(Cross-posting to Dahua and Ubiquiti forums)
Looking for opinions on replacing my aging Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z. It's mounted on the front of my house covering my front steps, with the street also in view. I'd love to be able to catch license plates on cars passing by when possible. Night vision performance is important — there's some street lighting but it's not a brightly lit area. (attached photos of day vs night)
I don't us the zoom on my current camera - always running at widest FOV (and would actually prefer a slightly wider FOV than what the 5231R-Z has).
My main NVR is Scrypted, but since I've got a Dream Machine Pro I also run all my cameras through UniFi Protect as raw ONVIF).
Tempted to try the UniFi G6 (I don't currently have any UniFi cameras) but I've seen a fair number of comments here about how the sensor just isn't as good as the Dahua's.
Current setup:
Scrypted as primary NVR
Dream Machine Pro running UniFi Protect since I already had it set up for my home network and the only thing it cost me was adding an HDR into it.
Current camera: IPC-HDW5231R-Z (2MP Starlight, 2.7-13.5mm varifocal)
Distance from camera to street: roughly 50-60 feet
Cameras I'm considering:
UniFi G6 Turret ($199) — 4K, 1/1.8" sensor, 110° fixed FOV, built-in LPR/face recognition, native Protect integration. No varifocal but I don't need it. Widest FOV of the three.
IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 (~$230) — 4MP, 1/1.8" sensor, 2.7-12mm varifocal, Starlight. The community gold standard. Best night performance of the three from what I've read, and apparently surprisingly good at LPR.
IPC-T58IR-ZE-S3 (~$260) — 8MP/4K, 1/1.8" sensor, same varifocal lens. Better daytime detail and has 4 streams which is nice for Scrypted, but from what I've read the 4MP beats it at night due to larger pixel size on the same sensor.
Main questions:
For my use case (front steps overview + opportunistic LPR on passing cars at ~50-60 ft), is the 4MP S3 really enough resolution or would the 8MP make a meaningful difference for plates?
How much am I giving up in night performance going 8MP over 4MP on the same 1/1.8" sensor with the S3 chipset?
Looking for opinions on replacing my aging Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z. It's mounted on the front of my house covering my front steps, with the street also in view. I'd love to be able to catch license plates on cars passing by when possible. Night vision performance is important — there's some street lighting but it's not a brightly lit area. (attached photos of day vs night)
I don't us the zoom on my current camera - always running at widest FOV (and would actually prefer a slightly wider FOV than what the 5231R-Z has).
My main NVR is Scrypted, but since I've got a Dream Machine Pro I also run all my cameras through UniFi Protect as raw ONVIF).
Tempted to try the UniFi G6 (I don't currently have any UniFi cameras) but I've seen a fair number of comments here about how the sensor just isn't as good as the Dahua's.
Current setup:
Scrypted as primary NVR
Dream Machine Pro running UniFi Protect since I already had it set up for my home network and the only thing it cost me was adding an HDR into it.
Current camera: IPC-HDW5231R-Z (2MP Starlight, 2.7-13.5mm varifocal)
Distance from camera to street: roughly 50-60 feet
Cameras I'm considering:
UniFi G6 Turret ($199) — 4K, 1/1.8" sensor, 110° fixed FOV, built-in LPR/face recognition, native Protect integration. No varifocal but I don't need it. Widest FOV of the three.
IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 (~$230) — 4MP, 1/1.8" sensor, 2.7-12mm varifocal, Starlight. The community gold standard. Best night performance of the three from what I've read, and apparently surprisingly good at LPR.
IPC-T58IR-ZE-S3 (~$260) — 8MP/4K, 1/1.8" sensor, same varifocal lens. Better daytime detail and has 4 streams which is nice for Scrypted, but from what I've read the 4MP beats it at night due to larger pixel size on the same sensor.
Main questions:
For my use case (front steps overview + opportunistic LPR on passing cars at ~50-60 ft), is the 4MP S3 really enough resolution or would the 8MP make a meaningful difference for plates?
How much am I giving up in night performance going 8MP over 4MP on the same 1/1.8" sensor with the S3 chipset?
