Don’t need varifocal if you when what lens and coverage you need. It also has smaller housing and footprint than 5231, which is better.
I received my 5442 a few days ago and have been doing side by side comparisons with the 5231.
Below is an example, the 5442 is better than the 5231, you can probably guess which is the 5442. I have a few more examples. It will get even better with firmware updates. Night better, higher resolution, and you can get more in vision with the better sensor.
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