Anyone have any experience with this camera? They make a 2MP version as well. I'm curious how it would compare to the Dahua Starlights? Thanks!
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Appreciate that... I'll check it out.this review seems to be of the same camera but rebadged..
Have you enabled "Smart Events" and then played back your recordings to look for problems? I have one of these and it's going back to Provantage. After getting zero useful information from Hikvision USA's technical support, and in fact getting the ridiculous reply that essentially their cameras could not meet the video specifications that they claim, I eventually figured out on my own that enabling smart events causes serious video freezing and even ghosting. We're talking about 4 to 6 seconds freezes at times, such that of course you lose anything that happened during that time.Thanks for the review.
I might have missed it, but I don’t think it was mentioned that this camera is vandal-proof IK10.
I’m not sure how useful that is in this case.
It seems to me that while the camera may be able to withstand an attack from a bat or hammer,
it could also just be pretty easily detached from its mount.
I have this camera on my deck.
Like the review said, it’s IR is not great by itself.
But with IR from other cameras, it’s fine.
And during the daytime, it is excellent.
As someone mentioned in the YouTube comments, the default max for the IR is 30%. Things get much brighter at 100%, but the odd side placement of 2 of the IR LEDs does mean that this camera will not be good for night distance viewing, even if it didn't have video freezing problems and defocus problems. You can see some of the poor focusing in the dark in the YouTube video.Not real impressed with night quality and the dome halo reflection is pretty noticeable.
I've never experienced an issue like that with these specific cameras. Did you try upgrading the firmware? If so, default the camera after the upgrade. I've found that to fix the majority of problems with Cameras and recorders.Have you enabled "Smart Events" and then played back your recordings to look for problems? I have one of these and it's going back to Provantage. After getting zero useful information from Hikvision USA's technical support, and in fact getting the ridiculous reply that essentially their cameras could not meet the video specifications that they claim, I eventually figured out on my own that enabling smart events causes serious video freezing and even ghosting. We're talking about 4 to 6 seconds freezes at times, such that of course you lose anything that happened during that time.
Yes I also have the basic motion detection enabled, and I did not try shutting that off and using smart events only. If I shut off smart events, there are no video freezing or ghosting problems. FWIW I only record to the micro SD card in the camera, and I have no NVR/DVR at all so any limitations are purely in camera. Switching from a Sandisk Ultra to a Sandisk Extreme card made no difference. I do use maximum quality video settings across the board.
Interestingly enough, I also have a DS-2CD2642FWD-IZS that shows the same behavior with smart events enabled, although there is no ghosting and in general the freezes do not exceed 2 seconds. Shut off smart events and the issue again goes away. Both cameras are 4x zoom models, and both also share a failure to properly focus at night. When the scheduled switch kicks in, they refocus and always leave the image slightly out of focus. At times the daytime focus is not great either.
There is not much information regarding how well this PTZ would pick up color in darkness without their IR lights activated. I understand it doesn't have Darkfighter technology but still it would be nice to see what it can pick up in this situation given it's F stop and corresponding lux ratings. Does this PTZ work well enough to recognise the color of objects in the dark if their IR lights are not activated?I bought 2 last week, the mount does s*ck @ $239 they're fine @ $349 they're not worth it. I added a IR light on peak of roof under the eave. It's like daylight now! I call it my a$$hole neighbor detector, if they only knew how well and far it can see in total darkness.
Thought i would comment on the fps of this PTZ hikvision.I just installed one and it seems to have problems with low FPS even at 1280x720, for example when you fist boot it it starts with normal fps and after a while it starts decreasing even as low as 1 or 2 fps... Also the Hikvision website doesn't have any firmware updates for this model. I regret buying this camera.
I don't know for sure - but it looks like this firmware covers model series including yours :Also the Hikvision website doesn't have any firmware updates for this model.