Review-EmpireTech IPC-B52IR-X3 1/2.8" CMOS 3 × 2 MP bullet cam

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We continue to appreciate @EMPIRETECANDY dedication to helping users here, as well as providing new cams for us to check out.
I must apologize to Andy for my taking so long to get this review up, wife and I have had some health issues', that haven't left us a lot of spare time.

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More info can be seen HERE about this camera.

This is a very capable camera with it's 3 separate cameras in one unit.

I have not had time or the will to edit videos so bare with me.

Night cap






3 views of the same event.








Odds and Ends














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I love this cam.
If it just was 4MP with a 1/1.8 sensor !

Does anyone know if one lens, say the far zoomed one, would run in color if enough light at night and the other 2 would run in IR if they didn’t have enough light?

Thinking about this scene. The close and mid may not have enough light but the far zoomed one may ?

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bigredfish said:
I love this cam.
If it just was 4MP with a 1/1.8 sensor !

Does anyone know if one lens, say the far zoomed one, would run in color if enough light at night and the other 2 would run in IR if they didn’t have enough light?

Thinking about this scene. The close and mid may not have enough light but the far zoomed one may ?

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Yes they are independent, so you could force any one of the 3 cameras in color.

I actually did it the other way with the wide angle at a slower shutter to get color and the zoom in camera faster and B/W to get plates.

Like our other cameras, you would probably have to force it in color.
 
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bigredfish said:
I love this cam.
If it just was 4MP with a 1/1.8 sensor !
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I wish it was a 1/1.8 but love it as it works perfectly for my application.

I was a little worried as my first 2mp camera I ever owned didn’t really impress me but things a keeper.

Only thing weird so far is the ir reflections I’m getting from the cars in the driveway. I might have to play with it more or adjust some supplemental it’s I have.
 
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Looney's place have very poor light in the night, so it's a nice place to test the low light capacity, this camera has very powerful IR light, so make it's the most powerful IR bullet. So 2mp*3, lens, also need 6mp for bandwidth. If for 4mp each lens, will be laggy. 1/1.8cmos is great, but will make the camera price too high. That price can buy a good ptz.
 
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EMPIRETECANDY said:
Looney's place have very poor light in the night, so it's a nice place to test the low light capacity, this camera has very powerful IR light, so make it's the most powerful IR bullet. So 2mp*3, lens, also need 6mp for bandwidth. If for 4mp each lens, will be laggy. 1/1.8cmos is great, but will make the camera price too high. That price can buy a good ptz.
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Yes the IR is powerful. As I said in the other thread, I was able to eliminate an IR blaster because of this camera!

And in the right conditions, the zoom cam can be used as LPR while the other cams are used for overview and identify as each camera is it's own settings.

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bigredfish said:
I love this cam.
If it just was 4MP with a 1/1.8 sensor !

Does anyone know if one lens, say the far zoomed one, would run in color if enough light at night and the other 2 would run in IR if they didn’t have enough light?

Thinking about this scene. The close and mid may not have enough light but the far zoomed one may ?

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Really only one way to find out, and you know a new addition is coming to your household soon :rofl:
 
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