detect ONLY humans and cars? The camera is driving me crazy. Yesterday it triggered many events during rain at night. I followed your advice here to enable only IVS smart rules and disable SMD and motion...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Thanks for clarifying @bigredfish .
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    I didn't get your setup very well. Do you have auto focus during day and then you make it sit at the home preset before dusk to leave the manual focus stuck at that length before your night scene kicks in?
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Yup, agree. It defeats the purpose having PTZ presets and leaving the camera to find focus after switching to a preset. If I have a position I need, I also often know the focus it should be at that position.
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    @wittaj thanks for all your help. Your guidance and experience have been a great time saver. Based on your pics, I would guess you are using 1/1250 shutter or even faster, right? I have found my sweet spot at 1/1000 night and 1/1250 day. Another technical question: does a PTZ preset include the...
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